In Siberia
by Colin Thubron


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Chapter One Hauntings The ice-fields are crossed for ever by a man in chains. In the farther distance, perhaps, a herd of reindeer drifts, or a hunter makes a shadow on the snow. But that is all. Siberia: it fills one twelfth of the land-mass of the... (read more)

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Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar
by Edvard Radzinsky


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Alexander II was Russia's Lincoln, and the greatest reformer tsar since Peter the Great. He was also one of the most contradictory, and fascinating, of history's supreme leaders. He freed the serfs, yet launched vicious wars. He engaged in the sexual... (read more)

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Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation
by Serhy Yekelchyk


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In 2004 and 2005, striking images from the Ukraine made their way around the world, among them boisterous, orange-clad crowds protesting electoral fraud and the hideously scarred face of a poisoned opposition candidate. Europe's second-largest country... (read more)

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Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar
by Edvard Radzinsky


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Alexander II was Russia's Lincoln, and the greatest reformer tsar since Peter the Great. He was also one of the most contradictory, and fascinating, of history's supreme leaders. He freed the serfs, yet launched vicious wars. He engaged in the sexual... (read more)

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The Stolen Prince: Gannibal, Adopted Son of Peter the Great, Great-Grandfather of Alexander Pushkin, and Europe's First Black Intellectua
by Hugh Barnes


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In the spring of 1703, a young African boy stepped off a slave ship in Constantinople, the gateway between East and West. Huddling in chains, with other frightened captives, the seven-year-old claimed to be a prince of Abyssinia, a "noble Moor" kidnapped... (read more)

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The KGB File of Andrei Sakharov (Annals of Communism)
by Joshua Rubenstein


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Andrei Sakharov (1921–1989), a brilliant physicist and the principal designer of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, later became a human rights activist and—as a result—a source of profound irritation to the Kremlin. This book publishes for the... (read more)

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Blowing Up Russia: The Secret Plot to Bring Back KGB Terror
by Alexande Litvinenko


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Blowing Up Russia contains the allegations of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko against his former spymasters in Moscow which led to his being murdered in London in November 2006. In the book he and historian Yuri Felshtinsky detail how since 1999 the Russian... (read more)

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Tsar: The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra
by Peter Kurth


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This spectacular, illustrated history tells the story of the last Romanovs--one of the great tragic love stories of all time--with vividness and intimacy. 375 illustrations, 125 in color.... (read more)

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Inside Putin's Russia: Can There Be Reform Without Democracy?
by Andrew Jack


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International views of Russia have changed drastically in the last decade, due in part to the leadership of the decidedly pro-Western President Yeltsin. It was not without concern that we saw the next elected leader pulled from the ranks of the former... (read more)

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Krushchev the Man & His Era
by William Taubman


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An assessment of one of the giants of twentieth-century history: former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.... (read more)

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The Memoirs of Catherine the Great
by Mark Cruse


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Empress Catherine II brought Europe to Russia, and Russia to Europe, during her long and eventful reign (1762—96). She fostered the culture of the Enlightenment and greatly expanded the immense empire created by Czar Ivan the Terrible, shifting the... (read more)

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Catherine the Great: Love, Sex, and Power
by Virginia Rounding


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From the acclaimed author of Grandes Horizontales comes a book that the Washington Post calls “a vivid portrait of a sensual and intellectual woman.”   Dutiful daughter, passionate lover, doting grandmother, tireless legislator, generous... (read more)

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Beslan: The Tragedy of School No. 1
by Timothy Phillips


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On the morning of September 1, 2004, the children of Beslan were excited about the start of a new school year. But as traditional festivities got underway, heavily armed terrorists stormed the school playground, changing ordinary lives in the southern... (read more)

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Running with Reindeer: Encounters in Russian Lapland
by Roger Took


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Russian Lapland, a region of amazing contrasts. Here lies the last true wilderness of Europe, a rich and pristine ecosystem teeming with bird and animal life. But here too lie the dark, satanic mills of the former Soviet Union and the rotting remnants of... (read more)

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Night of Stone: Death and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia
by Catherine Merridale


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During the twentieth century, Russia, Ukraine, and the other territories of the former Soviet Union experienced more bloodshed and violent death than anywhere else on earth: fifty million dead in an epic of destruction that encompassed war, revolution... (read more)

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Russia: Experiment with a People
by Robert Service


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reshaping of their society, and the results will prove of vital importance to the global community. Robert Service has provided a valuable and engaging guide to their recent remarkable journey.... (read more)

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Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s
by Sheila Fitzpatrick


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Here is a pioneering account of everyday life under Stalin, written by a leading authority on modern Russian history. Focusing on the urban population, Fitzpatrick depicts a world of privation, overcrowding, endless lines, and broken homes, in which the... (read more)

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Stalin's Russia (Reading History)
by Chris Ward


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How does Stalin's history relate to Russia's history? Where do these two stories intersect, and where do they part? How best should we assess Stalin's legacy? The ebb and flow of debate about Stalin's Russia is brilliantly captured in this book. Chris... (read more)

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