Book of Donmon Teith

An introduction to modern Russian culture, from language and religion to literature and the arts.

Introduction to Russia's land and history, religion and thought, social customs, gender roles and education, cuisine and fashion, literature, media and cinema,

Is there an essential Russian identity? What happens when "Russian" literature is written in English, by such authors as Gary Shteyngart or Lara Vapnyar? What i

As one of the first Western ethnographers working in Moscow, Nancy Ries became convinced that talk is one crucial way in which Russian identity is constructed a