Featured Titles in New Arrivals - Russia
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Twilight of the Romanovs: A Photographic Odyssey Across Imperial Russia 1855-1918
by Philipp Blom Publisher Comments
The Russian Empire was among the most mysterious of the world’s great powers, profoundly torn between a rural population living almost medieval lives and industrial and social change in the cities. The tsar’s gigantic realm struggled with the... (read more)
The Battle That Shook Europe: Poltava and the Birth of the Russian Empire
by Peter Englund Publisher Comments
'This victory', exulted Peter the Great, 'has laid the final stone in the foundations of St Petersburg!' The Battle of Poltava, 1709, marks the birth of the Tsar's vast Russian Empire. In 1700, seeking to open Russian trade routes to the West, the Tsar... (read more)
The Circassian Genocide (Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights)
by Walter Richmond Publisher Comments
Circassia was a small independent nation on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea. For no reason other than ethnic hatred, over the course of hundreds of raids the Russians drove the Circassians from their homeland and deported them to the Ottoman... (read more)
The Circassian Genocide (Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights)
by Walter Richmond Publisher Comments
Circassia was a small independent nation on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea. For no reason other than ethnic hatred, over the course of hundreds of raids the Russians drove the Circassians from their homeland and deported them to the Ottoman... (read more)
Stalin's Curse: Battling for Communism in War and Cold War
by Robert Gellately Publisher Comments
A chilling, riveting account based on newly released Russian documentation that reveals Joseph Stalin’s true motives—and the extent of his enduring commitment to expanding the Soviet empire—during the years in which he seemingly... (read more)
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
by Masha Gessen Publisher Comments
A chilling and unflinching portrait of one of the most fearsome figures in world politics. In 1999, the “Family” surrounding Boris Yeltsin went looking for a successor to the ailing and... (read more)
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