Anya von Bremzen

A worker removes snow in Red Square with St. Basil's Cathedral and the mausoleum of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in the background.

Recalling a final New Year’s Eve with Brezhnev

January 1, 2015Culture

For author Anya von Bremzen, celebrating New Year’s Day means recalling her youth in a country that no longer exists – the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. She looks back on that most Soviet of holidays with both resentment and nostalgia

Mastering The Art of Soviet Cooking (Photo: Anya von Bremzen)

A Soviet Memoir From the Standpoint of the Stomach

September 21, 2013Arts, Culture & Media