The Department of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES) offers a wide variety of fascinating courses in both English and Russian. Courses in Russian language and literature may also be ...

According to the writer Adam Gopnik, "We breathe in our first language and swim in our second." But for many Russophone Ukrainians, the war against their country that Russia launched in 2014 and ...

A pre-eminent translator of contemporary Russian authors like Tatyana Tolstaya and Vladimir Sorokin, she won a prestigious prize for translation in 2016. By Daniel E. Slotnik Jamey Gambrell, an ...

Language is harmfully intertwined with politics these days in Eurasia. The swirling debates are raising questions about the boundaries of Russianness. There has been considerable speculation over ...

As Syrian rebels now surround Russia’s two main bases in Syria, Russian war blogger Rybar writes on Telegram: “Russia’s military presence in the Middle East region hangs by a thread.” Gunfire is heard ...

Chinese Wikipedia had a robust collection of detailed and authoritative articles on medieval Russia, thanks to a user called Zhemao who claimed to be the daughter of a diplomat assigned in the country ...