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Fearful Majesty

East of the Sun

The very word Siberia evokes a history and reputation as awesome as it is enthralling. In this ac...

Red Star Tales

For over a century, most of the science fiction produced by the world's largest country has been ...

Driving Down Russia’s Spine

On one level, this book is the story of an epic 6000-kilometer road trip from the frigid shores o...

The Latchkey Murders

Senior Lieutenant Pavel Matyushkin is back on the case in this prequel to the popular mystery Mur...

At the Circus

This wonderful novella by Alexander Kuprin tells the story of the wrestler Arbuzov and his battle...

Survival Russian

Woe From Wit

ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS OF RUSSIAN PLAYS, the four-act comedy in verse Woe from Wit skewers staid,...

Life Stories

A novelist catches up with his future... a president is under house arrest after setting off a nu...

93 Untranslatable Russian Words

Davai! The Russians and Their Vodka

You cannot separate Russians from their vodka or vodka from Russia. For over 600 years, this prou...

The Little Golden Calf

This brand new translation of the famous satirical sequel to The Twelve Chairs resurrects the con...