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Where to Go Online in Yekaterinburg, Russia Hunting for a web cafe in the city in a foreign country can be a challenge. This is especially so in the countries where the web is developing in leaps, and Russia is...

Discobolus on Yekaterinburg Underground Those Russians who live in Yekaterinburg no longer have to travel to the British Museum in London to see the famous Discobolus...

The Kiss A man dreams of a woman who comes at night to kiss him. Inspired by an artwork of an Italian artist.

• Paroles, Paroles..

  10/10/2011

  On the subject of verbosity and verbality.
• A Poem with No End

  10/10/2011

  On the subject of similarity between people and books
• And so I Write My Life..

  10/10/2011

  On the ability of an author to foresee and create the events in life
• The Word

  10/10/2011

  A poem about the impossibility of fully "describing" verbally the object of affection or, indeed, any object
• Alexander Blok - Night, a Streetlight, a Street, a Chemist's (1912)

  10/3/2011

  Alexander Blok's 1912 poem was featured on a building wall in Amsterdam as part of the international poetry project
• Sergei Esenin - Farewell, My Friend (The Final Poem)

  10/3/2011

  This is a 2006 poetic translation of Sergei Esenin's final poem written shortly before his suicide in 1928.
• Vladimir Solovyov - from Hafiz. In Imitation of Lermontov

  10/3/2011

  The original 1886 poem is dedicated to the "lady who was asking the author why he felt hot". Solovyov signed the poem as "Count Heliotropov".
• Vladimir Solovyov - a Timely Recollection

  10/3/2011

  An 1887 poem by Vladimir Solovyov contemplates the then topical issue of Russia as a new Israel - a chosen Land beridden with troubles.
• Vladimir Solovyov - an Epitaph

  10/3/2011

  Vladimir Solovyov, the Russian philosopher, died in 1900. Eight years before his death, in 1892 he wrote himself an 'epitaph' in his usually ironic tone of voice.
• Vladimir Solovyov - a Parody on the Russian Symbolist Poets

  10/3/2011

  A well-known Russian philosopher, a friend and a mentor to Alexander Blok and a few other Symbolist poets, Vladimir Solovyov shows his mischievous side in this 1895 parody on the Russian Symbolist poetry
• My Favourite Novelist: Kurt Vonnegut

  9/30/2011

  Kurt Vonnegut stands out among the writers whose work shaped me - his telegraphic style was the best way to express a man's difficulty of coping with schizophrenic day-to-day life
• The Problems of National Branding in Russia

  9/24/2011

  A review of the conference on National Branding in Russia, taken place during the Moscow Autumn Tourism Industry Week (21-24 September 2011)
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  Where to Go Online in Yekaterinburg, Russia

  9/21/2011

  Hunting for a web cafe in the city in a foreign country can be a challenge. This is especially so in the countries where the web is developing in leaps, and Russia is one of them.
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  Discobolus on Yekaterinburg Underground

  9/14/2011

  Those Russians who live in Yekaterinburg no longer have to travel to the British Museum in London to see the famous Discobolus - they only have to go to Dynamo Metro Station.
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  Visiting London for the First Time

  9/14/2011

  Since visiting London for the first time in April 2004, I have discovered its many corners, lanes, and facets - but the first impression still counts.
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  Russian Blogosphere Up and Close: Bloggers Portraits in Classy Black-and-White

  8/31/2011

  For over a year a Moscow-based photographer Kirill Kuzmin has been joining forces with other bloggers, to build a gallery of portraits of other Russian bloggers.
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  The Kiss

  8/29/2011

  A man dreams of a woman who comes at night to kiss him. Inspired by an artwork of an Italian artist.
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  Pygmalion

  8/29/2011

  The poem studies the notion of possession in love; the situation when the object is ours and yet so distant that we stand defeated, like Pygmalion in front of his adorable Galatea.
• A Microphone

  8/12/2011

  One day a man has turned into a microphone...
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  The Moscow Authorities: Peter the Great to Continue His Sailing on the Moskva River

  8/9/2011

  Since it was established in 1997, a Zurab Tsereteli's monument commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Russian fleet has been criticised for a bad choice of location. But now plans to move the monument elsewhere seem to have been halted.
• My Favourite Novel: Friedrich Duerrenmatt - Once a Greek (Grieche Sucht Griechin)

  8/5/2011

  An acclaimed Swiss playwright and author, Friedrich Duerrenmatt first entered my life with this short comic novel. Once a Greek (Grieche sucht Griechin) is a hilarious, poignant story of errors, love and forgiveness.