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by Yegor Gaidar  Publisher Comments These lectures by Yegor Gaidar, former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, and Karl Otto Pohl, former Chairman of the German Bundesbank, provide insight into how these leaders assessed the risks of their situations and used basic economic analysis... (read more)  List Price $27.00 Your price $5.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
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by Dominique Arel Synopsis An examination of post-Soviet society through ethnic, religious, and linguistic criteria, this volume turns what is typically anthropological subject matter into the basis of politics, sociology, and history. Ten chapters cover such diverse subjects as... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price $27.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Thomas C Owen Publisher Comments From the three perspectives of geography, economic policy, and ideology, this work examines corporate capitalism under the tsarist and late Soviet regimes. Thomas C. Owen discovers a remarkable history of thwarted effort and lost opportunity. He explores... (read more) List Price $70.00 Your price $12.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by William E Odom Publisher Comments A distinguished United States Army officer and scholar traces the rise and fall of the Soviet military, arguing that it had a far greater impact on Soviet politics and development than was perceived in the West. 17 illustrations.... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price $7.46 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Thomas M Nichols Publisher Comments Why has Russian democracy apparently survived and even strengthened under a presidential system, when so many other presidential regimes have decayed into authoritarian rule? And what are the origins of presidential power in modern Russia? Thomas M... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $14.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Roi Aleksa Medvedev Publisher Comments From the position he held prior to Stalin's death, he seemed to be an unlikely leader. However, Khrushchev quickly gained control and popularity attaining the leadership status. Much of the support Khrushchev gained was due the agricultural success he... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Simon Roberts Publisher Comments "A remarkable photo-essay."-Robert McCrum, The Observer Photographer Simon Roberts traveled throughout Russia for twelve months for this photo-essay. His awe-inspiring landscapes and intimate portraits combine to present a powerful and beautiful vision... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price $25.75 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Vojtech Mastny Publisher Comments In this long-awaited sequel to his acclaimed RUSSIA'S ROAD TO THE COLD WAR, Vojtech Mastny offers a masterful history of the birth of the Cold War, drawing on extensive research in newly opened Soviet archives. The earlier volume provided a definitive... (read more) List Price $53.00 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stephen White Publisher Comments Traces the politics of Soviet transition in the late 1980s and early 1990s from its origins to its uncertain post-communist... (read more) List Price $85.00 Your price $10.25 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Crissa Constantine Publisher Comments Crissa Constantine powerfully describes her family's struggles and determination to be free from the Holocaust.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $2.70 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert W Thurston Publisher Comments Between 1906 and the outbreak of World War I, Moscow was the locale of great uncertainty and experimentation. Moscow's liberal leaders sought social and political stability for their city following the violence of the 1905 revolution by offering... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard Lourie Publisher Comments The first biography of one of the greatest Russians of the twentieth century.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $6.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by S A Smith Publisher Comments This concise, accessible introduction provides an analytical narrative of the main events and developments in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1936. It examines the impact of the revolution on society as a whole--on different classes, ethnic groups, the... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price $7.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ellen Mickiewicz Publisher Comments By examining the role that television has played in the struggle to create political pluralism in Russia, she reveals how this struggle is both helped and hindered by the barrage of information, advertisements, and media-created personalities that... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $8.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Anna Geifman Publisher Comments This collection provides scholars and students with a wide-ranging overview of the issues, events and personalities of the two turbulent decades before the 1917 revolution in Russia.... (read more) List Price $42.00 Your price $24.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert Conquest Publisher Comments The Harvest of Sorrow is the first full history of one of the most horrendous human and social tragedies of our century. As Robert Conquest shows in heart-rending detail, Stalin's plan to collectivize Soviet agriculture amounted to an unparalleled... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Colin Amery Publisher Comments This lavishly illustrated book tells the epic 300-year story of St Petersburg through its architecture, landscapes, literature and art, from the city's origins and its earliest buildings through to the present day. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price $35.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Alexander Chubarov Publisher Comments The empire of the tsars became ever more vulnerable until it was shattered by the turmoil of war and revolution. Using the most recent Russian and Western research, the book provides the reader with a good historical basis on which to judge Russia's... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Moshe Lewin Publisher Comments The classic study of Russian society and government.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by William J Tompson Publisher Comments This is a thorough biography of one of the century's most important and misunderstood leaders-Nikita Khruschev. Using newly uncovered archival material, William Tompson concentrates on Khrushchev's years in power and his role in shaping the development... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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