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By Natasha Netzorg By mid-October 1991, the discernible shift in the USSR’s economical and political situation still drove headlines. Both Moscow News, the main English-language paper, and Krokodil, the venerable Soviet satirical magazine, provided abundant commentaries on the uncertainty and … Continue reading
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By Joseph Puckett Dr. Paul Contino, Professor of Great Books at Pepperdine University, joined Miami’s academic community on Monday, October 4, for a lecture based on his new book, Dostoevsky’s Incarnational Realism. Contino’s lecture was the second in this year’s … Continue reading
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By Rachel Ballinger On Monday, September 20, the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies welcomed its first guest lecture event for the fall colloquia series on “Dostoevsky at 200” with John Givens, professor of Russian at the University of … Continue reading
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By Colton Powaski By the week of October 6, 1991, it was obvious that the Soviet Union was collapsing. However, what was to come next still remained uncertain. The front page of the English-language Moscow News contained a picture of … Continue reading
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By Izzy Tice Alongside The Moscow News and Pravda, the satirical magazine Krokodil was also continuing to publish during the time of the Soviet Union’s dissolution. Three times a month, Krokodil provided a humorous perspective on the events of the … Continue reading
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By Caden Wilcox As September 1991 reached its end, whatever cohesion the Soviet Union still had was increasingly giving way to disunion. Across all newspaper reports and editorials, writers openly dissented with government officials and criticized government processes. From September … Continue reading
