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Russia's Alien Nations

January 2019
- Jan 14, 2019 “He’s Russian. That Explains a Lot" Jan 14, 2019
- Jan 16, 2019 Dancing Bear, Bring Me My Vodka! Jan 16, 2019
- Jan 21, 2019 Philosophical Moving Pictures Jan 21, 2019
- Jan 24, 2019 Self-Hatred and Melancholia Jan 24, 2019
- Jan 28, 2019 Russians on the Verge of a Nerdish Breakdown Jan 28, 2019
- Jan 31, 2019 Fantastic Beasts and Where Not to Find Them Jan 31, 2019
February 2019
- Feb 4, 2019 Undocumented Aliens Feb 4, 2019
- Feb 7, 2019 A Hothouse Flower in a Communal Apartment Feb 7, 2019
- Feb 11, 2019 UFOs after the USSR Feb 11, 2019
- Feb 14, 2019 A Hero of Someone Else’s Time Feb 14, 2019
- Feb 18, 2019 The Soviet Union in the Twenty-First Century Feb 18, 2019
- Feb 21, 2019 Neoliberalism and Other Dirty Words Feb 21, 2019
- Feb 26, 2019 What Was Postsocialism, and What Comes Next? Feb 26, 2019
- Feb 28, 2019 Very Nice! Feb 28, 2019
March 2019
- Mar 5, 2019 It's Raining New Men Mar 5, 2019
- Mar 7, 2019 Old Dogs and New Ticks Mar 7, 2019
- Mar 12, 2019 New Men in Love Mar 12, 2019
- Mar 13, 2019 The New Soviet Man and His Gerontologist Mar 13, 2019
- Mar 18, 2019 The Descent of Soviet Man Mar 18, 2019
- Mar 21, 2019 Homo Sucker Mar 21, 2019
- Mar 26, 2019 The Dustpan of History Mar 26, 2019
- Mar 29, 2019 A Sovok Is a Person, Place, or Thing Mar 29, 2019
April 2019
- Apr 2, 2019 A Tribute to “Sovok of the Week" Apr 2, 2019
- Apr 3, 2019 Sovok-lore Apr 3, 2019
- Apr 9, 2019 Dressing for Failure Apr 9, 2019
- Apr 11, 2019 Selling the Cherry Orchard Apr 11, 2019
- Apr 15, 2019 "I'll Buy the Wife Some Boots" Apr 15, 2019
- Apr 19, 2019 Rich Sovok, Poor Sovok Apr 19, 2019
- Apr 22, 2019 We Won’t Always Have Paris Apr 22, 2019
- Apr 25, 2019 Cattle Call Apr 25, 2019
- Apr 29, 2019 Watching the Defectives (Russia's Alien Nations) Apr 29, 2019
May 2019
- May 2, 2019 A Coat of Not Many Colors: Vatnik May 2, 2019
- May 6, 2019 The Vatnik Ate My Baby! May 6, 2019
- May 10, 2019 Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me! May 10, 2019
- May 19, 2019 Late to the Party May 19, 2019
- May 23, 2019 Secret Origins of the New Russians May 23, 2019
- May 27, 2019 Words Fail Us May 27, 2019
- May 30, 2019 Who Were the New Russians? May 30, 2019
June 2019
- Jun 3, 2019 Is a Crocodile Longer Than It Is Green? Jun 3, 2019
- Jun 4, 2019 Soviet Bullshit and New Russian Spell-Casting Jun 4, 2019
- Jun 10, 2019 Loved Labours Lost Jun 10, 2019
- Jun 13, 2019 No Class Jun 13, 2019
- Jun 17, 2019 The Road to Serfdom Jun 17, 2019
- Jun 20, 2019 The New Russian and the American Psycho Jun 20, 2019
- Jun 24, 2019 Jokes and the New Russian Body Jun 24, 2019
- Jun 27, 2019 Raspberry Jackets of the Rich and Loathsome Jun 27, 2019
July 2019
- Jul 1, 2019 Bad Taste, Revisited Jul 1, 2019
- Jul 5, 2019 The New Russian in the Rearview Mirror Jul 5, 2019
- Jul 9, 2019 Articles of Incorporation Jul 9, 2019
- Jul 12, 2019 Loving the Leviathan Jul 12, 2019
- Jul 15, 2019 Rich Man's Burdern Jul 15, 2019
- Jul 18, 2019 We Need a (Rich) Hero Jul 18, 2019
- Jul 22, 2019 The Man Who Has Everything Jul 22, 2019
- Jul 25, 2019 Moving Beyond Money Jul 25, 2019
- Jul 29, 2019 Aristocrats from Outer Space Jul 29, 2019
August 2019
- Aug 1, 2019 Born This Way Aug 1, 2019
- Aug 5, 2019 Sauron Does Moscow Aug 5, 2019
- Aug 8, 2019 Creatures of Light and Darkness Aug 8, 2019
- Aug 12, 2019 Sith Lords of the World, Unite! Aug 12, 2019
- Aug 15, 2019 Evil Empire: Love It or Leave It Aug 15, 2019
- Aug 19, 2019 The Fellowship of the Wrong Aug 19, 2019
- Aug 22, 2019 The Abuses of Enchantment Aug 22, 2019
- Aug 26, 2019 There and Back Again Aug 26, 2019
- Aug 29, 2019 How to Read like an Orc Aug 29, 2019
September 2019
- Sep 4, 2019 The Hobbit Menace Sep 4, 2019
- Sep 9, 2019 Or(c)ientalism Sep 9, 2019
- Sep 13, 2019 Orcs Online Sep 13, 2019
- Sep 17, 2019 The Orc-Song of Mikhail Y. Elizarov Sep 17, 2019
- Sep 24, 2019 The Tank Driver of Mordor Sep 24, 2019
- Sep 30, 2019 Orknash: Supporting the Home Team Sep 30, 2019
October 2019
- Oct 4, 2019 Salting the Earth Oct 4, 2019
- Oct 7, 2019 A Song of Orcs and Trolls Oct 7, 2019
- Oct 11, 2019 The Fandom Menace Oct 11, 2019
- Oct 14, 2019 The Poet and the Crowd Oct 14, 2019