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About Anna Novikova

Anna Novikova is an economics Ph.D. and writer, fluent in 5 languages, who has a passion for travel, the arts, music, Russian history, and literature. She has lived, studied, and worked as a translator and interpreter throughout Europe, in London and Washington D.C.

Russian Women Fight Violence Against Women via Art, Music, and Beauty”

2019-03-02 by Anna Novikova

Miss Russia and CIS

The Association, along with ‘Eventi Rome’ and the ‘O.M.P.S.E.C.O.’ created a memorable night ‘From Russia with Art, Beauty, and Music,’ and elegant and peaceful protest,

Tags: Eventi Rome, events, Friends of Great Russia, MIss Russia, O.M.P.S.E.C.O., Rome events, Russian beauty, Yulia Bazarov

Eating Well During Lent in Yaroslavl with Anna Novikova

2017-03-22 by Anna Novikova

Anna Novikova Tsarevna by Vitaly Vakhrushev

Join Anna in a culinary journey like no other. Lent in Yaroslavl is a captivating experience when you dine at Ivan Vasilyevich.

Tags: Easter, fasting, lent, Orthodox Lent, Orthodoxy, Pivovar, Russia cuisine, Russian Easter, Russian Lent, Yarolslavl

Faces of Russia: Misha

2017-03-12 by Anna Novikova

Misha by Vitaly Vakhrushev

Having grown up in an era of overweening ambition, Misha dreamed of nothing else but living in a big city. In 2003 he left his village for Moscow, ready to conquer the world. Years later, he realized that the world is not enough for his Russian soul, so he came back and settled in a quiet Russian village to play his harmonica and raise his three children.

Tags: Anna Novikova, Faces of Russia, people, People of Russia, Russian artists, Russian musicians, Russian villages, Vitaly Vakhrushev

Faces of Russia: Protesting Against Protests in Art

2017-03-08 by Anna Novikova

Liza by Vitaly Vakhrushev

This is the first of Liza’s (Elizaveta Dygdanova) solo projects with a loud name “Protest”, that has caused quite a stir among the savvy.

Tags: Anna Novikiova, Elizaveta Dygdanova, Faces of Russia, Russian artists, Yaroslavl

Anna Novikova: In Pursuit of the Maslenitsa!

2017-02-27 by Anna Novikova

Argophilia’s Anna Novikova, in pursuit of the traditional Maslenitsa and the perfect blini (pancake) in Yaroslavl, Russia.

Tags: Anna Novikova, blini fest, blinis, Holidays, lent, maslenista, pancake festival, Russian maslenista, Russian traditions, Vitaly Vakhrushev, Volkov Theatre, Yaroslavl, Yuri Itin

Faces of Russia: Mila Arutyunyan on Immortality

2017-02-26 by Anna Novikova

Mila Arutyunyan

Anna Novikova with a story about the immortality of the human spirit via Mila Arutyunyan, an Armenian-born Russian shopkeeper.

Tags: Defender of the Fatherland Day, Mila Arutyunyan, Russia, Russian people, Russians, Vitaly Vakhrushev

Faces of Russia: Artist Valeriy Selin’s Colorful Black & White World

2017-02-21 by Anna Novikova

Valeriy Selin

Anna Novikova profiles Yaroslavl artist Valeriy Selin, a color blind painter living in a black and white world. The Argophilia “Faces of Russia” series.

Tags: Anna Novikova, Faces of Russia, Russia, Russian artists, Valeriy Selin, Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl’s Sergei Pimenov: Defying the Physics of Life

2017-02-13 by Anna Novikova

Sergei Pimanov

Yaroslav’s Sergei Pimanov was a physics professor once, but the fates and a bad system abandoned him to a different fate. Today he teaches love and life, selling his magnets and magnetic charm on the streets of the city.

Tags: Among the People, Anna Novikova, Russian destinations, Russian people, Russians, Sergei Pimanov, Vitaly Vakhrushev, Yaroslavl

A Calm Winter Exile in Sochi

2017-02-08 by Anna Novikova

The Black Sea and Sochi

In search of a place of beneficial exile of late, my sight turned to Sochi. Though I had never been there before, the idea of visiting has been lodged in my head for quite some time.

Tags: Anna Novikova, Black Sea, Russian resorts, seaside resorts, Sochi, Sochi resorts

The Lost Art of Traveling

2017-02-01 by Anna Novikova

The Grand Canyon

For the willful traveler, can the pleasure of not knowing overcome the pleasure of acquiring knowledge? Here is a thoughtful questioning on the merits of travel for the sake of total discovery.

Tags: Anna Novikova, Grand Canyon, Italo Calvino, travel advise, traveler, traveling

Moscow Winters Past and Present

2017-01-24 by Anna Novikova

Moscow in Winter

Winter. It is the season when thousands of beach-loving Russians head to the tropics to escape the greyness and what seems like the never-ending cold. I, however, enjoy the fleeting magic of the white kingdom where every day is different and when you can stay comfortably wrapped in a woolen plaid and sip hot tea watching the snowflakes twirl outside the window like elegant ballerinas.

Tags: Anna Novikova, Evgeny Onegin, moscow, Puskin, Russia, Russian Winter

A Window Into the Russian Soul: An Epiphany 2017

2017-01-20 by Anna Novikova

Anna Novikova from Moscow

“Where are we going to?” I asked my brother this morning, as he was driving in an unknown direction with a cheeky grin on his face. When no reply seemed imminent I asked; “Are you going to tell me?” Finally his response was; “To wash off our sins in the Volga”.

Tags: Anna Novikova, Epiphany, Orthodox Cathedral in Paris, Russian tradition, Russians, Volga




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