Russia category: 2582 books
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this study investigates the major influences on U.S. decision-making regarding the enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) following the end of the Cold War. After the collapse of the Soviet Union,...
When Miss Emmie was in Russia
English governesses before, during and after the October Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Through the prism of the experiences of five British governesses working in Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century, Harvey Pitcher paints a rich and intimate portrait of pre Revolutionary Russian society and finds himself with a unique eyewitness perspective on the Russian Revolution and...
The Russian Job
The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2019
An award-winning historian reveals the harrowing, little-known story of an American effort to save the newly formed Soviet Union from disaster
After decades of the Cold War and renewed tensions, in the wake of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, cooperation between the United States and...
The Kurillian Knot
A History of Japanese-Russian Border Negotiations
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2008
This book provides an answer to the mystery of why no peace treaty has yet been signed between Japan and Russia after more than sixty years since the end of World War Two. The author, a leading authority on Japanese-Russian diplomatic history, was trained at the Russian Institute of Columbia University....
The Spy Who Was Left Behind
Russia, the United States, and the True Story of the Betrayal and Assassination of a CIA Agent
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
The shocking true story of international intrigue involving the 1993 murder of CIA officer Freddie Woodruff by KGB agents and the extensive cover-up that followed in Washington and in Moscow.
On August 8, 1993, a single bullet to the head killed Freddie Woodruff, the Central Intelligence Agency’s...
The Captive and the Gift
Cultural Histories of Sovereignty in Russia and the Caucasus
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The Caucasus region of Eurasia, wedged in between the Black and Caspian Seas, encompasses the modern territories of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, as well as the troubled republic of Chechnya in southern Russia. A site of invasion, conquest, and resistance since the onset of historical record,...
by Panaït Istrati
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
First published in English in 1931, the author of this book was throughly acquainted with Russia, both in Tsarist and Bolshevist times; he spoke fluent Russian and became an ardent supporter of the Bolshevist cause. This volume documents how his illusions were shattered, as saw through the propaganda and perceived that the Soviet system was, in practice both oppressive and unworkable.
A Taste of Russia
A Cookbook of Russia Hospitality
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Soviet Baby Boomers
An Oral History of Russia's Cold War Generation
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2011
Donald Raleigh's Soviet Baby Boomers traces the collapse of the Soviet Union and the transformation of Russia into a modern, highly literate, urban society through the fascinating life stories of the country's first post-World War II, Cold War generation. For this book, Raleigh has interviewed sixty...
Between Europe and Asia
The Origins, Theories, and Legacies of Russian Eurasianism
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Between Europe and Asia analyzes the origins and development of Eurasianism, an intellectual movement that proclaimed the existence of Eurasia, a separate civilization coinciding with the former Russian Empire. The essays in the volume explore the historical roots, the heyday of the movement in...
Claiming Crimea
A History of Catherine the Great's Southern Empire
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
The first comprehensive, archive-based history of Russia’s original annexation of Crimea and its predominantly Muslim population more than two hundred years ago
Russia’s long-standing claims to Crimea date back to the eighteenth-century reign of Catherine II. Historian Kelly O’Neill...
by Richard Charques
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
The fateful twenty-three years following the accession of the last of the Romanov Tsars formed the prologue to the Russian Revolution, and foreshadowed the motives and mental attitudes of Russian policy today. Richard Charques’s detailed, vivid, and objective account of the reign of Nicholas II...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Two interesting studies on the Russian military provide unique and thought-provoking information: The Russian Way of War: Post Soviet Adaptations in the Russian Military and Why the Russian Military Failed in Chechnya.
The Russian Way of War: Post Soviet Adaptations in the Russian Military...
by Teresa Maxwell
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Our illustrated travel guide features the best information from an experienced traveler as well as other local resources. It's just what you need to help you to plan your trip in advance and to accompany you on-the-ground.
Finding Internet access when traveling can be a...