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Molotov's Magic Lantern: Travels in Russian History by Rachel Polonsky Publisher Comments When the British journalist Rachel Polonsky moves to Moscow, she discovers an apartment on Romanov Street that was once home to the Soviet elite. One of the most infamous neighbors was the ruthless apparatchik Vyacheslav Molotov, a henchman for Stalin... (read more) Your price: $17.00 New - Trade Paper 
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The Stalin Cult: A Study in the Alchemy of Power (Yale-Hoover Series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War) by Jan Plamper Publisher Comments Between the late 1920s and the early 1950s, one of the most persuasive personality cults of all times saturated Soviet public space with images of Stalin. A torrent of portraits, posters, statues, films, plays, songs, and poems galvanized the Soviet... (read more) Your price: $51.75 New - Hardcover
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The Elusive Empire: Kazan and the Creation of Russia, 1552-1671 by Matthew P. Romaniello Synopsis In 1552, Muscovite Russia conquered the city of Kazan on the Volga River. It was the first Orthodox Christian victory against Islam since the fall of Constantinople, a turning point that, over the next four years, would complete Moscow’s control... (read more) Your price: $29.25 New - Trade Paper
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The Return: Russia's Journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev by Daniel Treisman Publisher Comments Russia has long been a source of puzzlement— and sometimes alarm—for Western observers. Since shaking off communism two decades ago, the country has seemed wobbly at best, thoroughly corrupt and threatening at worst. But in recent... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Alix and Nicky: The Passion of the Last Tsar and Tsarina by Virginia Rounding Publisher Comments The dramatic story of Emperor Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna, the last Tsar and Tsarina of Russia—A penetrating and deeply personal study that gives profound psychological insight into their marriage and how it shaped the ... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Hardcover
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Russian and Soviet Diplomacy, 1900-39 by Alastair Kocho-williams Publisher Comments Addressing the impact of the Russian Revolution and change and continuity in diplomacy during the transition from Empire to Soviet Union, this book examines how Russia's diplomacy was conducted, the diplomats behind it, the establishment of the Soviet... (read more) Your price: $85.00 New - Hardcover
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The Stalin Cult by Jan Plamper Your price: $55.00 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Through Dark Days and White Nights: Four Decades Observing a Changing Russia by Naomi F. Collins List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.87 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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