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Michail Chodorkovskij, imprigionato nel 2003 con l'accusa di frode fiscale e liberato nel dicembre 2013 con un provvedimento di grazia, è diventato un simbolo della lotta per la libertà nella Russia……続きを見る

A seguito delle dimissioni di Michail Gorbačëv nel 1991, si concludeva la storia dell’Unione Sovietica. All’indomani della morte dell’amata moglie Raisa, nel 1999, l’ultimo presidente dell’URSS deci……続きを見る

Aufzeichnungen aus einem Totenhaus öffnet die Türen einer sibirischen Strafkolonie, gesehen durch den verurteilten Adligen Alexander Petrowitsch Gorjantschikow. In kartographisch wirkenden Szenen sc……続きを見る

Het lijkt steeds onmogelijker te worden om Rusland en zijn acties echt te begrijpen. Het hart van het land is de Wolga, 3500 kilometer lang, de bron van de ideeën en mythes die het land gevormd hebb……続きを見る

Aan de hand van de bewogen levens van de grote Russisch-Joodse schrijvers Isaak Babel en Vasili Grossman schetst Michel Krielaars in 'Alles voor het moederland' een beeld van een meedogenloze wereld……続きを見る

This book gives a philosophical account of Martin Heidegger's influence on two important and hitherto understudied Russian philosophers, Aleksandr Dugin (b. 1962 -) and Vladimir Bibikhin (1938 - 200……続きを見る

Czechoslovakia played an important role within the Soviet bloc, yet its history remains under-researched. This monograph blends historical analysis of the superpowers’ foreign policies with an asses……続きを見る

A poet, scholar, philosopher, religious thinker, translator, and teacher, Viacheslav Ivanov (1866–1949) was one of the most extraordinary figures of Russia’s tumultuous twentieth century. As a young……続きを見る

En 1944, sur les ruines encore fumantes d'une Europe ravagée par un conflit qui se solde par la mort de plus de 50 millions de victimes, une autre guerre commence, sourde, rampante. Une guerre de l'……続きを見る

Poutine est-il notre ennemi ? Histoire d’une relation passionnelle entre la France et la Russie Avec Hélène Carrère d’Encausse, Jean-Paul Clément, Hubert Védrine, Michel Eltchaninoff, Andreï Gratche……続きを見る

Russia's attempt to consolidate its authority in the North Caucasus has exerted a terrible price on both sides since the mid-nineteenth century. Michael Khodarkovsky tells a concise and compelling h……続きを見る

For centuries, dictators ruled Russia. Tsars and Communist Party chiefs were in charge for so long some analysts claimed Russians had a cultural predisposition for authoritarian leaders. Yet, as a r……続きを見る

In After Newspeak**, Michael S. Gorham presents a cultural history of the politics of Russian language from Gorbachev and glasnost to Putin and the emergence of new generations of Web technologies**……続きを見る

Using archival materials never previously accessible to Western scholars, Michael David-Fox analyzes Bolshevik Party educational and research initiatives in higher learning after 1917. His fresh con……続きを見る

Fluid Russia offers a new framework for understanding Russian national identity by focusing on the impact of globalization on its formation, something which has been largely overlooked. This approac……続きを見る

The period from September 1939 to early 1942 was crucial for Soviet foreign policy and coincided with the early stages of the Second World War, including the Great Patriotic War. In Stalin’s Great G……続きを見る

Within The Pale: The True Story of Anti-Semitic Persecution In Russia is a historical work that explores the systemic oppression of Jews in Russia. It sheds light on the Kishineff massacres and broa……続きを見る

This engaging survey of the Space Age links science and technology with politics and popular culture, war and peace, and crises and controversies. It examines the history of spaceflight as a mirror ……続きを見る

When Stalin came to power, making music became a dangerous endeavour. Russian composers now had to create work that served the socialist state, and all artistic production was scrutinized for potent……続きを見る

A Time to Sow offers a glimpse into the unofficial Jewish life in 1980s Leningrad, shaped by numerous long-term refusals from authorities to grant exit visas to Jews seeking to migrate to Israel. Th……続きを見る

Una profunda meditación sobre el desarraigo y la pertenencia. «Un retrato ejemplar de Rusia». Bruce Chatwin *Premio Princesa de Asturias de Ciencias Sociales 2024* A través de los recuerdos de sus a……続きを見る

A Time to Sow offers a glimpse into the unofficial Jewish life in 1980s Leningrad, shaped by numerous long-term refusals from authorities to grant exit visas to Jews seeking to migrate to Israel. Th……続きを見る

On 26 April 1986, the unthinkable happened near the Ukrainian town of Pripyat: two massive steam explosions ruptured No. 4 Reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, immediately killing 30 people……続きを見る

This book addresses the transformation of primary education in the former Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) after the fall of the communist regime in 1989. It follows the overall transformatio……続きを見る

In the spring of 1936, the Soviet effort to build an anti-Nazi alliance was failing. Stalin continued nevertheless to support diplomatic efforts to stop Nazi aggression in Europe. In Stalin’s Failed……続きを見る

Winner of the Royal Society of Literature Award In The Russian Album, Michael Ignatieff chronicles five generations of his Russian family, beginning in 1815. Drawing on family diaries, on the contem……続きを見る

In his prologue to The Mongol Empire, Michael Prawdin sets the stage for the last and mightiest onslaught of the nomads upon the civilized world. He tells of the many rejoicings in Europe over the s……続きを見る

Explore the Eastern Front battle that resulted in one of the greatest defeats of World War I, in which an entire Russian army was annihilated by German arms. Tannenberg is a major battle that deserv……続きを見る

The Russian coal sector today faces challenges in the form of global decarbonization, sanctions, and difficulties in retaining market access and competitiveness. This new market environment warrants……続きを見る

Rockets and Revolution offers a multifaceted study of the race toward space in the first half of the twentieth century, examining how the Russian, European, and American pioneers competed against on……続きを見る