Zoya Buryak

The Cold Summer of 1953 — In 1953, the year Stalin died, many prisoners (some political, but mostly common criminals) were released from the Sovie

Peculiarities of the National Hunt — A Finn preparing a work on the Russian hunting traditions and customs, comes to Russia to collect materials and is invit

Crime & Punishment — Upon killing an old pawnbroker, a former student must confront the ensuing conflict between logic and emotion within him

The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin — Set in a small Ukrainian village during the outbreak of war with Germany in 1941 Private Chonkin, not overly endowed wit

We Are from the Future — Four present-day Russian men dig for Nazi memorabilia at a WWII battlefield. A wormhole lake sends them back to a battle