Russia

2025

Essay Music Russia

On Vladimir Vysotsky’s 87th Birthday

Every January 25, I ask myself the same question: if Vladimir Vysotsky hadn’t left us in 1980 at just 42,...

January 25, 2025

Literature Music Russia

The Soviet Underground

This article was originally written for Literary Kicks in 2002. I have made some major edits in 2025. In the...

January 19, 2025