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Hollywood and the Return of the Cold War

June 7, 2012 wpadmin

Recently Hollywood released three major movies which all have Russians as the “bad guys” and which focus on the Cold…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, U.S.-Russian Relations

“Hoover’s Boys” in the USSR – The Forgotten Rescue

May 31, 2012 wpadmin

Ninety years ago, Russia experienced a famine that was one of the greatest human disasters in Europe since the Black…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, U.S.-Russian Relations

A Modern Russian Masterpiece: “The Master and Margarita”

May 23, 2012 wpadmin 3d Comments

One of the most popular books among Russians in the 1990s was Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, first published…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russian Literature

A Russian Literary Treasure: The Brothers Karamazov

May 17, 2012 wpadmin

One of the great classics of world literature is Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov (New York: Bantam Books, 1970), a…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russian Literature

Dostoevsky: God’s Existence and the Problem of Evil

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One of the most powerful and insightful dialogues that takes place in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic novel, The Brother Karamazov, is…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russian Literature

Orthodox Christianity: An Overview

May 4, 2012 wpadmin

Global Christianity: The Big Picture In December 2011, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life published a major study…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Religious Life in Russia

Russia’s Role in the Outbreak of the First World War

April 26, 2012 wpadmin

Conventional Wisdom on the Origins of the First World War Conventional wisdom, among both scholars and general readers, is that…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, Russia's Pre-1991 History

America’s First Expert on Russia

April 20, 2012 wpadmin

An Explorer Discovers Russia  George Kennan was born in Norwalk, Ohio, in 1845 and at the age of twelve began…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, U.S.-Russian Relations

Russia Sells Alaska

April 13, 2012 wpadmin

The surprisingly cordial relationship that developed between President Abraham Lincoln and Tsar Alexander II, a relationship described in previous “Reflections…

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Abraham Lincoln and Tsar Alexander II

March 22, 2012 wpadmin

In the summer of 2008, Marge and I visited the Oshkosh Public Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to see a special…

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Posted in: Reflections on Russia, U.S.-Russian Relations

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Reflections on Russia: Topical Index

  • Russian Education
  • Russian Youth
  • Russian Literature
  • Religious Life in Russia
  • Russian Culture and Values
  • U.S.-Russian Relations
  • Russia’s Post-Communist Development
  • Russia’s Pre-1991 History

About the Author: John A. Bernbaum

Prior to his work in Russia, Dr. Bernbaum worked for the Department of State from 1972‐1976 and then spent nearly two decades with the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities in Washington, D.C. During his time there, he founded and directed the American Studies Program, established the Latin American Studies Program and the Los Angeles Film Studies Program, served as the organization’s Executive Vice President, and finally headed up their Russian Initiative and developed the Russian Studies Program. While working on the Russian Initiative, Dr. Bernbaum spent a semester teaching at Nizhni Novgorod State University.

In addition to his work in Russia, Dr. Bernbaum has written many articles and has authored three books, Opening the Red Door, Why Work?, and Perspectives on Peacemaking.

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