2017 READING RECOMMENDATION FOR RUSSOPHILES

Have an interest in the country with the world's largest land area? Try Russian Life magazine (https://www.russianlife.com). It's stories and stunning photographs been entertaining and enlightening its readers for over 20 years. I've found this brainy, funny, off-the-beaten-path publication contains slices of just about everything pertaining to historical and cultural Russia.

• From religion to fairy tales
• From fine cuisine to sulfur dioxide spewing from a nickel refining plant
• From Moscow’s dating scene to St. Petersburg’s Save the Baltic Seals Foundation
• From Ivan the Terrible to Vladimir Putin.

Per Russian Life, Putin starts every day with a bowl of steaming kasha. If you’ve read Who Is to Blame?, you know that kasha is the ubiquitous porridge that's traditionally made from buckwheat and has been warming Russian tummies for centuries.

Wishing you prosperity & serenity & lots of good reading in 2017!