THE average American finds it difficult to explain why the foreigner says “ze” or “de,” rather than the perfectly natural (to him) “the" until he tries to enunciate an elegant French “rue” or gets his ...

For two decades, Andrei Klimenko has been amassing a collection of Soviet-era reel-to-reel tape recorders for a small museum ...

The Cold War stands as one of the most significant events in United States and world history. Pavel Palazhchenko offers a unique perspective on that era.

Slowed down so you can understand what students are saying in English.. Soviet-era educational film for teaching English to students. The transcript captures a chaotic classroom discussion where ...

BROOKLINE, Massachusetts (JTA) — The well-worn books that fill the shelves in David Shrayer-Petrov’s living room reveal the remarkable literary life of the influential refusenik, who has left his mark ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is from the Inlander archives, having first been published on November 30, 2000. When Yelena Solodyankin arrived in Spokane nine years ago with her husband Alexander and ...