Defines over four thousand terms used by teenagers and criminals

Product Description: "Cries in the New Wilderness presents a completely new view of the spiritual life of Russian society…The book is full of tragicomic tension and brings to mind the multivoiced novels of Dostoevsky."—Ilya KabakovInside the disintegrating Soviet Union, a professor compiles "The New Sectarianism," a classified manual of manifestos, articles, and sermons by members of banned religious sects—from the mystical Thingwrights and the absurdist Folls to the messianic Khazarists and the doomsday Steppies...read more

Product Description: Approximately 4,700 informal and vernacular words and phrases are listed alphabetically, each with its meaning in English. It is then used in an example sentence, first in Russian, then in English. The terms are those seldom found in standard Russian dictionaries.