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  • Russia Under Soviet Role

    Twenty Years of Bolshevik Experiment

    by N. de Basily ...
    Series series RLE: Early Western Responses to Soviet Russia
    The author of this book was in a position which allowed him to become thoroughly conversant with the working of the Government machinery in Russia, and in this volume, originally published in 1938, he presents the situation in Soviet Russia as it developed since the Revolution of 1917 and discusses the events which led up to it. Based mainly on information drawn from Soviet sources, which the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • The Romanovs

    1613-1918

    by Simon Sebag Montefiore ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the national bestselling author of Stalin: An "epic history on the grandest scale” (Financial Times) about the most successful dynasty of modern times, a family who created the world’s greatest empire—and then lost it all."An essential addition to the library of anyone interested in Russian history.” —The New York Times Book Review**The Romanovs ruled a sixth of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Everyday Stalinism:Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s

    Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s

    by Sheila Fitzpatrick ...
    Here is a pioneering account of everyday life under Stalin, written by one of our foremost authorities on modern Russian history. Focusing on urban areas in the 1930s, Sheila Fitzpatrick shows that with the adoption of collectivization and the first Five-Year Plan, everyday life was utterly transformed. With the abolition of the market, shortages of food, clothing, and all kinds of consumer goods ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters

    Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters

    by Kate Brown ...
    While many transnational histories of the nuclear arms race have been written, Kate Brown provides the first definitive account of the great plutonium disasters of the United States and the Soviet Union. In Plutopia, Brown draws on official records and dozens of interviews to tell the extraordinary stories of Richland, Washington and Ozersk, Russia-the first two cities in the world to produce ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Russian Security and Paramilitary Forces since 1991

    by Mark Galeotti ...
    Series Book 197 - Elite
    A detailed illustrated study of Putin's shadowy security and paramilitary armed forces.While the size of Russia's regular forces has shrunk recently, its security and paramilitary elements have become increasingly powerful. Under the Putin regime they have proliferated and importantly seem set to remain Russia's most active armed agencies for the immediate future.In parallel, within the murky ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Fall of the Double Eagle

    The Battle for Galicia and the Demise of Austria-Hungary

    by John R. Schindler ...
    Although southern Poland and western Ukraine are not often thought of in terms of decisive battles in World War I, the impulses that precipitated the battle for Galicia in August 1914—and the unprecedented carnage that resulted—effectively doomed the Austro-Hungarian Empire just six weeks into the war.In Fall of the Double Eagle, John R. Schindler explains how Austria-Hungary, despite military ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The Year I Was Peter the Great

    1956—Khrushchev, Stalin’s Ghost, and a Young American in Russia

    by Marvin Kalb ...
    A chronicle of the year that changed Soviet Russia-and molded the future path of one of America's pre-eminent diplomatic correspondents1956 was an extraordinary year in modern Russian history. It was called the year of the thaw-a time when Stalin's dark legacy of dictatorship died in February only to be reborn later that December. This historic arc from rising hope to crushing despair opened with ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Feud

    Vladimir Nabokov, Edmund Wilson, and the End of a Beautiful Friendship

    by Alex Beam ...
    The Feud is the deliciously ironic (and sad) tale of how two literary giants destroyed their friendship in a fit of mutual pique and egomania.In 1940, Edmund Wilson was the undisputed big dog of American letters. Vladimir Nabokov was a near-penniless Russian exile seeking asylum in the States. Wilson became a mentor to Nabokov, introducing him to every editor of note, assigning him book reviews ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Limits of Partnership

    U.S.-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century - Updated Edition

    by Angela E. Stent ...
    A gripping account of U.S.-Russian relations since the end of the Soviet UnionThe Limits of Partnership is a riveting narrative about U.S.-Russian relations from the Soviet collapse through the Ukraine crisis and the difficult challenges ahead. It reflects the unique perspective of an insider who is also recognized as a leading expert on this troubled relationship. American presidents have ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Stalin

    The Man of Steel

    by 50minutes ...
    Series series History
    Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Stalin in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life of Joseph Stalin. Following the death of Lenin, who had overthrown the tsarist regime with the Russian Revolution, Stalin carefully eliminated his opponents and rose to power, immediately establishing a full dictatorship. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Late Imperial Russia, 1890-1917

    by John F. Hutchinson ...
    Series series Seminar Studies
    This new interpretation of the final years of Imperial Russia provides a clear and concise introduction to a critical period in the history of modern Russia. Professor Hutchinson outlines the key problems facing the Tsarist regime, and the attitudes of its Liberal critics and revolutionary enemies. In particular, he considers how the monarchy was able to withstand the uprisings of 1904-06, but ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Summary and Analysis of Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped

    Based on the Book by Garry Kasparov

    by Worth Books ...
    Series series Smart Summaries
    So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Winter Is Coming tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Garry Kasparov's book.Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.This short summary and analysis of Winter Is Coming includes:Historical contextChapter-by-chapter overviewsProfiles ... Read more

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