Plyos, the view of the Volga River (infotravel.ru) I’ve been twice to Ivanovo Region in the last two years, and now the news has it that a new museum has been opened in Plyos, a beautiful small ...
When I look back at 2011 I remember it as an absolutely amazing year. This year was marked by the following: publications of my poetry and prose in Russian national press; participation in a conferenc...
Yekaterinburg: Komsomol and Cathedral One of my vivid recollections of the visit to Yekaterinburg is the fact that many of its streets have not been renamed. As a result, the Cathedral on the Blood on...
Declaration I have just discovered one of the most beautiful queries that landed someone on Los Cuadernos: “one man’s graffitti is another man’s picasso phrases” While you pond...
Article first published as The Russian Manchester: How Ivanovo Is Finding Its Way in Post-Soviet Russia on Blogcritics. People of Manchester, rejoice! No longer is Venice the only enviable comparison ...
Yes, I spent two days in Ivanovo, formerly known as Ivanovo-Voznesensk, the so-called Russian Manchester. The town, too, used to be famous for its calico production; nowadays, sadly, some of the facto...