Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture (Hardcover)

Abdrashitov, Vadim Iusupovich; Abdulov, Aleksandr Gavrilovich; Abramov, Fedor Aleksandrovich; Abrau-Diurso; Abuladze, Tengiz; academic degrees; academic titles; academic year, Soviet and post-Soviet; Academy of Arts; Academy of Sciences (Akademia Nauk SSSR, Rossiiskaia Akademiia Nauk); acting schools; Adabashian, Aleksandr Artemovich; administrative structure, Russian Federation; administrative structure, Soviet Union; adventure novel (prikliuchencheskii roman); advertising; Aguzarova, Zhanna; AIDS (SPID); Aigi, Gennadii Nikolaevich; Aitmatov, Chingiz Terikulovich; akademgorodok; Akhedzhakova, Liia Medzhidovna; Akhmadulina, Bella (Isabella) Akhatovna; Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna; Akimov, Nikolai Pavlovich; Aksenov, Vasilii Pavlovich; Akunin, Boris; Akvarium; alcoholism (vytrezvitel); Aleksandrov Soviet Army Song and Dance Ensemble; Aleshkovskii, Iuz Efimovich; Aliev, Geidar; All-Russian (All-Union) State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK); Alov and Naumov; amateur cultural activity (samodeiatelnost); Amber Room; Andreev, Boris Fedorovich; Andropov, Iurii Vladimirovich; Androvskaia, Olga Nikolaevna; anti-Semitism; Antoshina, Tatiana Konstantinovna; appetizers (zakuski); April Factory (Aprelevskaia fabrika); Apt-Art; Arabov, Iurii Nikolaevich; Arbat; Arbatova, Mariia Ivanovna; Arbuzov, Aleksei Nikolaevich; architecture, Soviet and post-Soviet; architecture, visionary; architecture, wooden; archives; Argumenty i fakty; Arkhipova, Irina Konstantinovna; Armenia; Aroseva, Olga; art galleries and exhibition halls; art market; art museums; art schools and academies; art, abstract (abstraktnoe iskusstvo); art, informal; art, nonconformist; art, post-Soviet; art, Soviet; Artek; Artmane, Vija; arts administration and management, Soviet and post-Soviet; Arzamas-16 (Sarov); Ashkenazii, Vladimir Davidovich; Asian cuisine; Askoldov, Aleksandr Iakovlevich; Astafev, Viktor Petrovich; Averintsev, Sergei Sergeevich; aviation, Soviet and post-Soviet; avos/avoska; avtoritet; awards, cultural, post-Soviet; awards, cultural, Soviet; awards, literary, post-Soviet; awards, literary, Soviet; awards, state and government, Soviet and post-Soviet; Azerbaidzhan; Babii Iar; Babkina, Nadezhda Georgievna; Babochkin, Boris Andreevich; babushka; Baikal; Baikonur; Bakhtin, Mikhail Mikhailovich; Balabanov, Aleksei Oktiabrinovich; Balaian, Roman Gurgenovich; ballet dancers, Bolshoi Theatre; ballet dancers, Mariinskii Theatre; ballet, post-Soviet; ballet, Soviet; Baltic actors in Soviet cinema; Baltic Sea region (Pribaltika); BAM (Baikal-Amur Railroad); bania; Banionis, Donatas Iuozovich; baranka; Baranskaia, Natalia Vladimirovna; bards; Baryshnikov, Mikhail Nikolaevich; Bashkortostan (Bashkiria); Bashlachev, Aleksandr Nikolaevich; Bashmet, Iurii Abramovich; Basilashvili, Oleg Valerianovich; basketball; Basov, Vladimir Pavlovich; Batalov, Aleksei Vladimirovich; beef Stroganoff; Belarus; Beliutin, Elii Mikhailovich; bells; Beloe solntse pustyni (White Sun of the Desert); Belov, Vasilii Ivanovich; Belza, Igor Fedorovich; Berezovskii, Boris Abramovich; Berggolts, Olga; Bernes, Mark Naumovich; berries (iagody); Bichevskaia, Zhanna Vladimirovna; Bitov, Andrei Georgievich; Black Earth region (Chernozemnaia zona); black market (fartsovshchik); blat; bliny; blizhnee zarubezhe (near abroad); Bodrov, Sergei Sergeevich; Bodrov, Sergei Vladimirovich; Bogatyr, Svetlana Zakharovna; Bogatyrev, Iurii Georgievich; Boiarskii, Mikhail Sergeevich; Bolshoi Theatre; Bondarchuk, Sergei Fedorovich; Borisov, Oleg Ivanovich; Borisova, Iuliia Konstantinovna; bread; Brenner, Aleksandr Davidovich; Brezhnev, Leonid Ilich; broadcasts, foreign; Brodskii, Iosif Aleksandrovich; Bronevoi, Leonid Sergeevich; Brumel, Valerii Nikolaevich; Bruskin, Grisha; Buddhism; Bulatov, Erik Vladimirovich; Bulgakova, Olga Vasilevna; Bulldozer Exhibit (buldozernaia vystavka); Buratino; Burda; Bure, Pavel Vladimirovich; bureaucracy; Buriatia; Burliaev, Nikolai