The Russian Orthodox Church and Colonization in Southwestern Siberia
A review of Building Orthodox Communities outside Mother Russia: Church and Colonization in Omsk Diocese, 1885–1917, by Aileen Friesen. The…
“Objective Authorship” in 20th-Century Russian Writing and Photography
A review of Objective Authorship: Photography and Writing in Russia, 1905-1975, by Katherine Hill Reischl. Katherine Hill Reischl’s Objective Authorship:…
Banditry, Terrorism & Revolution in Late Imperial Russia
A review of Bandits, Terrorists, and Revolutionaries: The Breakdown of Civil Authority in the Imperial Fergana Valley, 1905-1914, by Yulia…
Pastoral Activism & Public Sphere in Late Imperial Russia
A review of The White Priest at Work: Orthodox Pastoral Activism and the Public Sphere in Late Imperial Russia, by…
Esperanto & Historical Imagination
Esperanto and Historical Imagination In early summer 1932, an anonymous Soviet functionary opened an envelope containing a formal invitation for…