From the EditorsThe Black Sea World and the Question of Boundaries . . . 237
Forum: Food, Wine, and Leisure in the Black Sea Region
DIANE P. KOENKER The Taste of Others: Soviet Adventures in Cosmopolitan Cuisines . . . 243
CAROL B. STEVENS Shabo: Wine and Prosperity on the Russian Steppe . . . 273
STEPHEN V. BITTNER A Problem of Taste: An American Connoisseur’s Travels through the Soviet Union’s Black Sea Vineyards and Wineries . . . 305
JOHANNA CONTERIO “Our Black Sea Coast”: The Sovietization of the Black Sea Littoral under Khrushchev and the Problem of Overdevelopment . . . 327
Articles
IGOR FEDYUKIN The “German” Reign of Empress Anna: Russia’s Disciplinary Moment? . . . 363
MALTE ROLF Between State Building and Local Cooperation: Russian Rule in the Kingdom of Poland, 1864–1915 . . . 385
History and Historians
An Interview with Robert Edelman . . . 417
Review Essay
ALEXANDRA OBERLÄNDER Beam Me Up/Out/Elsewhere, Tovarishch: Negotiating the Everyday in Late Socialism . . . 433
Reviews
DAMIEN TRICOIRE Diplomacy, Ceremonial, and Culture in Early Modern Russia . . . 445
MUSTAFA TUNA Negotiating Loyalty in the Russian Empire . . . 454
Contributors to This Issue . . . 460