Petrovich; Bykov, Rolan Anatolevich; Bykov, Vasilii Vladimirovich; byt (everyday life); calendars, old and new; cameramen; cars, Soviet and post-Soviet; cathedral (sobor); Cathedral of Christ the Savior (Khram Khrista Spasitelia); Caucasian; Caucasian cuisine; Caucasus; caviar; cemeteries; censorship; Central Asia; Central House of Journalists (Dom Zhurnalistov, DomZhur); Central House of Writers (TsDL); Chagall, Mark; chastushka; cheating (shpargalka); Cheburashka; chebureki; Chechnia; chelnok; Chernobyl; Chernomyrdin, Viktor Stepanovich; chernukha; chess; choral music; choreographers, Soviet; Christmas, Orthodox; Chto? Gde? Kogda? (What? Where? When?); Chubais, Anatolii Borisovich; Chukchi; Chukhrai, Grigorii Naumovich; Chukhrai, Pavel Grigorevich; Chukovskaia, Lidiia Korneevna; church architecture, Russian Orthodox; church hierarchy; church music (tserkovnaia muzyka); Churikova, Inna Mikhailovna; circus; CIS (SNG); classical music, post-Soviet; classical music, Soviet; classical musicians/performers, post-Soviet; closed city; club (kruzhok); coats; Cold War (Kholodnaia voina); collective farms; comedians; communal apartment (kommunalka); Communist ideology; Communist Party; Communist Youth League (Komsomol); complaints book (kniga zhalob); Conceptualism (art); Conceptualism, literary; constitutions; corporate governance; corrective labor institutions (ispravitelno-trudovye uchrezhdeniia); Cossacks; costume design, theatre; Coup, August 1991; crime; Crimea; cult of personality (kult lichnosti); dacha; Dagestan; dairy products; Dal, Oleg Ivanovich; dance; Daneliia, Georgii Nikolaevich; Daniel, Iulii Markovich; day care, Soviet and post-Soviet; DDT; death; defense industry; Demidova, Alla Sergeevna; democratic reform movement (demokraty); denim; Denisov, Edison Vasilevich; Desiatnikov, Leonid Arkadievich; desserts; detective fiction (detektiv); developed socialism; dictionaries; Dinamo; dining, Russian; dining, Soviet; dissident; Dodin, Lev Abramovich; Dolina, Larisa Aleksandrovna; Dolukhanova, Zara Aleksandrovna; Domostroi; Dontsova, Daria; Doronina, Tatiana Vasilevna; Dovlatov, Sergei Donatovich; drama, post-Soviet; drama, Soviet; drinks, alcoholic; drinks, non-alcoholic; dublenka; Dudintsev, Vladimir Dmitrievich; Duma; Dumbadze, Nodar Vladimirovich; Dunaevskii, Maksim Isaakovich; Durov Animal Theatre; Durov, Lev Konstantinovich; Dvorzhetskii, Vladislav Vatslavovich; Dykhovichnyi, Ivan Vladimirovich; Dzhigarkhanian, Armen Borisovich; East Bloc countries; Easter, Orthodox; economic system, post-Soviet; economic system, Soviet; educational channels; educational stipends, Soviet/post-Soviet (stipendiia); educational system, post-Soviet; educational system, Soviet; Efremov, Oleg Nikolaevich; Efros, Anatolii Vasilievich; Eifman, Boris Iakovlevich; Ekaterinburg; Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow); Elagina, Elena Vladimirovna; emigration (emigratsiia); employment record (trudovaia knizhka); Encyclopedia, Soviet; environment; Eralash; Erenburg, Ilia Grigorievich; Ernst, Konstantin Lvovich; Erofeev, Venedikt Vasilievich; Erofeev, Viktor Vladimirovich; Estonia; ethnic minorities (malye narody); Etush, Vladimir Abramovich; Evenki; Evstigneev, Evgenii Aleksandrovich; Evtushenko, Evgenii Aleksandrovich; Ezhov, Valentin Ivanovich; Faberge; families; fan (bolelshchik); Far East (Dalnyi vostok); Far North (Krainii sever); fashion industry, post-Soviet; fashion industry, Soviet; fashion magazines; fast food; Federal Security Service (FSS/FSB); Fedoseev, Vladimir Ivanovich; felt boots (valenki); feminism; figure skating; Figurina, Elena Nikolaevna; film directors, 1950s and 1960s; film studios; film, animation; film, auteur; film, children’s; film, comedy; film, documentary; film, educational (nauchno-populiarnoe kino); film, festivals and prizes; film, Georgian; film, literary adaptation (ekranizatsiia); film, post-Soviet; film, Soviet ? Stagnation period; film, Soviet ? Stalin era; film, Soviet ? Thaw period; film, television; film, World War