Research Bliss

I strongly advise anyone interested in researching Russia's turbulent '90s to head to Kommersant's searchable archive of articles, which contains materials dating back to 1991. I don't know when they made all of the back-issues available, but it is a remarkable and useful resource. The website will even generate code for inclusion in a blog of any article you find in the archive, although it's not all gussied up with a picture like it is for more current articles.

Below is a link to an article I happened upon about the re-registration of Moscow residents in 1999. As I was reading it, before seeing the by-line at the bottom, I wondered what might have become of the journalist who wrote such a wonderful story - touching, humorous and incisive all at the same time. Turns out it was written by one of the giants of Russian journalism, Valery Panyushkin.

Бизнес на гостях // 21 сентября в Москве закончилась перерегистрация иногородних. Теперь ходят слу открыть материал ...