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Integrationsprobleme von Russlanddeutschen
Diplomica Verlag 2010; US$ 9.82In der vorliegenden Studie setzt sich die Autorin mit dem Thema "Integrationsprobleme von Russlanddeutschen" auseinander. Der Fokus richtet sich auf die Erläuterung der Migrationsbewegungen (die deutschstämmige Minderheit in Russland; die Einreise nach Deutschland) und die Darstellungen der Probleme die bei der Integration von Russlanddeutschen auftreten.... more...
The World of the Khazars
BRILL 2007; US$ 182.00The Khazar Empire (ca 650 - ca 965-969), was one of the largest states of medieval Eurasia. Turkic in origin, it played a key role in the history of the peoples of Rus', medieval Hungary and the Caucasus. In the ninth century, the Khazars converted to Judaism. This book sheds light on many unanswered questions regarding the Khazar Empire. more...
Russia Abroad
Oxford University Press 1990; US$ 65.00A remarkable feature of the Great Russian Emigration which followed the Revolution is how the Russian communities abroad preserved a flourishing Russian culture. This is a comprehensive cultural history of this phenomenon. more...
The Jews of Khazaria
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2006; US$ 20.99In this thoroughly revised edition of a modern classic, The Jews of Khazaria explores many exciting new discoveries about the Khazars' religious life, economy, military, government, and culture. It builds upon new studies of the Khazars, evaluating and incorporating recent theories, along with new documentary and archaeological findings. The book gives... more...
From Union to Commonwealth
Cambridge University Press 1992; US$ 29.00The collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of fifteen independent states on its former territory is one of the most momentous developments of the twentieth century. In this volume, five leading international scholars team up to examine the forces more...
The Disintegration of the Soviet Union
Palgrave Macmillan 1996; US$ 168.00This book tells the dramatic story of the unexpected disintegration of the Soviet Union. The author draws on a wide range of sources to illustrate the growth of national awareness among the many subject peoples, partly promoted by the actions of the communists themselves. He concludes that, the efforts of Mikhail Gorbachev to reform the state he initially... more...
Russian Identities
Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 69.99Investigates the question of Russian identity, spanning a territory, centuries, and a variety of political, social, and economic structures. This book places emphases on the struggle against the steppe peoples, Orthodox Christianity, autocratic monarchy, and Westernization. more...
National Identity in Russian Culture
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 30.00This study explores aspects of national identity in Russian culture from medieval times to the present day. more...
The Black Russian
Head of Zeus 2013; US$ 14.57THE BLACK RUSSIAN is the most individual of biographies and a meticulously researched tour of the changing political and cultural landscape of the early twentieth century. After the brutal death of his father when he was a teenager, Frederick Thomas fled the stifling racism of the American South and headed for New York City, where he worked as a... more...









