Tag: Russia

  • REVIEW of Ekaterina: The Rise of Catherine the Great (TV Series)

    REVIEW of Ekaterina: The Rise of Catherine the Great (TV Series)

    What did it take for a woman to rule the ruthless world of Russia in the eighteenth century? In Ekaterina, a Russian-made miniseries, we see the journey of the young and naive German princess Friederike as she is forged into the strong and savvy woman who would rule Russia as Catherine the Great. As the…

  • REVIEW of The Lost Season of Love and Snow, by Jennifer Laam

    REVIEW of The Lost Season of Love and Snow, by Jennifer Laam

    The Lost Season of Love and Snow tells the story of the Natalya, the wife of Russia’s most famous poet Alexander Pushkin. Courted by Pushkin at the young age of sixteen, the beautiful Natalya falls head over heels for him and becomes Madame Pushkina. Like most writers, Alexander struggles to make ends meet, and even…