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Recently, I had an interesting exchange with ‘AM’, a Moscow-based colleague who passed on her own thoughts on the subject of the Russian/Siberian...

When an advanced civilisation meets a less advanced civilisation, bad things happen to the latter. That’s the established school of thought and...

Sadly, it came as no surprise to learn that European Russian expansion into Siberia had some disturbing parallels to the European expansion into...

“But Siberia is freezing, right?” – that’s what ‘they’ will tell you whenever the vast space east of the Urals comes up in conversatio...

What’s a great way to visit Russia whilst offsetting the current devaluation of the pound (assuming that you are based in the UK)? Well, why not...

We left last week’s Trans-Siberian ramblings with a mass exodus into the Siberian countryside, and away from the bright lights of European...

Last week we acknowledged the centenary of the final nail in the Trans-Siberian Railway’s iron track. Well, frankly someone had to. As discussed:...

‘K’ is a very bright and knowledgeable individual; a Russian historian who speaks English like (or even better than) a native. Frankly,...

In this final peek at the Russian winter (from behind the safety of my laptop), I’m scanning around for some insight into how the season is...

Here we provide you with some English translations for common Russian phrases.