(RFE/RL) -- Russian folk art has never been much collected in Western Europe. But now, there are signs it is drawing greater interest, including in the Western antique market. One measure is an ...

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An immortal enchanter, a princess in distress and a magical creature: it is the formula for Igor Stravinsky's "The Firebird," one of three ballet pieces in the Center Dance Company's spring concert.

LIKE something from a Russian fairy tale, a solitary tower rises through the morning mist blanketing a field deep in the forest of the Kaluga region south of Moscow. Woven from blackened willow ...

NEW HAVEN >> Nine years ago, playwright Meg Miroshnik dropped everything and traveled to Moscow to brush up on her Russian. Her 2-year visit paid a felicitous dividend in the form of a master of fine ...