At the outset of Russia’s invasion, almost no one in the West expected that Ukraine would be able to offer Russia any kind of serious opposition to its unprovoked aggression. A year into the war, it’s ...

In the mid-nineteenth century, the ethnographer Afanasyev published around 600 Russian folktales—the world’s largest academic collection of such texts. In Russia, these tales have long been considered ...

When childhood stories of magic suddenly come to life in a dark reality, things can get scary and messy. For the protagonist of the new mainstage show at Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the ...

SPRINGFIELD — Folk tales may differ from culture to culture and include magic and talking animals, but they often share similarities, too. “Eventually you learn that in many cases, human nature is the ...

At the outset of Russia’s invasion, almost no one in the West expected that Ukraine would be able to offer Russia any kind of serious opposition to its unprovoked aggression. What can explain the way ...

Unlike most Russian folk tales this one has a happy ending — and no one is eaten. All the traditional elements are here — an 8-year-old Russian orphan nicknamed Sasha, thoughtful and appealing but ...

Andréa Stanislav's name sounds Russian, so it makes sense that the Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis is host for her show "Cosmist Reconstructions – Memories of Earth." Russian art and philosophy ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. In a far off land there exists a world of magical witches and angry bears, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

We’re plunged into a busy world in “The Little Humpbacked Horse,” a two-act romp based on Russian folklore, which the Mariinsky Ballet will perform in the coming week. Populating this story of quests ...