II; Finno-Ugric; Firsova, Elena Olegovna; fish dishes; Fitil; fitness (fizicheskaia kultura); fitness test (GTO); five-year plan (piatiletka); fiziki-liriki (scientist-poets); Fokin, Valerii Vladimirovich; folk art; folk costume; folk dance; folk music; folk mythology; folk song; folktales; Fomenko, Petr Naumovich; footwear; Freindlikh, Alisa Brunovna; Gabriadze, Rezo; Gabrilovich, Evgenii Iosifovich; Gachev, Georgii Dmitrievich; Gaft, Valentin Iosifovich; Gagarin, Iurii Alekseyevich; Gaidai, Leonid Iovich; Gaidar, Arkadii Petrovich; Gaidar, Egor Timurovich; Galich, Aleksandr Arkadevich; games; Gamzatov, Rasul Gazmatovich; Gandlevskii, Sergei Markovich; garderob; Garin, Erast Pavlovich; Genis, Aleksander Aleksandrovich; Georgia; Gerasimov, Sergei Appolinarevich; Gerdt, Zinovii Efimovich; Gergiev, Valerii Abissalovich; German, Aleksei Iurevich; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giatsintova, Sofia Vladimirovna; Gilels, Emil Grigorevich; Ginkas, Kama; Ginzburg, Evgeniia Semenovna; Ginzburg, Lidiia Iakovlevna; Glavlit; Glazunov, Ilia Sergeevich; Glinka State Central Museum of Musical Culture; Gluzskii, Mikhail Andreevich; Goblin; Godunov, Aleksandr Borisovich; Gogoberidze, Lana Levanovna; Golden Ring (Zolotoe koltso); Goldovskaia, Marina Evseevna; Goluboi ogonek (Blue Fire); Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich; Gorbacheva, Raisa Maksimovna; Gorkii Park (Park Kultury i otdykha imeni Gorkogo); Goskino; GOSPLAN (Gosudarstvennyi planovyi komitet [State Planning Committee]); Govorukhin, Stanislav Sergeevich; Gradskii, Aleksandr Borisovich; Granin, Daniil Aleksandrovich; Grebenshchikov, Boris Borisovich; Grekova, I.; Gremina, Elena Anatolevna; Gribov, Aleksei Nikolaevich; Grigorovich, Iurii Nikolaevich; Grishkovets, Evgenii Valerevich; Grossman, Vasilii Semenovich; Gubaidulina, Sofiia Asgatovna; Gubenko, Nikolai Nikolaevich; GULag; GUM; Gundareva, Natalia Georgievna; Gurchenko, Liudmila Markovna; Gusinskii, Vladimir Aleksandrovich; Gutman, Natalia Grigorevna; gymnastics; Gypsy music (tsyganskaia muzyka); Gypsy/Roma; Hall of Columns (Kolonnyi zal Doma soiuzov); hammer and sickle; hazing (dedovshchina); headgear; health; Helsinki Group; Hermitage; hero-cities; historical novel; hockey; holidays, post-Soviet; holidays, Russian Orthodox; holidays, Soviet; holy fool (iurodivyi, iurodivaia); Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery (Troitse-Sergieva Lavra); homelessness; homosexuality; honourary titles; hotels; House of Recordings (Dom zvukozapisi); housing, Soviet and post-Soviet; human rights organizations; humour and satire, literary; humour and satire, Soviet; Iabloko (Apple); Iakobson (Jakobson), Roman Osipovich; Iakobson, Leonid Veniaminovich; Iakovlev, Egor Vladimirovich; Iakovlev, Iurii Vasilevich; Iakovleva, Elena Alekseevna; Iakutia (Sakha); Iankilevskii, Vladimir Borisovich; Iankovskii, Oleg Ivanovich; Ianshin, Mikhail Mikhailovich; iashchik; Iashin, Lev; Iavlinskii, Grigorii Alekseevich; Ibragimbekov, Rustam; icon (ikona); ideological education, Soviet; Idushchie vmeste (Marching Together); Ilenko, Iurii Gerasimovich; Ilinskii, Igor Vladimirovich; Infante, Francisco; informal organizations (neformaly); intelligentsia; Interdevochka; internationalism; Internet, Russian; Ioseliani, Otar; iron curtain (zheleznyi zanaves); Iskander, Fazil Abdulovich; Islam; ITAR-TASS; Iudashkin, Valentin; Iurskii, Sergei Iurevich; Iusov, Vadim Ivanovich; Ivan Kupala; Ivanov-Vano, Ivan Petrovich; Ivashov, Vladimir Sergeevich; izba; Izmailovo exhibit; jazz (dzhaz); Jews; joke (anekdot); journalism; journalists, post-Soviet; Judaism; "Kabachok ""13 stulev"" (The Thirteen Chairs Cafe)"; Kabakov, Ilia Iosifovich; Kadochnikov, Pavel Petrovich; Kafelnikov, Evgenii Aleksandrovich; Kaidanovskii, Aleksandr Leonidovich; Kalatozov, Mikhail; Kaliagin, Aleksandr Alexandrovich; Kalmykia (Kalmyk); Kamchatka; Kancheli, Giya; Kaplan, Anatolii Lvovich; kapustnik; Karachentsev, Nikolai Petrovich; Karelia; Karelin, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich; Karmen, Roman