KYIV -- In the basement of the Syayvo book store in Kyiv, hundreds of Russian language books stand piled, waiting to be pulped. The books -- ranging from everything between the classics of Russian ...

Russian-language books have been pulped. Russocentric museums have been pressured to shutter. Streets named after Russian sites, poets and Soviet army generals are marked for a change.

THE GIFT (378 pp.)-Vladimir Nabokov-Putnam ($5.95). Vladimir Nabokov has the gift of tongue-specifically Russian and English. Famed for his novels in his second tongue (notably Pale Fire and ...

But in 2022, things took a turn. Russian-language enrollment numbers had never been so low. The average university Russian program counted 37 students. (In 2013, when I graduated, that number was 50.) ...

The demand for books in Russian in Latvia remains, despite the fight against the language announced by the country's authorities. The Latvian libraries continue to buy books in Russian, and many ...