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History of the Russian Revolution
by Leon Trotsky and Ahmed Shawki  Publisher Comments Published for the ninetieth anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution, this edition of Leon Trotsky's masterpiece, with a new foreword by Ahmed Shawki, tells the epic story of the remarkable events that transformed the history of Russia — and the...
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The Balkans in World History
by Andrew Wachtel Publisher Comments In the historical and literary imagination, the Balkans loom large as a somewhat frightening and ill-defined space, often seen negatively as a region of small and spiteful peoples, racked by racial and ethnic hatred, always ready to burst into violent...
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Imagining the Unimaginable: World War, Modern Art, and the Politics of Public Culture in Russia, 1914-1917 (Studies in War, Society, and the Military)
by Aaron J. Cohen Publisher Comments As World War I shaped and molded European culture to an unprecedented degree, it also had a profound influence on the politics and aesthetics of early-twentieth-century Russian culture. In this provocative and fascinating work, Aaron J. Cohen shows how...
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Daily Life in Imperial Russia (Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History)
by Greta Bucher Publisher Comments The history of imperial Russia is rich with warfare, class conflict, royal scandal, and the rise and fall of empire. This volume examines czarist Russia through the social and material lens, including changes in court life, serf/peasant life, the...
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The French Revolution in Russian Intellectual Life: 1865-1906
by Dmitry Shlapentokh Publisher Comments The interest of Russian intellectuals in the French Revolution demonstrates that some Russian thinkers of the 19th century had begun to question the concept of Russia's uniqueness. Yet most of them came to believe that the French Revolution (which they...
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Lenin's Private War: The Voyage of the Philosophy Steamer and the Exile of the Intelligentsia
by Lesley Chamberlain Publisher Comments In 1922, Vladimir Lenin personally drew up a list of some 160 "undesirable" intellectuals--mostly philosophers, academics, scientists, and journalists--to be deported from the new Soviet State. "We're going to cleanse Russia once and for all" he wrote to...
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Towers of Stone: The Battle of Wills in Chechnya
by Wojciech Jagielski Publisher Comments "Wojciech Jagielski has already achieved recognition for his reporting from the most inflamed points on our globe. [His latest work] will only confirm his reputation."-Ryszard Kapuscinski In Towers of Stone, award-winning Polish reporter Wojciech...
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Nine Lives: True Spy Stories from Mata Hari to Kim Philby
by Fitzroy Maclean Publisher Comments In Nine Lives, Fitzroy Maclean brilliantly tells the true stories of nine remarkable spies. Among them, there is the captivating Mata Hari: who was executed by firing squad for allegedly spying for Germany during World War I; Richard Sorge: leader of...
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Blacks, Reds, and Russians: Sojourners in Search of the Soviet Promise
by Joy Gleason Carew Synopsis One of the most compelling stories of race relations is the account of blacks who left the United States to be involved in the Soviet Experiment in the 1920s and 1930s. This book offers insight into the political strategies that often underlie...
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Cultures of the World #15: Georgia Georgia
by Michael Spilling Publisher Comments Diversity is the spice of life, and the highly regarded Cultures of the World series celebrates just that in fully updated, and expanded editions. As has always been true of these outstanding titles, an abundance of vibrant photographs -- including those...
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Gorbachev: Man of the Twentieth Century? (Reputations)
by Mark Sandle Publisher Comments This new study draws upon a wide variety of sources--East and West, textual and visual, newspaper and memoir, academic and popular--to try and understand the reasons why Gorbachev still appears to be such an enigmatic figure....
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The Bolsheviks in Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd
by Alexander Rabinowitch Synopsis The dramatic story of the Bolsheviks' struggle for political survival during the first year of Soviet power...
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Kalmykia in Russia's Past and Present National Policies and Administrative System
by Konstantin Maksimiv Publisher Comments Kalmykia is a constituent of the Russian Federation that shaped and has been developing within Russia for several centuries. Kalmykia was incorporated into the Russian state in the early second half of the 17th century. Later it was officially recognized...
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Exile to Siberia, 1590-1822: Corporeal Commodification and Administrative Systematization in Russia
by Andrew A. Gentes
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Romanoff Gold: The Lost Fortunes of the Tsars
by Bill, S.j. Clarke
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Armenia in Pictures (Visual Geography)
by Sarah De Capua
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Putin's Kremlin: How the West Misinterprets Modern Russia
by Bruno S. Sergi
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Preserving Petersburg: History, Memory, Nostalgia
by Helena Goscilo
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Renovating Russia: The Human Sciences and the Fate of Liberal Modernity, 18801930
by Daniel Beer
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Science in the New Russia: Crisis, Aid, Reform
by Loren R. Graham
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