Lazarevich; kasha; Kasparov, Garri Kimovich; Katiusha; Kazakh film; Kazakhstan; Kazakov, Iurii Pavlovich; Kenzheev, Bakhyt; Khachaturian, Aram Ilich; Khakamada, Irina Mutsuovna; Khamatova, Chulpan Nailevna; kharakteristika (reference); Kharlamov, Valerii Borisovich; Khazanov, Gennadii Viktorovich; Kheifits, Iosif Efimovich; Khitruk, Fedor Savelevich; Khodorkovskii, Mikhail Borisovich; kholodets; Kholopov, Iurii Nikolayevich; Khotinenko, Vladimir Ivanovich; Khrennikov, Tikhon Nikolaevich; Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich; Khrzhanovskii, Andreii Iurievich; Khutsiev, Marlen; Khvorostovskii, Dmitrii Aleksandrovich; Kibirov, Timur Iurevich; Kiev; Kim, Iulii Chersanovich; kinetic art; Kino; Kio, Igor Emilevich; Kirkorov, Fillip Bedrosovich; Kiselev, Evgenii; Kissin, Evgenii Igorevich; Klimov, Elem Germanovich; kliukva; Klub kinoputeshestvennikov (The Film-Travelers’ Club); Kobzon, Iosif Davydovich; Koliada; Koliada, Nikolai Vladimirovich; Kolyma; Komar and Melamid; Kommersant; Konchalovskii (Mikhalkov-Konchalovskii), Andrei Sergeevich; Kondrashin, Kirill Petrovich; Kondratev, Pavel Mikhailovich; Konenkov, Sergei Timofeevich; kopeika; Kopelian, Efim Zakharovich; Kopystiansky, Svetlana Grigorevna; Koriak; Korolenko, Psoi; Korolev, Sergei Pavlovich; Korotich, Vitalii Alekseevich; Korzhavin, Naum Moiseevich; Kosolapov, Aleksandr Semenovich; Kotenochkin, Viacheslav Mikhailovich; kotlety; Kozakov, Mikhail Mikhailovich; Kozin, Vadim Alekseevich; Kozintsev, Grigorii Mikhailovich; Kozlov, Aleksei Semenovich; Kozlovskii, Ivan Semenovich; Kremer, Gidon Markusovich; Kremlevskii paek (zakaz); kremlin (kreml); Kremlin (Moscow); Kriuchkov, Nikolai Afanasevich; Krokodil; Kropivnitskaia, Valentina Evgenevna; Kropivnitskii, Lev Evgenevich; krysha; KSP (Klub samodeiatelnoi pesni, amateur song club); Ktorov, Anatolii Petrovich; Kublanovskii, Iurii Mikhailovich; Kukryniksy; kulich; Kulidzhanov, Lev Aleksandrovich; Kulik, Oleg Borisovich; Kultura channel; Kunstkamera; Kuravlev, Leonid Viachevlavovich; Kurekhin, Sergei Anatolevich; Kurnikova, Anna Sergeevna; Kurochkin, Maksim Aleksandrovich; Kushner, Aleksandr Semenovich; Kuzbas; Kuzminskii, Konstantin Konstantinovich; kvas; KVN (Klub veselykh i nakhodchivykh); Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizia); Lake Ladoga; Lamaism (Buddhism); Lanovoi, Vasilii Semenovich; Latvia; Lavrov, Kirill Iurevich; Lavrovskii, Leonid Mikhailovich; Lebed, Aleksandr Ivanovich; Lebedev, Evgenii Alekseevich; Lebeshev, Pavel Timofeevich; legal system, post-Soviet; legal system, Soviet; Lemeshev, Sergei Iakovlevich; Lenin Mausoleum; Lenin, Vladimir Ilich; Leningrad; Lenkom Theatre; Lent (Velikii Post); Leonov, Evgenii Pavlovich; Leontev, Valerii Iakovlevich; Leshchenko, Lev Valerianovich; Leshchenko, Petr Konstantinovich; Lezgins; Lianozovo School; libraries; Liepa, Maris-Rudolf Eduardovich; Likhachev, Dmitrii Sergeevich; limitchik (limita); Limonov, Eduard Veniaminovich; Lioznova, Tatiana Mikhailovna; Listev, Vladislav; literary criticism; Literary Institute (named after A.M.Gorkii); literary museums; literary research institutions; literature, children’s; literature, classical; literature, emigre; literature, foreign, in translation; literature, perestroika; literature, post-Soviet; literature, Soviet; literature, Soviet Republics; literature, Stagnation; literature, Thaw; literature, underground; literature, women’s; literature, World War II; Literaturnaia gazeta (Literary Gazette); Lithuania; Litvinova, Renata Muratovna; Liube; Liubimov, Aleksei Borisovich; Liubimov, Iurii Pertovich; Liubshin, Stanislav Andreevich; Livnev, Sergei Davidovich; Losev, Aleksei Fedorovich; Losev, Lev Vladimirovich; Lotianu (Loteanu), Emil Vladimirovich; Lotman, Iurii Mikhailovich; Lungin (Lounguine), Pavel Semenovich; Luspekaev, Pavel Borisovich; Luzhkov, Iurii Mikhailovich; Magadan; Magomaev, Muslim Magometovich; Maiak; Maiakovskii Theatre; Makanin, Vladimir Semionovich; Makarevich, Andrei Vadimovich; Makarova, Tamara Fedorovna; Makovetskii, Sergei