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Russia (Pre- & Post-Soviet Union)

  • Churchill and the Archangel Fiascoby Michael Kettle *Probate*; Michael Kettle

    Taylor and Francis 1992; US$ 144.00

    This third volume in Michael Kettle's series on Allied intervention in the Russian civil war, begins at the point when small-scale Allied intervention in Bolshevik-overrun Russia had failed, but had succeeded in covering the formation of some anti-Bolshevik White groups sympathetic to allied aid. Written on a panoramic basis which includes detailed... more...

  • The Empire of Russiaby John S.C. Abbott

    Old LandMark Publishing 2005; US$ 7.00

    Those vast realms of northern Europe now called Russia, have been inhabited for a period beyond the records of history, by wandering tribes of savages. more...

  • Tiny Revolutions in Russiaby Bruce Adams

    Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 49.95

    This book presents a large collection of anecdotes and jokes from different periods of the 20th century. Anecdotes and jokes were a hidden form of discursive communication in the Soviet era, lampooning official practices and acting as a confidential form of self-affirmation. They were not necessarily anti-Soviet, by their very nature both criticising... more...

  • Politics and Economics in the Russian Far Eastby Tsuneo Akaha

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 64.95

    Politics and Economics in the Russian Far East addresses the key issue of what the Russian Far East and its Northeast Asian neighbours can do to further closen economic and co-operative relationships. The question of to what extent the state should intervene to stimulate economic growth in the Russian Far East is covered, as are the options for a... more...

  • The Chechen Struggleby Ilyas Akhmadov; Miriam Lanskoy; Zbigniew K. Brzezinski

    Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 39.00

    The Russian-Chechen war has been the longest, cruelest, and bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II, surpassing even the level of destruction of Bosnia and Kosovo. Told from the perspective of its former Foreign Minister, this uniquely candid account of Chechnya's struggle for independence and its two wars against Russia will revise our understanding... more...

  • Komiksby Jose Alaniz

    University Press of Mississippi 2010; US$ 38.00

    José Alaniz explores the problematic publication history of komiks --an art form much-maligned as "bourgeois" mass diversion before, during, and after the collapse of the USSR--with an emphasis on the last twenty years. Using archival research, interviews with major artists and publishers, and close readings of several works, Komiks:... more...

  • Russian Military Reform, 1992-2002by Anne C. Aldis; Roger N. McDermott

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 55.95

    Military reform has featured prominently on the agenda of many countries since the end of the Cold War necessitated a re-evaluation of the strategic role of the armed forces, and nowhere more publicly than in Russia. Not since the 1920s have the Russian Armed Forces undergone such fundamental change. President Boris Yeltsin and his successor Vladimir... more...

  • Russian Regions and Regionalismby Anne Aldis; Graeme P. Herd

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95

    The emergence of large regions within Russia as centres of gravity for political and international power, and the changing relationship between these emerging regions and the centre are critically important factors currently at work within Russia. This book examines the whole question of Russian regions and regionalism. It considers important themes... more...

  • Urban Life in Post-Soviet Asiaby Catharine Alexander; Victor Buchli; Caroline Humphrey

    Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 49.95

    Capturing a unique historical moment, this book examines the changes in urban life since the collapse of the Soviet Union from an ethnographic perspective, thus addressing significant gaps in the literature on cities, Central Asia and post-socialism. It encompasses Tashkent, Almaty, Astana and Ulan-Ude: four cities with quite different responses... more...

  • Catherine the Greatby John T. Alexander

    Oxford University Press, USA 1988; US$ 18.99

    One of the most colorful characters in modern history, Catherine II of Russia began her life as a minor German princess, until the childless Empress Elizabeth and Catherine's own scheming mother married her off to the Grand Duke Peter of Russia at age sixteen. By thirty-three, she had overthrown her husband in a bloodless coup and established herself... more...