Making Bliny
My favorite Russian food! February 19, 1999 Reuters, via Johnson’s Russia List Pagan pancake fest readies Russia for Lent By Peter Henderson MOSCOW – One is a blin, two are bliny and any of the famous pancakes cooked by a real Russian grandmother are delicious. That becomes clear to millions…
Read MoreNasty Newspapers
And you though America had Yellow Journalism! 19 February 1999 Johnson’s Russia List Stop the Presses! By Andrew Miller in St. Petersburg No American who spends any appreciable length of time in Russia, far from the “madding crowd,” can avoid being impressed by Russian literacy: the affinity for books displayed…
Read More#51 If you get the jokes
Fifty (50) easy ways to tell if it is time to leave Russia Look closely now You know you have been in Russia too long when…. You have to think twice about throwing away the empty instant coffee jar. You carry a plastic shopping bag with you ‘just in case.’…
Read MoreSick as a Dog
I do NOT recommend getting sick in Russia! Another time I was sick They better be working! Toes are not that clean.. Oh, am I sick! I have a fever of 101 F, I am sweating like a pig, yet I have crazy chills, and I feel better if the…
Read MoreThose Crazy Russians
What Russians can do with a space station and a bottle of vodka. I wanted to write an introduction to this article, but there isn’t much to do aside from wondering how many vodka shots it takes to dream up something like this. The Guardian February 3, 1999 Russia’s giant…
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