Living in the UK, I realised how many people outside Russia are interested in the modern Russian history, GULAG, Stalin’s rule and the life of Soviet people. The immense worldwide popularity of novels like Doctor Zhivago and Life and Fate is undeniable.… Read the rest
Modern Russian Writers: Ludmila Ulitskaya and Her Soviet Chronicles
The Soviet Union collapsed 22 years ago and we now have the whole generation of writers in Russia thinking about the recent Russian history and trying to understand and portray the Soviet phenomenon in their stories.… Read the rest
Gagarin – 12 April 1961- Following Your Dreams

Gagarin (image by SAS Scandinavian Airlines (http://images.flysas.com) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)