Jul 20, 2023
Ruler roulette
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On The Ruling Families of Rus: Clan, Family and Kingdom by Christian Raffensperger & Donald Ostrowski.
Topic: “Russia”
Books December 2022
A Taoist sage on horseback
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Features February 2022
Kropotkin’s dead goose
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On the limitations of anarchist thought.
Features February 2022
The Maecenases
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On the Pinault Collection at the Bourse de Commerce and the Morozov Collection at the Fondation Louis Vuitton.
Apr 27, 2021
A composer in the sports pages
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Team Russia turns to Tchaikovsky.
Features March 2021
“Demons” at 150
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On Dostoevsky’s prophetic tale of societal decay.
Feb 19, 2021
Week in review
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On the Khazars & Russian churches.
Feb 01, 2021
Isaac Sligh & James Panero discuss Russia & beyond
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On travels in the Russian Arctic and in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia.
Features February 2021
Solzhenitsyn & the engine of history
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On Solzhenitsyn’s World War I novels.
Reflections February 2021
Meeting Mrs. Mandelstam
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On the Russian writer Nadezhda Mandelstam.