Russia category: 2582 books
by Mikhail Krivich, Olgert Olgin
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
Written by two Russian insiders, “Comrade Chikatilo” is the definitive story of the serial killer. As local journalists, Krivich and Olgin were able to get inside the Russian criminal justice system to get a close look at the investigation, provide complete coverage of the trial, and even interview the killer himself.
The Russian Revolution of 1905
Centenary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
2005 marks the centenary of Russia’s ‘first revolution’ - an unplanned, spontaneous rejection of Tsarist rule that was a response to the ‘Bloody Sunday’ massacre of 9th January 1905. A wave of strikes, urban uprisings, peasant revolts, national revolutions and mutinies swept across the Russian...
Preserving Petersburg
History, Memory, Nostalgia
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2008
For more than three centuries, St. Petersburg, founded in 1703 by Peter the Great as Russia's westward-oriented capital and as a visually stunning showcase of Russia's imperial ambitions, has been the country's most mythologized city. Like a museum piece, it has functioned as a site for preservation,...
Voices from the Gulag
The Oppression of the German Minority in the Soviet Union
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
"Voices from the Gulag" draws on a wealth of available sources to tell the story of the German settlements in Russia, from their beginning during the reign of Empress Catherine the Great, to their accomplishments and, finally, their destruction under Stalin. It relates the harsh living conditions...
Overtaken by the Night
One Russian's Journey through Peace, War, Revolution, and Terror
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
Vladimir Fedorovich Dzhunkovsky was a witness to Russia’s unfolding tragedy—from Tsar Alexander II’s Great Reforms, through world war, revolution, the rise of a new regime, and finally, his country’s descent into terror under Stalin. But Dzhunkovsky was not just a passive observer—he was...
by Catherine Merridale
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 21, 2017
*** LIBRO DELL’ANNO PER “THE TIMES”, “THE FINANCIAL TIMES” E “THE ECONOMIST” *** Il 3 aprile 1917, dopo anni di esilio, Vladimir Il'ič Ul'janov, noto tra i rivoluzionari come Lenin, parte da Zurigo per far ritorno in Russia. Ad accoglierlo alla stazione Finlandia di Pietrogrado un’enorme...
Harmony and Discord
Music and the Transformation of Russian Cultural Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2011
Harmony and Discord: Music and the Transformation of Russian Cultural Life explores the complex development of Russian musical life during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. At the heart of this cultural history lies the Russian Musical Society, as both a unique driving force behind the...
Nietzsche's Orphans
Music, Metaphysics, and the Twilight of the Russian Empire
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
A prevailing belief among Russia’s cultural elite in the early twentieth century was that the music of composers such as Sergei Rachmaninoff, Aleksandr Scriabin, and Nikolai Medtner could forge a shared identity for the Russian people across social and economic divides. In this illuminating study of...
by Terry Fiehn
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Trust Ben Walsh to guide you through the new specification and motivate your students to excel with his trademark mix of engaging narrative and fascinating contemporary sources; brought to you by the market-leading History publisher and OCR's Publishing Partner for History.
- Skilfully steers...
The Alcoholic Empire
Vodka & Politics in Late Imperial Russia
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2001
The Alcoholic Empire examines the prevalence of alcohol in Russian social, economic, religious, and political life. Herlihy looks at how the state, the church, the military, doctors, lay societies, and the czar all tried to battle the problem of overconsumption of alcohol in the late imperial period....
by Fin Lappin
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
Build, reinforce and assess students' knowledge throughout their course; tailored to the 2016 CCEA specification and brought to you by the leading History publisher, this study and revision guide combines clear content coverage with practice questions and sample answers.
- Ensure understanding...
by Massimo Ceresa, Anna Zafesova
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Le purghe staliniane, la caduta dell’Unione Sovietica e l’ascesa al potere degli oligarchi amici del nuovo padrone del Cremlino fanno da sfondo alla tragica vicenda personale di Vasilij Arkadič e Andrej Vital’evič, nemici all’ombra di giochi di potere immensamente più grandi di loro.
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by Nathan Dole
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2016
While Rurik was busy quelling insurrections among the people of Novgorod, and teaching them to obey, Askold and Dir, with two hundred long-boats filled with Norman Vikings and soldiers, made a descent upon the Grecian Empire. Constantinople, the richest city of the East, the rival of Rome, built on...
Summary and Analysis of The Romanovs: 1613–1918
Based on the Book by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Romanovs tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Simon Sebag Montefiore’s book.
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