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Russia celebrates Victory Day

May 9, 2012 The Moscow Times, RIA Novosti
Russia is holding a Parade in Red Square to mark the 67th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-45 Great Patriotic War

Retired soldier builds life-size models of World War II tanks

May 9, 2012 Andrei Shapran, RIR
A retired military man in the Siberian village of Bolshoi Oyesh has set up a workshop that builds life-size moving models of World War II-era tanks and armored vehicles

Why we remember the victory

May 9, 2012 Denis Maltsev, RIR
The end of the Great Patriotic War remains an important day to celebrate for Russians

What Russians think about Stalin

May 4, 2012 Vladimir Ruvinsky, RIR
In the West, Stalin is remembered for the terror he inflicted on his own people, while at home the collective memory is more complex

Russian toe in the Indian Ocean

May 4, 2012 Vadim Nesterov, Lenta.ru
The publication of Evgeny Sergeev's book shed light on the key geopolitical intrigues in Central and Eastern Asia that are still influencing the political landscape of the Eurasian continent

The way we were: Communism revisited

April 26, 2012 Daria Gonzales, RIR
Statues, buildings and smaller mementoes of the recent past have been preserved as a reminder of Communist times

Russia’s 12 oldest architectural monuments

April 24, 2012 Dmitry Kikot, RIR
In this latest installment of the Russian Dozen, RIR explores six monuments from the time when Russia was inhabited by early primitive peoples, and six ancient Christian monuments created by the ancestors of the Russians

Private Military Companies in Russia: to be or not to be

April 17, 2012 Konstantin Bogdanov, RIA Novosti
Russia may create private military companies and possibly use them for missions abroad. Prime Minister and President-elect Vladimir Putin mentioned this possibility after he delivered his report to the State Duma

Talashkino: Reviving Russia's artistic traditions

April 16, 2012 William Brumfield, RIR
The estate of Princess Maria Tenisheva at Talashkino is located in the rolling, forested countryside to the south of Smolensk

Stalin notebooks: Internet meme, or provocation?

April 12, 2012 Larisa Khudikova, Vesti.ru
School notebooks depicting Stalin have touched off a public scandal. But while adults argue over the ethics, children think that Stalin’s portrait on their notebooks is just an amusing picture

A forward-looking history

April 11, 2012 Andrei Volodin, RIR
In mid-April we shall mark the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the USSR and India. It is appropriate to identify the basic historical stages of these relations

A Russian who discovered the Titanic

April 11, 2012 Diana Laarz
April 15 marks the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking. Today the wreckage is being explored by Russian deep-sea researchers

Iran neither friend nor foe

February 29, 2012 Dmitri Trenin
When Russians look at Iran, they see a country that has been their neighbor and rival forever

India: A century of struggle and The rise of a Superpower

January 30, 2012 RIR
The publishing of the monograph “A History of India: The Twentieth Century” is a landmark event in the longstanding study of India by Russian Orientalists.

Unageing monument: Lenin is forever

January 18, 2012 Grigory Kubatian, specially for RIR
Communism is dead, but Vladimir Lenin is alive and kicking in around 6,000 statues and monuments dedicated to him, which are scattered all over Russia. Do not dare to mess with those precious monuments lest you incur the wrath of the revolutionary le

How India brought down the US’ supersonic man

January 17, 2012 Rakesh Krishnan Simha, specially for RIR
Chuck Yeager is an American icon and will go down in history as the first man to break the sound barrier. But during the 1971 War, when an Indian pilot shot his personal aircraft, the air ace lost his cool, and demanded retaliation against India.

Pushkin Hills: The great poet’s country retreat

January 16, 2012 William Brumfield
Alexander Pushkin spent many happy moments in the estates of his family and friends near the northwest Russian city of Pskov

1971 War: How Russia sank Nixon’s gunboat diplomacy

December 20, 2011 Rakesh Krishnan Simha, specially for RIR
Exactly 40 years ago, India won a famous victory over Pakistan due to its brilliant soldiers, an unwavering political leadership, and strong diplomatic support from Moscow. Less well known is Russia’s power play that prevented a joint British-America

Dev Anand: A Wayfarer in Russia

December 16, 2011 Dadan Upadhyay, RIR
Not many know about the Russia connection of iconic Indian actor Dev Anand. He visited Russia in 1954, he married in Russia and his film “Rahi” was very popular in Soviet Union.

Twenty years later after the USSR

December 9, 2011 Vladimir Babkin, specially for RIR
The Belovezh Accords, which officially dismantled the Soviet Union, were signed on Dec. 8, 1991.
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