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Russia (Federation). Russian S.F.S.R.

  • After Putin's Russiaby Stephen K. Wegren; Dale R. Herspring

    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2009; US$ 43.99

    Now in a thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated edition, this classic text provides the most authoritative and current analysis available of contemporary Russia and the challenges facing Vladimir Putin and his successor, Dmitri Medvedev. Leading scholars discuss the social, political, and security issues that confronted Putin, as well as his successes... more...

  • The Agony of the Russian Ideaby Tim McDaniel

    Princeton University Press 1998; US$ 27.50

    Boris Yeltsin's attempts at democratic reform have plunged a long troubled Russia even further into turmoil. This dramatic break with the Soviet past has left Russia politically fragmented and riddled with corruption, its people with little hope for the future. In a fascinating account for anyone interested in Russia's current political struggles,... more...

  • Allah's Angelsby Paul J. Murphy

    Naval Institute Press 2011; US$ 34.95

    In this comprehensive portrait of the women of Chechnya in modern war, Paul Murphy argues that they are the principal victims of the 1994 and 1999 wars with Russia and the present conflict with Islamic jihadists. War forced Chechen women to venture far beyond their traditional roles and advance their human rights, but the current movement championing... more...

  • The Baltic States and Weimar Ostpolitikby John Hiden

    Cambridge University Press 1987; US$ 48.00

    A study of German economic influence in the Baltic states after World War I. more...

  • Borderland Russiansby Professpr Geir Hønneland

    Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 95.00

    Geir Hønneland discusses some of the big questions in social science: What is identity? What is the role of identity and narrative in the study of international relations? The location is the Kola Peninsula, the most heavily militarized area of the world during the Cold War, now set to become Europe's next big oil playground. more...

  • Caspian Region, Volume 1by Moshe Gammer

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 180.00

    Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, new states - most of them muslim - emerged in central Asia and the Caucasus. These new states proved to be both oil-rich and central in the strip of conflict and instability that stretches from central Europe to the Far East. This volume draws attention to previously neglected issues which... more...

  • Caspian Region, Volume 2by Moshe Gammer

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 180.00

    The Caspian Region, Volume 2 - together with Volume 1 - offers new issues and approaches to give readers a fuller understanding of this part of the world, as well as correcting some erroneous notions. more...

  • The Caspian Sea Encyclopediaby Igor S. Zonn; Aleksey N Kosarev; Michael Glantz

    Springer 2010; US$ 179.99

    The Caspian Sea is a unique natural feature, the world's largest landlocked water body. Historically the Caspian was one of the key zones where the interests of great powers such as Russia, Britain and Persia clashed. And the reason was and still is the oil - the 'black gold' of the Caspian and also the natural riches of the sea, its other... more...

  • The Caucasus Under Soviet Ruleby Alex Marshall

    Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 42.95

    The Caucasus is a strategically and economically important region in contemporary global affairs. Western interest in the Caucasus has grown rapidly since 1991, fuelled by the admixture of oil politics, great power rivalry, ethnic separatism and terrorism that characterizes the region. However, until now there has been little understanding of how... more...

  • Celebrity and Glamour in Contemporary Russiaby Helena Goscilo; Vlad Strukov

    Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 42.95

    This is the first book to explore the phenomenon of glamour and celebrity in contemporary Russian culture, ranging across media forms, disciplinary boundaries and modes of inquiry, with particular emphasis on the media personality. The book demonstrates how the process of ?celebrification? in Russia coincides with the dizzying pace of social... more...