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What do you think is the most common essay title in the history of literature? I don’t know. But if I were…

(Translated from the July 2016 issue of Foma. Here’s the link to the original Russian article) The Ostromir Gospels is the oldest…

Earlier this week, I shared a blog post about the amazing things Russians Tsars did on Christmas day. It struck me as…

I’ve always loved good, old-fashioned pageantry. In my novels, I try to include moments of it, since it’s not something authors nowadays…

Last year, while spending a very illuminating six months in Belarus, my wife and I were invited to a local television program…

If you’re anything like me, you usually don’t bother making New Years’ resolutions, because you never keep them. But for me, this…