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Russia (Pre- & Post-Soviet Union)

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  • A Little War That Shook the Worldby Ronald D. Asmus

    Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 12.99

    The brief war between Russia and Georgia in August 2008 seemed to many like an unexpected shot out of the blue. Former Assistant Deputy Secretary of State Ronald Asmus contends that it was a conflict that was prepared and planned for some time by Moscow, part of a broader strategy to send a message to the United States. more...

  • Young Stalinby Simon Sebag Montefiore

    Knopf Publishing Group 2009; US$ 13.99

    Based on ten years' astonishing new research, here is the thrilling story of how a charismatic, dangerous boy became a student priest, romantic poet, gangster mastermind, prolific lover, murderous revolutionary, and the merciless politician who shaped the Soviet Empire in his own brutal image: How Stalin became Stalin. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...

  • Stalinby Edvard Radzinsky

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 15.99

    From the author of The Last Tsar , the first full-scale life of Stalin to have what no previous biography has entirely gotten hold of: the facts. Granted privileged access to Russia's secret archives, Edvard Radzinsky paints a picture of the Soviet strongman as more calculating, ruthless, and blood-crazed than has ever been described or imagined. Stalin was a man for whom power was all, terror a useful weapon, and deceit a constant companion. As Radzinsky narrates the high drama of Stalin's epic quest for domination-first within the Communist Party, then over the Soviet Union and the world-he uncovers the startling truth about this most enigmatic of historical figures. Only now, in the post-Soviet era, can what was suppressed be told: Stalin's... more...

  • Catherine the Greatby Robert K. Massie

    Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 17.99

    The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into Empress of Russia by sheer determination. Possessing a brilliant mind and an insatiable curiosity as a young woman, she devoured the works of Enlightenment philosophers and, when she reached the throne, attempted to use their principles to guide her rule of the vast and backward Russian empire. She knew or corresponded with the preeminent... more...

  • The Man Without a Faceby Masha Gessen

    Penguin Group US 2012; US$ 14.99

    The Man Without a Face is the chilling account of how a low- level, small-minded KGB operative ascended to the Russian presidency and, in an astonishingly short time, destroyed years of progress and made his country once more a threat to her own people and to the world. Handpicked as a successor by the "family" surrounding an ailing and increasingly unpopular Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin seemed like a perfect choice for the oligarchy to shape according to its own designs. Suddenly the boy who had stood in the shadows, dreaming of ruling the world, was a public figure, and his popularity soared. Russia and an infatuated West were determined to see the progressive leader of their dreams, even as he seized control of media,... more...

  • Russiaby Gregory L. Freeze

    Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 22.00

    From the formation of the Russian state in the 14th century to the political power struggles of the 1990s and the uncertainties of the new millennium, this new history offers a fresh and systematic account of Russian history across six tumultuous centuries. This book - containing many little-known illustrations - represents an important attempt to rethink Russian history and to provide a new understanding of Russia's complex but ever-fascinating historical development. more...

  • Who's Who in Russia since 1900by Martin McCauley

    Routledge 1997; US$ 34.95

    A unique reference guide which examines the leading personalities from 1900 up to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond. This book is invaluable for students, teachers, researchers and the general reader alike. more...

  • Gender, State and Society in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russiaby Sarah Ashwin

    Routledge 2000; US$ 52.95

    Featuring an outstanding panel of Russian contributors, this collection is a valuable resource for students and scholars of politics, gender studies and Russian studies. more...

  • Ethnic Nationalism and the Fall of Empiresby Aviel Roshwald

    Routledge 2000; US$ 41.95

    An examination of the critical dilemmas of nationalist politics in the First World War. It proposes that the war catapulted nationalist movements into positions of authority well before they were ready culturally or politically. more...

  • Imperial Russia, 1801-1905by Tim Chapman

    Routledge 2001; US$ 35.95

    Imperial Russia, 1801-1905 traces the development of the Russian Empire from the murder of 'mad Tsar Paul' to the reforms of the 1890s that were an attempt to modernise the autocratic atate, more...