The Ideology of Analytic Art and the Principle of Craftedness

by Pavel FILONOV (1883-1941) “Painting is the universally intelligible language of the artist.” A picture suggests a single conclusion, which … More

Alexander Nekrich, “Rewriting History” (1980)

In 1965 a ten-volume edition of The History of the World, prepared by the Humanities Faculties of the Soviet Academy … More

by Boris KAGARLITSKY (1993) Boris Kagarlitsky is a writer and member of the Party of Labour in Russia. In 1982 … More

Doctor Yashvin snorted and asked with a strangely twisted smile: May I tear a page off the calendar? It`s exactly … More

By Roy MEDVEDEV (1979) On 2 October 1964, shortly after his meeting with Sukarno, Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev flew south for … More

by Farid TUKHBATULLIN (2007) The inauguration of the new president, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, on 14 February this year excited the world … More

By Yelena RYABININA and Svetlana GANNUSHKINA, The Civic Assistance Committee (2005) In many Russian regions there is currently a concerted … More

By Alexei SIMONOV (2005) After a decade of freedom, the government has taken the national media firmly back under its … More

Human Rights “Briefing papers on human rights in the USSR”, published monthly in Philip Spender (ed.), Index on Censorship, UK … More

(Translated by Marjorie FARQUHARSON) THE SEA The Holy Land in April in the days before Easter snakes and shimmers in … More

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR (A translation by Marjorie Farquharson) ACT ONE A room in the Provost’s house. Scene I The Provost, … More

Alexander Blok died on 7 August and Nikolay Gumilyov twenty days later, but for me they both died on August … More

by Osip MANDELSTAM (1925) I would rather not talk about me, but track the route of the age. The roar … More

Osip MANDELSTAM The Egyptian Persuasion dates from the period 1926-1931 when Mandelstam found he was unable to write verse and … More

“I do not like rolled up manuscripts. Others are laden with the limnent of time, Like an archangel’s trumpet”. 1 … More