An American college student who studies Russian history heads to St. Petersburg at the the end of the Cold War and becomes attracted to her roommate's boyfriend, a former soldier. His stories, along with her interactions with other college students, add to her experience of a tentative social environment in post-war Russia.

In 1990s Leningrad, a Russian man prepares to emigrate, but things don't quite go as planned—twists of fate, complex friendships, and the omnipresent KGB stand in his way.

Following the fall of the Soviet Union, a Russian man studying in the United States reconnects with his estranged, ludicrously Communist grandfather. Through letters, phone calls, and eBay, they bond over their shared experiences with death and Soviet life.

While touring Russia to better understand the lives of its inhabitants, an Englishman is invited to stay at a local man’s home, where he witness one of the region’s infamous holy men perform a miraculous, but dubious healing.

A Russian immigrant who lives in Cuba gets the chance to move to America with his girlfriend, and must consider the life he will leave behind.

A U.S state department official encounters an infatuation on his trip to Eastern Europe that ends in despair.

A Russian man recalls the first time he fell in love.

A Russian emigre calls a long-lost relative in New York asking for asylum. Her strange, self-sabotaging actions call into question her real intentions.

As conflict rages between Russia and Ukraine, a woman struggles to get through to her friend caught in the middle of it.

An elderly Russian man comes across a young American in a park and tells the young man about coming of age in Russia.