Russia category: 2582 books

During the Russian Revolution and Civil War, amateur theater groups sprang up in cities across the country. Workers, peasants, students, soldiers, and sailors provided entertainment ranging from improvisations to gymnastics and from propaganda sketches to the plays of Chekhov. In Revolutionary Acts,...

A political and intellectual biographical study of Lenin which focuses on those aspects of his thought and political activities that had a bearing on the accession of the Bolsheviks to power in Russia in 1917 and the creation of the Soviet state. The book places Lenin in the context of his times and...

This is the first book of its kind to draw together information on the major events in Russian history from 1695 to 1917 - covering the eventful period from the accession of Peter the Great to the fall of Nicholas II. Not only is a vast amount of material on key events and topics brought together,...

As readers of Russian literature know, the nineteenth century was a time of pervasive financial anxiety. Russians of all classes were enmeshed in networks of credit and debt, and borrowing and lending shaped perceptions of material and moral worth. Sergei Antonov recreates this imperial world of borrowers, bankrupts, lenders, and loan sharks.

Я родилась в Сибири в поселке Черемшаные ключи Нижнеингашского района Красноярского края. Затем я приехала покорять Москву,где работала на рынке, а потом устроилась...

The monograph is a comprehensive study of approaches adopted by the Russian doctrine

of international law regarding the 2013-2015 events which are directly or indirectly connected

with international legal relations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation – the Revolution

of Dignity...

After the initial successes of Operation Barbarossa, at the end of September 1941 Hitler turned his focus to Moscow, with the unshakable belief that capturing the capital would knock the Soviets out of the war. On the face of it, it was an unequal struggle; Field Marshall Fedor von Bock had at his...

Chi è un terrorista? Qual è il suo mondo interiore? Cos'ha di diverso dal soldato e dal criminale? Secondo Vittorio Strada è nella Russia della seconda metà del XIX e dell'inizio del XX secolo che il terrorismo ha avuto la sua più grande affermazione: è quel terrorismo che ha suscitato in intellettuali...

As one of the most audacious street photographers John D Williams in “Komrads” offers to you unique and compelling images of city people in the urban environment, as well as the rural folk of modern Russia in the 21st century. Committed to creating original visions of documentary photography his...

Although 1989 and 1991 witnessed more spectacular events, 1990 was a year of embryonic change in Russia: Article 6 of the constitution was abolished, and with it the Party's monopoly on political power. This fascinating collection of documentary evidence crystalises the aspirations of the Russian...

Nicholas II (1868-1918) was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from November 1, 1894 until his forced abdication on March 15, 1917. His reign saw the fall of the Russian Empire from one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. He was given the nickname Nicholas...

This book, originally published in 1952, describes and explains the stage of the decline of the Russian Empire between the Crimean and First World Wars. The book is divided up by period: the reign of Alexander II (1855-81), the period of reaction (1881-1905) and the ‘Revolution’ of 1905 and its...

Una guida per scoprire i numerosi tesori d'arte e le tradizioni millenarie di regioni che gli eventi storici recenti avevano, per così dire, opacizzato - Una sintesi per cogliere la cultura russa con tanti richiami alla storia, all'arte e alle tradizioni - Mosca e San Pietroburgo, le città più...

Lo stalinismo rappresenta tutt’oggi uno dei periodi più complessi e controversi della storia della Russia e dell’Unione Sovietica. L’accertamento del numero delle vittime di Stalin suscita ancora animate discussioni tra i ricercatori e in Russia e nella storiografia postsovietica si assiste...