Children of October

by | Oct 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

Home Book Sample Russian Recipes Posts of Interest Newsletter & Articles Soviet Anecdotes Archives Children of October   When I started school in Soviet Russia at age seven (the typical age for starting school in the 1980s), and shortly after first...

What is Culture?

by | Jun 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

Home Book Sample Russian Recipes Posts of Interest Newsletter & Articles Soviet Anecdotes Archives What is Culture?   Not so long ago, after twenty five years of living in America, I was asked to do a presentation about Russian culture at one of the American...

Pets in Soviet Russia

by | May 15, 2021 | Uncategorized

Home Book Sample Russian Recipes Posts of Interest Newsletter & Articles Soviet Anecdotes Archives Pets in Soviet Russia   From what I recall, very few people during Soviet times had house pets in Moscow, probably because we lived in tiny crowded apartments....

Russian Snowmen and Snow-Women

by | Apr 15, 2021 | Uncategorized

Home Book Sample Russian Recipes Posts of Interest Newsletter & Articles Soviet Anecdotes Archives Russian Snowmen and Snow-women   In Russia we had snow in October and snow in November, snow in December and definitely snow in January. We had snow in...

March 8th the International Women’s Day

by | Mar 8, 2021 | Uncategorized

Home Book Sample Russian Recipes Posts of Interest Newsletter & Articles Soviet Anecdotes Archives March 8th, The International Women’s Day   Up to this day in Russia this traditional socialist holiday, March 8th the International Women’s Day, is celebrated...

TOILET PAPER: A! Russian Perspective

by | Feb 10, 2021 | Uncategorized

Home Book Sample Russian Recipes Posts of Interest Newsletter & Articles Soviet Anecdotes Archives TOILET PAPER: A! Russian Perspective When I arrived in the United States in 1994, shortly after the Soviet Union collapsed, I was a hoarder. The Soviet culture of...