Former Soviet Republics 2

Everyone has heard of George Balanchine. Few outside Russia know of Leonid Yakobson, Balanchine’s contemporary, who remained in Lenin’s Russia and survived censorship during the darkest days of Stal……続きを見る

Both celebrated and condemned, Ukrainian nationalism is one of the most controversial and vibrant topics in contemporary discussions of Eastern Europe. Perhaps today there is no more divisive and he……続きを見る

'From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. . .' With these words Winston Churchill famously warned the world in a now legendary speech……続きを見る

This book opens with a quotation from Albert Einstein, stating the case for socialism. Einstein, like almost every great mind of the 20th century who concerned himself or herself with the welfare o……続きを見る

For most people of Armenian descent, both young and old, there has always been a pressing need to learn about their cultural heritage; their legacy as an ancient people with a highly advanced cultur……続きを見る

Despite much study of Viennese culture and Judaism between 1890 and 1914, little research has been done to examine the role of Jewish women in this milieu. Rescuing a lost legacy, Jewish Women in Fi……続きを見る

The American Jewish Communist movement played a major role in the politics of Jewish communities in cities such as Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia, as well as in many other ……続きを見る

On a visit to Ukraine to retrieve a family heirloom secretly buried by his grandfather during the Second World War, Yaroslaw, a Ukrainian-Canadian university student, stumbles into a world full of s……続きを見る

Kniha se pokouší vystihnout složité a často velmi bolestné vztahy Rusů a Čechů - Rusů v Čechách a Čechů v Rusku - na pozadí historických událostí minulého století, které vztahy obou národů formovaly……続きを見る

The remarkable popular protest in Kiev and across Ukraine following the cooked presidential election of November 2004 has transformed the politics of eastern Europe. Andrew Wilson witnessed the even……続きを見る

Nechama Tec's Defiance, an account of a Jewish partisan unit that fought the Nazis in the Polish forests during World War II, was turned into a major feature film. Yet despite the attention this fil……続きを見る

The remarkable popular protest in Kiev and across Ukraine following the cooked presidential election of November 2004 has transformed the politics of eastern Europe. Andrew Wilson witnessed the even……続きを見る

The most acute, informed, and up-to-date account available today of Ukraine and its people, now in its fourth edition.   “An interesting and provocative read, which will, one hopes, contribute to th……続きを見る

Предложенная вниманию читателя хрестоматия представляет собой результат долгой кропотливой работы по отбору произведений и имен российской журналистики от времени ее зарождения до наших дней. Каждый……続きを見る

Extrait :  Au cours d’une navigation sur le lac Ladoga, tandis que nous allions de l’île de Konévetz à celle de Valaam,  nous dûmes, pour les besoins du steamer, ……続きを見る

Rare materials on Belarus are a potential treasure trove for the English language reader. A blank spot on the map for many, Belarus is an undiscovered mystery in the heart of Europe – undiscovered, ……続きを見る

У этой повести – два автора: отец (своими дневниками и письмами) и сын (прямой речью). Отец родился в конце позапрошлого века, сын – в 1937 году. Этот страшный для огромной страны год – трагическая ……続きを見る

“Had I just 10,000 Cossacks, I would have conquered the whole world.” – Napoleon Bonaparte Cossacks are a group of predominantly East Slavic-speaking people who became known as members of democratic……続きを見る

Charles Clover, award-winning journalist and former Moscow bureau chief for the Financial Times, here analyses the idea of "Eurasianism," a theory of Russian national identity based on ethnicity and……続きを見る

In A Short History of Russia Mary Platt Parmele takes the reader on a survey of Russia’s rich past, from the state’s early dramatic beginnings to its struggle to control society, the transformation ……続きを見る

Hundreds of books, long and short, have been written about the Chernobyl tragedy. Few people are left indifferent once they understand a little about the biggest technological catastrophe in history……続きを見る

‘The Great Game’ (also referred to as the Tournament of Shadows) is a term used to describe the political and diplomatic confrontation that existed during most of the 19th Century between the Britis……続きを見る

In the archives of the Memorial International Human Rights Centre in Moscow is an extraordinary diary, a rare first-person testimony of a commander of guards in a Soviet labour camp. Ivan Chistyakov……続きを見る

Structure and expressive means of the Kazakh etiquette – the first scientific-popular book from "Etiquette of Kazakh" monograph. The book is written on the base of the literature`s analysis, researc……続きを見る

The book contains a lot of coloured illustrations, reflecting the exotic grandeur of the national Kazakh jewellery art of the eighteenth and twentieth centuries from the fund of RK State Museum 0f A……続きを見る

Antológiánk magyar zsidó történelemről szóló tanulmányok gyűjteménye. Összeállításunk azonban mind témájában, mind módszertanában különbözik az eddig megszokott ábrázolástól. A magyar (azaz a történ……続きを見る

When communism took power in Eastern Europe it remade cities in its own image, transforming everyday life and creating sweeping boulevards and vast, epic housing estates in an emphatic declaration o……続きを見る

An epic historical consideration of the Mongol conquest of Western Asia and the spread of Islam during the years of non-Muslim rule The Mongol conquest of the Islamic world began in the early thirte……続きを見る

A poignant collection of letters written by the Latvian poet, novelist, and newspaper editor Arsenii Formakov while interned in Soviet labor camps Emily Johnson has translated and edited a fascinati……続きを見る

For millions of his fans, there is only one Yul Brynner, the most mysterious and exotic star in Hollywood history. But in fact four men were given that same name in successive generations, beginning……続きを見る