Vasilevich; Maksimov, Vladimir Emel’ianovich; Malaia Bronnaia Theatre (Teatr na Maloi Bronnoi); Malyi Theatre; Mamaev Kurgan; Mamardashvili, Merab Konstantinovich; Mamin, Iurii Borisovich; Mamleev, Iurii Vitalevich; Mamonov, Petr Nikolaevich; Mandelshtam, Nadezhda Iakovlevna; Manezh; Manezh exhibition of 1962; Mari; Mariinskii Theatre; Marinina, Aleksandra; market (rynok); Mashina vremeni (Time Machine); Mashkov, Vladimir Lvovich; Masiania; Maslenitsa; Master i Margarita (The Master and Margarita); Masterkova, Lidiia Alekseevna; mat; Matveeva, Bella Petrovna; Matveeva, Novella Nikolaevna; Mazurok, Iurii Antonovich; meat dishes; medical system; memoirs; Memorial; Men, Aleksandr Vladimirovich; Menshikov, Oleg Evgenevich; Menshov, Vladimir Valentinovich; Messerer, Asaf Mikhailovich; Mesto vstrechi izmenit nel zia (The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed); Metro, Moscow; Metropol; Miagkov, Andrei Vasilevich; migration, post-Soviet; Mikhalkov, Nikita Sergeevich; militia (police); Mindadze, Aleksandr Anatolievich; Minkin, Aleksandr Viktorovich; Mir; Mironov, Andrei Aleksandrovich; Mironov, Evgenii Vitalevich; Mironova, Mariia Andreevna; Mitki; Mitta, Aleksandr Naumovich; Mnatsakanova, Elizaveta Arkadevna; Moiseev, Igor Aleksandrovich; Moldova (Moldavia, Moldava); Molodaia Gvardiia (Young Guard); Molokhovets, Elena Ivanovna; monastic life (monastyrskaia zhizn); monetary reform; money; monuments, post-Soviet; monuments, Soviet; Mordiukova, Nonna Viktorovna; Mordva; Morits, Iunna Petrovna; Moscow; Moscow Actionism; Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT); Moscow Conservatory; Moscow State Institute (University) of Foreign Relations (MGIMO); Moscow State University (Moskovskii gosudarstvennyi universitet imeni Lomonosova); Moscow Times; Moscow Virtuosi (Virtuozy Moskvy); Moskovskie novosti (Moscow News); Moskovskii komsomolets; Mossovet Theatre (Teatr imeni Mossoveta); mother-heroine (mat-geroinia); Motyl, Vladimir Iakovlevich; Mravinskii, Evgenii Aleksandrovich; Mukhina, Olga Stanislavovna; Muratova, Kira Georgievna; museums-estates; mushrooms; music in film; music in theatre; musicals, Russian/Soviet; Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Nagibin, Iurii Markovich; Nakhova, Irina Isaevna; name day celebration (imeniny); names and renaming, Soviet; names, personal; Namin, Stas; Nash sovremennik (Our Contemporary); national anthem, Soviet and Russian; national myths (narodnye mify); nationalism ("the national question"); natural resources; Nautilus Pompilius; Nazarenko, Tatiana; Neelova, Marina Mstislavovna; Neigauz, Genrikh Gustavovich; Neizvestnyi, Ernst Iosifovich; Nekrasov, Viktor Platonovich; Nekrasov, Vsevolod Nikolaevich; Nekro?ius, Eimuntas; Nemtsov, Boris Efimovich; Nemukhin, Vladimir Nikolaevich; Nenets (Samoeds); neologisms; Nesterenko, Evgenii Evgenevich; Nesterova, Natalia Igorevna; Nevskii Avenue (Nevskii prospekt); Nevzorov, Aleksandr Glebovich; New Russians (Novye russkie); Nezavisimaia gazeta (Independent Gazette); Neznaika; Nikitins; Nikolaeva, Tatiana Petrovna; Nikonov, Pavel Mitrofanovich; Nikulin, Iurii Vladimirovich; Nizhnii Novgorod (Gorkii); Nobel Prize winners, literature; Nobel Prize winners, non-literary; nomenklatura; Nord-Ost (Northeast); Norilsk; Norshtein, Iurii Borisovich; Novgorod; Novikov, Timur Petrovich; Novosibirsk State University; Novyi mir; nozhki Busha; NTV; Nu pogodi! (Just You Wait!); Nureyev (Nureev), Rudolf Khametovich; Nusberg, Lev Valdemarovich; Obraztsov, Sergei Vladimirovich; Obraztsova, Elena Vasilevna; Octobrites (oktiabriata); Odessa; Ogonek; Oistrakh, David Fedorovich; Okhlopkov, Nikolai Pavlovich; Okudzhava, Bulat Shalvovich; Old Believers; Old Church Slavonic (Old Church Slavic); oligarkh; olive (olivier); Olympic Games 1980 (Olimpiada 1980); OMON; opera singers, Bolshoi Theatre; opera singers, Mariinskii Theatre; opera, post-Soviet; opera, Soviet; operetta; Optina pustyn; orchestras, Soviet and post-Soviet; Orlova, Liubov Petrovna; Orthodoxy abroad; Osmolovskii, Anatolii Feliksovich; Ossetia; Ostankino