Adam - Russia 1

“The character of Stalin’s dictatorship is admirably described and analyzed in Ulam’s impressive book. It provides a richly detailed account of Stalin’s political development, of his purges in the t……続きを見る

“The character of Stalin’s dictatorship is admirably described and analyzed in Ulam’s impressive book. It provides a richly detailed account of Stalin’s political development, of his purges in the t……続きを見る

Bruce F. Adams examines how Russia's Main Prison Administration was created, the number of prisoners it managed in what types of prisons, and what it accomplished. While providing a thorough account……続きを見る

This memoir from an aide to, and fellow POW of, General Friedrich Paulus documents a unique perspective on the horror of Stalingrad. Colonel Wilhelm Adam, senior ADC to General Paulus, commander of ……続きを見る

An in-depth exploration of the legacy of Joseph Stalin on the former Soviet Union, by the author of King Leopold's Ghost. Although some twenty million people died during Stalin's reign of terror, on……続きを見る

Dans "Napoléon en Russie", Anne Bignan explore la campagne militaire de l'Empereur Napoléon Bonaparte sur le sol russe en 1812. À travers un style narratif à la fois engageant et analytique, l'auteu……続きを見る

Dans "Souvenirs du Nord: La guerre, la Russie, les Russes et l'esclavage", Raymond Faure propose une réflexion poignante et érudite sur les souvenirs d'un conflit qui a profondément marqué l'histoir……続きを見る

While it is generally acknowledged that Russia’s culture has been influenced by France, the present study goes beyond the Francophile preferences of the noble elite and examines Russian society more……続きを見る

The book examines the wide panorama of Russian theological reflection found in a variety of sourcesーecclesiastical books, sermons, literature, poetry, theater, historical treatises, scholarly works……続きを見る

This book explains the multiple perspectives of Central Asia or Eurasia as it relates to the economic, security, and energy fields. Sahibzada Muhammad Usman clarifies the influence of America, Russi……続きを見る

In this riveting and suspenseful New York Times best-selling book, Adam Hochschild brings WWI to life as never before… World War I was supposed to be the “war to end all wars.” Over four long years,……続きを見る

A vivid and harrowing account of ordinary Russians caught in the deadly WW2 siege, based on interviews, diaries, and memoirs. Includes photographs. Leningrad was under siege for almost three years, ……続きを見る

The dramatic and little-known story of how, in the summer of 1920, Lenin came within a hair's breadth of shattering the painstakingly constructed Versailles peace settlement and spreading Bolshevism……続きを見る

Adam Zamoyski first wrote his history of Poland two years before the collapse of the Soviet Union. This substantially revised and updated edition sets the Soviet era in the context of the rise, fall……続きを見る

The first comprehensive political history of the communist party Vanguard of the Revolution is a sweeping history of one of the most significant political institutions of the modern world. The commu……続きを見る

Erstmals unzensiert: „eine ergreifende Dokumentation über die Leningrader Blockade“ Ingo Schulze. Als Ales Adamowitsch und Daniil Granin 1974 begannen, Überlebende der 900 Tage andauernden Blockade ……続きを見る

This book presents a large collection of anecdotes and jokes from different periods of the 20th century. Anecdotes and jokes were a hidden form of discursive communication in the Soviet era, lampoon……続きを見る