The following article, written by Amy Singleton Adams, was first published in Slavic Review Vol. 82 Issue 2, and is republished here with the permission of the author. In Lev Tolstoi’s War and Peace, the icon of the Smolensk Mother of God is carried behind the army as protectress and patriot. Soldiers run to bow to the icon
The following post by Nicoleta Strugari, an undergraduate student at Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu, Romania, continues the new series of posts highlighting exemplary work by undergraduates with interests in Russian Philosophy and Religious Thought. The NURPRT Forum welcomes any undergraduate student to submit academic writing related to these fields to be considered for publication. “Papa,