Posts tagged russia

When I signed up for the ‘Nikolay Gogol and Metaphysics of Russia’ lecture hosted by Academia Rossica on a Friday evening, I thought it may …

Food The constant urge to eat – keep out the cold and comfort myself against the post-communist chill. One can do it in a group …

I am ready to write about Russia. I needed time. I needed distance. I went to Russia in September, yet I required six months, a …

I cannot imagine a better and more appropriate opening night to the Slovo Russian Literature Festival. Organised by the Academia Rossica, this festival is all …

I was waiting for “Anna Karenina” since it was announced they were going to produce it. I read the novel and, before I went to cinema …

Another one of my idiosyncratic obsessions is Russia. My attention and interest are simply drawn there. The more I learn of it, the more I …

Russia is beautiful and vast. But with its beauty comes a troubled past and present – some of it wonderful, but a lot of it …