tower; Ovchinnikov, Viacheslav Aleksandrovich; Ovchinnikov, Vladimir Afanasevich; Pakhmutova, Aleksandra Nikolaevna; Pamiat; Panfilov, Gleb Anatolevich; pantomime; Papanov, Anatolii Dmitrievich; Paradzhanov, Sergei Iosifovich; parasitism (tunaiedstvo); Parfenov, Leonid Gennadievich; Part, Arvo; partiinost; passport; Pasternak, Boris Leonodivich; Paustovskii, Konstantin Georgievich; pedagogy, Soviet; Pelevin, Viktor Olegovich; pelmeni; Peltser, Tatiana Ivanovna; pensions; Peredelkino; perestroika and glasnost; periodicals, post-Soviet; periodicals, Soviet; Pesniary; Petrenko, Aleksei Vasilevich; Petrov, Aleksandr Dmitrievich; Petrov, Andrei Pavlovich; Petrov, Arkadii Ivanovich; Petrushevskaia, Liudmila Stefanovna; Petsukh, Viacheslav Alekseevich; Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg; philosophy, post-Soviet; philosophy, Soviet (Marxist-Leninist); photo-art (foto-art); photorealism/hyperrealism; piano performance, Russian/Soviet (Russkaia fortepiannaia shkola); Pichul, Vasilii Vladimirovich; Piekha, Edita Stanislavovna; Pikul, Valentin Savvich; Pioneer organization; pirog/pirozhki; Piskarev Cemetery; Pivovarov, Viktor Dmitrievich; Pletnev, Mikhail Vasilevich; Pliatt, Rostislav Ianovich; Plisetskaia, Maia Mikhailovna; Plotnikov, Valerii Fedorovich; Pluchek, Valentin Nikolaevich; Podmoskove; Podmoskovnye vechera (Moscow Nights); poetry, ironic; poetry, post-Soviet; poetry, Soviet; Poklonnaia gora; Pokrovskii, Dmitrii Viktorovich; political parties, post-Soviet; political structure, post-Soviet; political structure, Soviet; Poloka, Gennadii Ivanovich; Polunin, Viacheslav (Slava) Ivanovich; Pomore; Popov, Evgenii Anatolevich; Popov, Oleg Konstantinovich; popsa; popular culture, post-Soviet; popular culture, Soviet; popular music, post-Soviet; popular music, Soviet; poshlost; pososhok; postmodernism; Pozner, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Pravda; Prigov, Dmitrii Aleksandrovich; Primakov, Evgenii Maksimovich; Primorskii krai; prison system, Soviet and post-Soviet; prisons; private property; privatization; Prokhanov, Aleksandr Andreevich; Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeevich; propaganda, Soviet and post-Soviet; propiska (residence permit); Proshkin, Aleksandr Anatolievich; Protestantism; proverbs (poslovitsy); Provincial Russia; publication and republication, perestroika; publishing houses, Soviet and post-Soviet; Pugacheva, Alla Borisovna; puppet theatre (Teatr kukol); Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts; Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich; putevka; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich; queue (ochered); Rabin, Oskar Iakovlevich; radio theatre; radio, post-Soviet; radio, Soviet; Radzinskii, Edvard Stanislavovich; Raikin, Arkadii Isaakovich; Raikin, Konstantin Arkadievich; railroads; Ranevskaia, Faina Grigorevna (Georgievna); Rasputin, Valentin Grigorievich; rassol; recording studios; Red Belt (Krasnyi poias); Red Book/Red List (krasnaia kniga); Red Square (Krasnaia ploshchad); refuseniks (otkazniki); Registration of Civil States (ZAGS); rehabilitation (reabilitatsiia); religion and spiritualism, non-traditional; research institutions; restaurants; rhetoric, Soviet; RIA Novosti; Riazanov, Eldar Aleksandrovich; Rikhter, Sviatoslav Teofilovich; rock music (rok-muzyka); rock opera (rok-opera); Rodina (Motherland); Rodnina, Irina Konstantinovna; Rogozhkin, Aleksandr Vladimirovich; romance (romans); Romanova, Elena Borisovna; Romm, Mikhail Ilich; Rossiiskaia gazeta; Rostropovich, Mstislav Leopoldovich; Rozenbaum, Aleksandr Iakovlevich; Rozhdestvenskii, Gennadii Nikolaevich; Rozov, Viktor Sergeevich; Rozovskii, Mark Grigorevich; Rubina, Dina Ilinichna; Rubinshtein, Lev Semenovich; ruble; Rukhin, Evgeni Lvovich; Ruslanova, Lidiia Andreevna; Ruslanova, Nina Ivanovna; Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (RATI, formerly GITIS); Russian Federation; Russian Museum (Russkii muzei); Russian National Library; Russian Orthodox churches; Russian Orthodoxy; Russian