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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History, the National Book Award for Nonfiction, the George Bancroft Prize, and the Francis Parkman Prize, this absorbing volume explores the complexities of the Sovi……続きを見る

The present volume focuses on the relationship with Communism of Romania's most important religious denominations and their attempt to cope with that difficult past which continues to cast an import……続きを見る

Richard Stites views the struggle for liberation of Russian women in the context of both nineteenth-century European feminism and twentieth-century communism. The central personalities, their vigoro……続きを見る

The Tiger I tank, probably the most famous German armoured vehicle of the Second World War, might have been a war-winning, break-through weapon if it had been produced in sufficient numbers and if i……続きを見る

This volume showcases important new research on World War II memory, both in the Soviet Union and in Russia today. Through an examination of war remembrance in its various formsーofficial histories,……続きを見る

To say that history's greatest economic experiment--Soviet communism--was also its greatest economic failure is to say what many consider obvious. Here, in a startling reinterpretation, Robert Allen……続きを見る

This book provides case-studies of how teachers and practitioners have attempted to develop more effective ‘experiential learning’ strategies in order to better equip students for their voluntary en……続きを見る

Two years after Uncle Stalin led the Soviets to victory in the Great Patriotic War, Mama brings Mila home from the delivery ward. Aunt Nastya takes one look at the baby and states her heels are too ……続きを見る

A widely acclaimed biography from thebestselling author of The Romanovs: "One of the great love stories of history” (The Economist) between Catherine the Great and the wildly flamboyant and talented……続きを見る

“His is a voice that must be heard.” ーPatti Smith “A poetic rush to madness. . . a stunning, original voice as lyrical as it is unnerving." ーAlan Weisman, author of The World Without Us and Countd……続きを見る

Het meeslepende levensverhaal van een van de grootste Russische schrijvers aller tijden, gepubliceerd ter gelegenheid van zijn tweehonderdste geboortejaar De grote Russische schrijver Fjodor Dostoje……続きを見る

Barbara Alpern Engel's Marriage, Household and Home in Modern Russia is the first book to explore the intricacies of domestic life in Russia across the modern period. Surveying the period from 1700 ……続きを見る

In post-Soviet Russia, there is a persistent trend to repress, control, or even co-opt national history. By reshaping memory to suit a politically convenient narrative, Russia has fashioned a good f……続きを見る

When Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, launching World War Two, its army seemed an unstoppable force. The Luftwaffe bombed towns and cities across the country, and fifty divisions of……続きを見る

When East and West survived on a knife-edge between peace and war, both sides were busy preparing themselves for military action. But what exactly would NATO's troops have faced if the Cold War had ……続きを見る

Considered to be "the god of modern war" by the Soviet army, artillery played a vital role in the Cold War period. The armies of the Warsaw Pact made artillery a cornerstone of their military strate……続きを見る

La Revolución fue rusa, obrera y bolchevique. Pero fue mucho más que eso. Tal vez la mejor manera de evocarla sea contando una historia que valore la pluralidad de voces que formaron parte de ella y……続きを見る

Mosca, 21 giugno 1922. Il conte Aleksandr Il’ič Rostov, decorato con l’Ordine di Sant’Andrea, membro del Jockey Club, Maestro di caccia, viene scortato attraverso i cancelli del Cremlino che danno s……続きを見る

È il 1935 quando Lev incontra Svetlana per la prima volta nel cortile dell’università di Mosca. Snella, con folti capelli castani, gli zigomi sporgenti e occhi azzurri dallo sguardo intelligente e m……続きを見る

Een keizerlijke liefdesaffaire die Rusland én de wereld veranderde 'Aan de hand van de liefde tussen Catharina de Grote en veldmaarschalk Potjomkin laat Simon Sebag Montefiore zien hoe Rusland in Oe……続きを見る

This book offers the first analysis of the brutalisation paradigm in counter-insurgency warfare. Minimising the use of force and winning over the population’s opinion is said to be the cornerstone o……続きを見る

A History of Education in Modern Russia is the first book to trace the significance of education in Russia from Peter the Great's reign all the way through to Vladimir Putin and the present day. Ind……続きを見る

Een onthullend portret van de moedige vrouw die het leven en werk van Dostojevski redde 'Kaufman beschrijft Anna's pijn in scènes die even hartverscheurend zijn als de scènes die we in de romans van……続きを見る

In this most timely book, Richard C. Lukas offers the historical perspective that any reader, scholar, or layman needs to grasp the political turmoil in Poland in the decades after World War II. Bit……続きを見る

"Masterfully told and compellingly reinterpreted." The Moscow Times Stalinism at War tells the epic story of the Soviet Union in World War Two. Starting with Soviet involvement in the war in Asia an……続きを見る

Much attention has been paid to the Japanese deployment of Koreans in their war efforts during WWII. Much less attention, however, has been given to the subject prior to 1910. This book will: 1) pre……続きを見る

A 2022 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title Structured according to key themes, Polish Cinema Today analyzes the remarkable innovations in Polish cinema emerging a decade after the 1989 dissolu……続きを見る

Discover one of Twentieth-Century Russia's most lauded lost classics, now in a remarkable new translation. 'Outstanding... A sparkling, supremely precious literary achievement' Telegraph 'One of the……続きを見る

A "riveting" (Wall Street Journal) book tells the unbelievable true story of an escape tunnel under the Berlin Wall--the people who built it, the spy who betrayed it, and the media event it inspired……続きを見る

Tsar Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV, 1533-1584) is one of the most controversial rulers in Russian history, infamous for his cruelty. He was the first Russian ruler to use mass terror as a political ins……続きを見る