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by Richard Charques  Synopsis Recounts the personalities, events and movements which dominated the reign of Nicholas II in a penetrating and provocative analysis of the forces which led to the collapse of Russian tsarism.... (read more)  List Price $53.00 Your price $3.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Willi Vanden Heuvel Publisher Comments This book challenges the current view of Russia. Contributors come from the heart of Russia and describe not only the human dimensions of current problems, but also the commitment and courage of the unsung founders of the "new Russia." Included in the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Thane Gustafson Publisher Comments Capitalism Russian-Style provides a progress report on one of the most important economic experiments going on in the world today: the building of capitalism in Russia. It describes Russian achievements in building private banks, companies, stock... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price $8.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Leon Aron Publisher Comments Aron's collection of essays begins with Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of perestroika and continues through Vladimir Putin's increasingly authoritarian rule. He examines the enormity of the changes in the fabric of the life of millions of Russians, and looks... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Aleksei Arbatov Publisher Comments Since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, numerous ethnic and internal conflicts have emerged within and between the former Soviet republics. Vicious fighting has flared up in Georgia, Chechnya, Tajikistan, Moldova, and other areas, and tensions... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Vladimir N. Brovkin Publisher Comments In this book distinguished scholars from East and West draw on recently opened archives to challenge the commonly held view that the Bolsheviks enjoyed widespread support and that their early history was simply a march toward inevitable victory. They... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price $15.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Vladimir Plougin Synopsis It's not known who the first Russian spy was, but Plougin (history, Moscow State U.) traces secret services in the region back to the 9th century through analysis of documents from Russia, Greece, Byzantium, and the Vatican library. He offers the facts... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Roger Rosen Publisher Comments A riveting collection of new fiction and non-fiction from the emerging nations offers young adults clear insights on significant social, political, and international issues.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $4.40 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Sebag Montefiore Publisher Comments Prince Grigory Potemkin was Catherine the Great's lover, secret husband, and partner in ruling the Russian Empire. Their affair was so tumultuous, they negotiated an arrangement that allowed them to share power while he was free to love his beautiful... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Beata Moore Publisher Comments Cracow, for 700 years the ancient capital of Poland, is its most historic and architecturally ornate city and one of Europe's architectural gems. Its oldest quarter is on UNESCO's list of the world's 12 most precious monuments. Cracow tells the story of... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $19.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Roger Took Publisher Comments 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) List Price $17.95 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter Rutland Publisher Comments Business and the State in Contemporary Russia is the most recent volume in the John M. Olin Critical Issues series, published by Westview in conjunction with Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian Research. In this latest installation, contributors... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $7.20 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Alexis Troubetzkoy Publisher Comments One of Russia's greatest emperors, beloved of his subjects for his many liberalizing works domestically and for his victory over the great Napoleon Bonaparte, Alexander I presumably died in 1825, at the age of 48. Ever since then, rumors have swirled... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Timothy Colton Publisher Comments Growing Pains is a detailed study of the 1993 election and of its implications for Russian development and for the country's relations with the West. The contest, with its deeply contradictory results, was a watershed in the evolution of Russia's... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert Service Publisher Comments Russia had an extraordinary twentieth century, undergoing upheaval and transformation. Updating his acclaimed "History of Twentieth-Century Russia" through 2002, Robert Service provides a panoramic perspective on a country whose Soviet past encompassed... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $12.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Chaim Potok Publisher Comments "REMARKABLE . . . A WONDERFUL STORY."<BR>--The Boston Globe <BR>The father is a high-ranking Communist officer, a Jew who survived Stalin's purges. The son is a "refusenik," who risked his life and happiness to protest everything his father... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Anatoly Dobrynin Book News Annotation Dobrynin was the Soviet ambassador to Washington from the Kennedy to the Reagan administrations, and became the confidential channel for informal discussions, secret negotiations, and arranging summit meetings, in addition to his public duties. His... (read more) Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Vladislav Zubok Publisher Comments Covering the volatile period from 1945 to 1962, Zubok and Pleshakov explore the personalities and motivations of the key people who directed Soviet political life and shaped Soviet foreign policy. They begin with the fearsome figure of Joseph Stalin, who... (read more) List Price $29.75 Your price $12.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Daniel H Kaiser Publisher Comments The first comprehensive reader in Russian history in almost two decades, this collection includes primary and secondary material, much of which has never before been published in English, reflecting the latest scholarship on the subject. Supplemented by... (read more) List Price $33.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Anatol Lieven Publisher Comments The war between Russia and the Chechen separatist forces, from December 1994 to August 1996, was a key moment in Russian and even world history, shedding a stark light on the end of Russia as a great military and imperial power. Anatol Lieven, a... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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