Scratch a Moscow Street, Find a Tatar
“Scratch a Russian and you will find a Tatar”—a line variously pinned on Napoleon and…
Mongolian
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Between Myth and Form
Today, dear reader, we turn our attention to sculpture. You know how passionately I adore…
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Bear With Me, This Goes Back a Bit
This is the first instalment of a long story—one we shall keep returning to as…
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The Word That Was Demoted
In the thirteenth century the Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan stretched from the South China…
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Of Wine, Myriads, and Ten Thousand Scorpions
Drinking a glass of wine from Taman—the peninsula that pokes out of the Russian coast…