People’s Friendship University; Russian roulette (Russkaia ruletka); Russian soul (Russkaia dusha); Russian State Library (Rossiiskaia gosudarstvennaia biblioteka imeni Lenina); Russian State University for the Humanities (Rossiiskii Gosudarstvennyi Gumanitarnyi Universitet, RGGU); Russians; Russkoe radio (Russian Radio); Rybakov, Anatolii Naumovich; Rybnikov, Aleksei Lvovich; Rybnikov, Nikolai Nikolaevich; Saami (Lopars, Lapps); Sadur, Nina Nikolaevna; Sagalaev, Eduard Mikhailovich; Sakharov, Andrei Dmitrievich; salads; Salakhova, Aidan Tairovna; samizdat; Samoilova, Tatiana Evgenevna; samovar; sanatoria (sanatorii); Satire Theatre (Teatr satiry); Sats, Natalia Ilinichna; Satyricon Theatre; Savvina, Iia Sergeevna; science and technology; science fiction (nauchnaia fantastika); Scientific Communism (Nauchnyi kommunizm); scientific organizations (nauchnye obshchestva); scriptwriters; Sedakova, Olga Aleksandrovna; Selianov, Sergei Mikhailovich; Semenov, Iulian Semenovich; Semnadtsat mgnovenii vesny (Seventeen Moments of Spring); severe style (surovyi stil); sex and sexuality; shabashnik; Shabolovka; Shakhnazarov, Karen; Shalamov, Varlam Tikhonovich; shamanism; Shchedrin, Rodion Konstantinovich; Shchekochikhin, Iurii Petrovich; Shemiakin, Mikhail Mikhailovich; Shenderovich, Viktor Anatolevich; Shepitko, Larisa Efimovna; Sheverdnadze, Eduard Amvrosevich; Shilov, Aleksandr Maksovich; Shirvindt, Aleksandr Anatolievich; shliager; Shnittke, Alfred Garrievich; shock therapy; Sholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich; Short Course; shortages (defitsit); Shostakovich, Dmitrii Dmitrievich; Shukshin, Vasilii Makarovich; Shulzhenko, Klavdiia Ivanovna; Shvarts, Elena Andreevna; Shveitser, Mikhail Abramovich; Siberia; Simonov, Konstantin Mikhailovich; Simonov, Ruben Nikolaevich; Siniavskii, Andrei Donatovich; Sitkovetskii, Aleksandr Vitalevich; Sitnikov, Aleksandr Grigorevich; sixties generation (shestidesiatniki); slang; Slavophiles; Slichenko, Nikolai Alekseevich; Slonimskii, Sergei Mikhailovich; Slutskii, Boris Abramovich; Smekhov, Veniamin Borisovich; smoking; Smoktunovskii, Innokentii Mikhailovich; Smolnyi; soap opera (mylnaia opera); Sobchak, Anatolii Aleksandrovich; soccer; social stratification, post-Soviet; social stratification, Soviet; Socialist Realism (Sotsrealism); Socialist Realism literary classics; Soiuzpechat; Sokolov, Sasha; Sokov, Leonid Petrovich; Sokurov, Aleksandr Nikolaevich; Solomin, Iurii Mefodievich; Solonitsyn, Anatolii Alekseevich; Soloukhin, Vladimir Alekseevich; Solovei, Elena Iakovleva; Solovev, Sergei Aleksandrovich; Solovki; Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isaevich; song, Soviet popular; Sorokin, Vladimir Georgievich; Soros Foundation; Sotkilava, Zurab Lavrentievich; Sots-Art; soups; Sovremennik Theatre; space program and exploration; Spartak; Spas nerukotvornyi; Spivakov, Vladimir Teodorovich; sport clubs and teams; sports education; sports, post-Soviet; sports, Soviet; spravka; St. Petersburg; St. Petersburg (Leningrad) State Conservatory; St. Petersburg State Academic Capella; St. Petersburg State Academy of Theatre Arts (SPGATI, formerly LGITMiK); St. Petersburg State University (Sankt-Peterburgskii gosudarstvennyi universitet, SPGU); Stagnation; Stakhanovism; Stalin, Iosif; Stalingrad; stand-up comedy; Stanislavskii Music Theatre; Starovoitova, Galina Vasilievna; State Attestation Commission; State symbols, post-Soviet; State symbols, Soviet; steppe; Sterligov, Vladimir Vasilevich; stiliagi; Stravinskii, Igor Fedorovich; Strizhenov, Oleg Aleksandrovich; structuralism; Strugatskii, Arkadii Natanovich and Boris Natanovich; Sturua, Robert; subbotnik; superstitions, Russian; Svetlanov, Evgenii Fedorovich; Sviridov, Georgii Vasilevich; tabaka (chicken); Tabakov, Oleg Pavlovich; Taganka Theatre; taiga; Tajikistan (Tadzhikistan); tamada; tamizdat; tapochki (slippers); Tarkovskii, Andrei Arsenevich; Tarkovskii, Arsenii Aleksnadrovich; Tarnopolskii, Vladimir Grigorevich; Tartu-Moscow School; Tatars; Tatianin