What drives someone to kill in cold blood? What goes through the murderer's mind? And what kind of a society breeds such people? Over 150 years ago Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky took these questions up in what would become one of the...

Professor Lucan Way explained that his book Revolution of Dictatorship has roots in the influence of his early teachers. In particular, his 8th-grade English teacher, Brian Bond, encouraged him to explore his own interests, which led...

The Devil has come to town. But don't worry– all he wants to do is stage a magic show. This absurd premise forms the central plot of Mikhail Bulgakov's masterpiece, "The Master and Margarita." Its blend of political satire, historical...

Artur Proidakov is a Top 10 finalists Global Teacher Prize 2023 and the winner of Global Teacher Prize Ukraine.



He was born and grew up in Stakhanov (now Kadiivka) in Luhansk region, under Russian occupation since...

Artur Proidakov is a Top 10 finalists Global Teacher Prize 2023 and the winner of Global Teacher Prize Ukraine.



He was born and grew up in Stakhanov (now Kadiivka) in Luhansk region, under Russian occupation since...

According to Tolstoy himself, War and Peace was "not a novel, even less is it a poem, and still less a historical chronicle." And in this day and age of publishing, where word count, “readability”, and topical relevance are the lifeline...

Acclaimed Russian conductor Semyon Bychkov discusses his approach to the characters of Tchaikovsky's great opera Eugene Onegin, refined over his decades-long relationship with what he calls one of his 'first operatic loves'. Find out...

The young poet Lensky bids farewell to life in this beautiful aria from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. Find out more at href='http://www.roh.org.uk/eugeneonegin' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>at Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky’s best-loved...

Kati Marton credits two influential teachers for shaping her passions. Vladimir Petrov, a Russian refugee and professor at George Washington University, inspired her love for international relations through his lived experiences and...

Diane Ravitch is a Research Professor of Education at New York University and a historian of education. She is the Founder and President of the Network for Public Education (NPE).



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A samurai is found dead in a quiet bamboo grove. One by one, the crime's only known witnesses recount their version of the events. But as they each tell their tale, it becomes clear that every testimony is plausible yet different. And...

Most Poles don't realize it but one of their biggest heroes died here in Istanbul. On today's episode of Kult America I'm in Istanbul, Turkey to visit the places of Adam Mickiewicz.

Leosia | POEM | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen This is a family story about someone who managed to escape the Holocaust. You can browse and buy Michael Rosen Books hereref='https://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/books/'...

Timothy Snyder is one of the leading American historians and public intellectuals, and enjoys perhaps greater prominence in Europe, the subject of most of his work. He is the Richard Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a...

Timothy Snyder is one of the leading American historians and public intellectuals, and enjoys perhaps greater prominence in Europe, the subject of most of his work. He is the Richard Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a...

Meet Indy & the Crew at Stow Maries WW1 Aerodromehttp://bit.ly/TGWStowMaries' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Aerodrome Paul von Hindenburg's military career was already over when World War 1 broke out. He fought in legendary German...

The Kingdom of Hungary was an integral part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Hungarian soldiers fought on almost all fronts of World War 1. The Battle of Limanowa was one of their most remembered victories where Hungarian troops fought of...

Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings Valentin's aria from act II of Gounod's opera Faust. Find out more at href='http://www.roh.org.uk' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>at Charles-François Gounod’s Faust was once one of the most...

Rory Stewart discusses his concerns about reading too much, his inability to go anywhere without a book, the appeal of the 19th Russian novelists, the brilliance of Tristram Shandy and how books give voice to the dead. Read articles by...

MOT 1939: RUSSIA: LENIN BIOGRAPHY: MS Vladimir (AKA Nicolai) Lenin Biography books on display. CU Biography cover in Russian. CU Picture of Lenin. Literature. Communism Communist.