On November 9 each year, Russia celebrates the birthday of the famous 19th century novelist. He was born in 1818 and, for ...

It turns out that there were vampires among the 19th century nobility in Russia. Only they had a different name.

Russia’s identity, not its security or the fear of NATO, has historically been the main driver of Moscow’s aggression toward ...

Michael Chemers’, a professor of Performance Play and Design and chair of the department at University of California, Santa Cruz, most recent project adapts The Inspector General, a Russian play by ...

Independent Opera's “The Stone Guest” is revelatory, L.A. Opera's "Romeo and Juliet" is exhilarating and Pacific Opera ...

Bulgaria’s interior minister has accused the theater director behind Hollywood A-lister John Malkovich’s production of a 19th ...

Baron Trump starred in at least two novels- The Travels and Adventures of Little Baron Trump and His Wonderful Dog Bulgar and ...

with “Crime and Punishment,” a two-act world premiere based on Dostoyevsky’s classic novel of violence and retribution in 19th-century Russia, playing the final week.

Mickiewicz’s Konrad Wallenrod triggered a massive wave of Polish biographies, in which Wallenrod’s ideals of a struggle for ...

In the 18th century, Russians created the samovar, a distinctive device for brewing tea. Today, enjoying tea alongside snacks and desserts is still a cherished social activity in Russia. In the ...

In Georgian culture, the echoes of democracy have always reverberated, from the ancient mountainside councils to the bold ...