Monthly Archives: August 2018

Winter Palace Cruiser Aurora

The theater is across the street from my hotel. Driving in I thought it was some sort of abandoned industrial complex. It is immense, fantastical. Today it’s quite dilapidated, but it’s easy to see how 30 or 40 years ago … Continue reading →

“South Carolina college students remind me of middle-aged Russians” was essentially the take of my server, who is getting her Masters in Government and had been an exchange student in the US for six months. This was not a sentiment … Continue reading →

Church of the Ascension Tsar’s Palace

Boris Yeltsin’s grave Khrushchev Chekhov