Thepolitical turmoil of the twentieth century took Magda Nachman from a privilegedchildhood in St. Petersburg and participation in the modernist ferment in pre-RevolutionaryRussia to a refugee existence in the Russian countryside during the RussianCivil War, to Berlin, and finally to Bombay, where she established herself asan important artist.  Meer

The political and social turmoil of the twentieth century took Magda Nachman from a privileged childhood in St. Petersburg to a refugee existence during the Russian Civil War, then with her husband to the hardships of émigré Berlin in the 1920s and 1930s, and finally to Bombay, where she established herself as an important artist.  Meer

When a Russian émigré jazz musician makes his DJ debut on the BBC’s airwaves in 1977 with Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke,” no one expects that he, Seva Novgorodsev, would become more popular than just a presenter of forbidden Western music—he would liberate the people of the USSR.  Meer

When a Russian émigré jazz musician makes his DJ debut on the BBC’s airwaves in 1977 with Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke,” no one expects that he, Seva Novgorodsev, would become more popular than just a presenter of forbidden Western music—he would liberate the people of the USSR.  Meer

The unique trajectory of Soviet dissident twin brothers Roy and Zhores Medvedev takes us through a century of history, from Stalin to Putin. They achieved fame as the first authors of independent research on Stalinism from within the USSR, but their lives were also marked by controversy.  Meer

The unique trajectory of Soviet dissident twin brothers Roy and Zhores Medvedev takes us through a century of history, from Stalin to Putin. They achieved fame as the first authors of independent research on Stalinism from within the USSR, but their lives were also marked by controversy.  Meer