Category Archives: USSR

Stephan Denisovich on Fatherhood

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Mike

I recently started reading Anton Makarenko’s 1937 A Book for Parents. Makarenko is perhaps best known for his work The Road to Life which was originally published in Russian as The Pedagogical Poem. I read the first volume of The … Continue reading →

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Nikolai Timkov’s “Leningrad in the Days of the Great Patriotic War”

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Mike

I recently acquired an unusual piece of ephemera for my collection of Soviet era documents, art and memorabilia. I purchased the item online from a seller in Russia. It was something of an accidental purchase, as I’d mistakenly thought that … Continue reading →

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Something new for the house

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Mike

Those who know me well are quite familiar with my penchant for Soviet-era artwork. Over the course of the past decade or so, my burgeoning collection of posters, banners, paintings and sculptures has filled my library room and, probably to … Continue reading →

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Solzhenitsyn…reconsidered

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Mike

In most literary and academic circles—excepting those of Soviet-era institutions in the USSR and Eastern bloc countries— it is anathema to level even the slightest criticism against the work of Nobel laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn. But well-reasoned evaluation of the author’s … Continue reading →

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