den; Tatu; Tchaikovsky (Chaikovskii) Competition; tea glass holder (podstakannik); television channels; television serials; television, post-Soviet; television, Soviet; Temirkanov, Iurii Khatuevich; Tendriakov, Vladimir Fedorovich; Terekhova, Margarita Borisovna; Tereshkova (Nikolaeva-Tereshkova), Valentina Vladimirovna; Ter-Oganian, Avdei; territorial conflicts; terrorist acts; Tetris; Thaw; theatre, post-Soviet; theatre, Soviet; thick journals; Third Rome; Tikhonov, Viacheslav Vasilevich; Tishchenko, Boris Ivanovich; Todorovskii, Petr Efimovich; Todorovskii, Valerii Petrovich; Tokareva, Viktoriia Samoilovna; Tolstaia, Tatiana Nikitichna; Tolubeev, Iurii Vladimirovich; Torpedo; toska; tost (toast); Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT); Tovstonogov, Georgii Aleksandrovich; toys; track and field; traditions and customs; transportation system; transportation, inner city; Tretiak, Vladislav Aleksandrovich; Tretiakov Gallery (Tretiakovskaia galereia); Tretiakov, Vitalii Tovievich; Trifonov, Iurii Valentinovich; troika; Troitskii, Artemii Kivovich; trophy art (trofeinoe iskusstvo); Troshin, Vladimir Konstantinovich; Trus, Balbes, Byvalyi; tselina; Tselkov, Oleg Nikolaevich; Tsereteli, Zurab; Tsoi, Viktor Robertovich; TsSKA; Tsvetkov, Aleksei; tundra; Turkmenistan (Turkmenia); tushenka; Tvardovskii, Aleksandr Trifonovich; U.E.; Uchitel, Aleksei Efimovich; Ugarov, Mikhail Iurevich; Ukraine; Ulanova, Galina Sergeevna; Ulianov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich; Ulitskaia, Liudmila Evgenevna; underground economy; Union of Rightist Forces (Soiuz pravykh sil; SPS); Union of Theatre Workers; unions, creative, post-Soviet; unions, creative, Soviet; unions, professional; United Russia (Edinaia Rossiia); Urals; Urusevskii, Sergei Pavlovich; Uspenskii, Eduard Nikolaevich; USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Soviet Union); Ustvolskaia, Galina Ivanovna; Utesov, Leonid Osipovich; Uzbekistan; vacations, Soviet and post-Soviet; Vail, Petr Lvovich; Vakhtangov Theatre (Teatr Vakhtangova); Valdai; Vampilov, Aleksandr Valentinovich; varene; vareniki; Vasilenko, Svetlana Vladimirovna; Vasilev, Anatolii; Vasilev, Konstantin Alekseevich; Vasilev, Vladimir Viktorovich; vatnik; VDNKh/ VVTs; Vertinskaia, Anastasia Aleksandrovna; Vesnik, Evgenii Iakovlevich; Viktiuk, Roman Grigorevich; village prose; vinegret; violin performance, Russian/Soviet; visas and registration; Vishnevskaia, Galina Pavlovna; Vizbor, Iurii Iosifovich; Vladimov, Georgii Nikolaevich; Vlasov, Iurii Petrovich; vobla; vocal-instrumental ensemble (VIA); vocational education; vodka; Voinovich, Vladimir Nikolaevich; Volchek, Galina Borisovna; Volga region (Povolzhe); volunteerism; Voskresene (Resurrection); voucher; Voznesenskii, Andrei Andreevich; VTsIOM (Vserossiiskii tsentr informatsii i obshchestvennogo mneniia [Russian Center for Information and Public Opinion]); vysotka (high-rise); Vysotskii, Vladimir Semenovich; Vzgliad (Viewpoint); War, Afghan; War, Chechen; wedding ceremony; Westernizers; white nights; White Sea Canal (Belomorkanal); women; women journalists; work; Worker and Collective Farm Worker; World War II (Great Patriotic War); Yeltsin, Boris Nikolaevich; Young Spectator Theatre (Teatr iunogo zritelia, TIuZ); youth culture; youth literature; Zaitsev, Viacheslav (Slava) Mikhailovich; Zakharov, Mark Anatolievich; Zalakavicius, Vitautas; Zarkhi, Aleksandr Grigorevich; Zarnitsa; Zasurskii, Iasen Nikolaevich; Zavadskii, Iurii Aleksandrovich; Zeldin, Vladimir Mikhailovich; Zeldovich, Aleksandr Efimovich; zelenyi zmii; Zemfira; zephyr (zefir); Zharov, Mikhail Ivanovich; Zhdanov, Ivan Fedorovich; Zhilinskii, Dmitrii Dmitrievich; Zhirinovskii, Vladimir Volfovich; Zhvanetskii, Mikhail Mikhailovich; Zinovev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich; Ziuganov, Gennadii Andreevich; Znanie; Zolotukhin, Valerii Sergeevich; Zorin, Leonid Genrikhovich; Zverev, Anatolii Timofeevich; Zvezdochetov, Konstantin Viktorovich; Zvezdochetova, Larisa Iurievna; Zykina, Liudmila Georgievna