Three Russian Springs

Spring is the season of rebirth, of love and, sometimes, of political change. This second issue of Chtenia celebrates spring's arrival with a rich collection of short stories, poetry, photos and non-fiction that explores the eternal mysteries of renewal and hope.

Contents:
Three Springs: Rebirth, Love & Politics / Tamara Eidelman
Spring Thaw / Elen
Resurrection / Lev Tolstoy
Meganom / Osip Mandelstam
Russian Spring Holidays / Andrei Moroz
A Portrait of Life in Pagan Rus / Igor Stravinsky
Contact with a Mystery / Ilya Ovchinnikov
Grampa Mazay and the Bunnies / Nikolai Nekrasov
The Cedar Elfin / Varlam Shalamov
The Snow Maiden / Alexander Ostrovsky
The Sound of Green / Nikolai Nekrasov
Sunset over Baku / Elnur Amikishiyev
I Love and I Will Love Again / Svetlana Alexievich
Spring Comes to the Village / Sergei Berezin
The Road Leads to the Horizon / Alexandra Brushtein
A Tender Age / Andrei Gelasimov
Spring in a Wood / Vitaly Gumenyuk
The Tale of a Blue Frogling / Yuri Nagibin
Do Not Abandon Me, Oh Spring / Yuli Kim
Spring on the Silver Screen / Tamara Eidelman
When Spring Will Come / Alexei Fatyanov
An Interview with Yuli Kim / Tamara Eidelman
8 March 1963 / Yuli Kim
Moscow Worker Statue / Alexander Dolgin
Springtime of the Revolution / Pyotr Semiletov