Bukovsky's Judgment May 20, 2019
Cambridge, England — All Soviet dissidents are legendary, to one degree or another. Vladimir Bukovsky is especially so. He is held in awe by people whom the rest of us hold in awe. I'm speaking of his fellow dissidents. He is a dissident's dissident,...
Postcards That Fueled the Russian Revolution January 15, 2019
In this handsomely illustrated book Tobie Mathew makes a case for the lowly postcard's role in the politicization of pre-revolutionary Russia. Cheap to produce, easily transported and hidden, and conveying a simple graphic message, picture postcards ...