Dimiter Kenarov: SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — On the eve of the Crimean referendum, while the world anxiously awaited the climax of Ukraine’s political drama, I went to Simferopol’s Crimea Russian Drama Theater to see a production of Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector. In spite of the tension in the city, in spite of the insolent men … Continue reading Watching Gogol in Simferopol Life imitates art in Crimea, where nothing seems real anymore except the tears and the vodka.