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Jamie Rann

Jamie Rann

Jamie Rann writes, edits, translates and teaches things about, of all places, Russia. He is currently lecturer in Russian at Oxford University; he used to be Comment Editor of The Calvert Journal. You can read some of his academic work here and some of his translation work here.

Go forth and multiply: notes from an accidental fertility tour of Central Asia

Calvert travels

Go forth and multiply: notes from an accidental fertility tour of Central Asia

Evil empire: why is the post-Soviet world so obsessed with Star Wars?

Evil empire: why is the post-Soviet world so obsessed with Star Wars?

Chiselled features: the hard-nosed politics of Moscow’s St Vladimir statue

Chiselled features: the hard-nosed politics of Moscow’s St Vladimir statue

Islands in the stream: the strange charm that for centuries has been luring people to Solovki

Calvert travels

Islands in the stream: the strange charm that for centuries has been luring people to Solovki

Beauty and the east: allure and exploitation in post-Soviet ruin photography

Beauty and the east: allure and exploitation in post-Soviet ruin photography

The mighty have fallen: elegiac elegance amongst the rubble of Soviet military power

The mighty have fallen: elegiac elegance amongst the rubble of Soviet military power

Manifesta destiny: what does the St Petersburg-set art biennial mean for Russia?

Manifesta destiny: what does the St Petersburg-set art biennial mean for Russia?

The big question: can art change the world? Eight Manifesta artists respond

The big question: can art change the world? Eight Manifesta artists respond

Manifesta preview: the biggest hits from the 2014 biennial in St Petersburg

Manifesta preview: the biggest hits from the 2014 biennial in St Petersburg

Top 10 travel tips: everything you need to know to survive — and thrive — in Moscow

Calvert travels

Top 10 travel tips: everything you need to know to survive — and thrive — in Moscow

Narkomfin: can a utopian housing project survive in modern Moscow?

Narkomfin: can a utopian housing project survive in modern Moscow?

Win, lose or draw: when sport met art in the Soviet Union

Win, lose or draw: when sport met art in the Soviet Union

Welcome to Sochi: can the city’s offbeat spirit shine through the dazzle and scandal of the Games?

Welcome to Sochi: can the city’s offbeat spirit shine through the dazzle and scandal of the Games?

Eat St Pete: six places to refuel this winter

Calvert travels

Eat St Pete: six places to refuel this winter

Flag quiz! Can you tell freaky from fake in our round-up of Russian flags?

Flag quiz! Can you tell freaky from fake in our round-up of Russian flags?

Yes we ban! Who and what has Russia forbidden? Take the quiz

Follow of the week

Yes we ban! Who and what has Russia forbidden? Take the quiz

Meanwhile, in Russia: Buzzfeed, Russia and the west

Meanwhile, in Russia: Buzzfeed, Russia and the west

Double trouble: conceptualist masters John Baldessari and Ilya Kabakov at Moscow Biennale

Double trouble: conceptualist masters John Baldessari and Ilya Kabakov at Moscow Biennale

Lost in translation: Russian film title fails

Lost in translation: Russian film title fails

Letter from the fascinating, forbidden land of Dagestan

Letter from the fascinating, forbidden land of Dagestan

Screen-age kicks: in celebration of Soviet-era arcade games

Calvert travels

Screen-age kicks: in celebration of Soviet-era arcade games

High spirits: what’s fuelling St Petersburg’s bar renaissance?

High spirits: what’s fuelling St Petersburg’s bar renaissance?

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