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When Rachel Polonsky went to live in Moscow, she found an apartment block in Romanov Street, once a residence of the Soviet elite. One of those ghostly neighbours was Stalin's henchman Vyacheslav Mo……続きを見る

Czernowitz at 100 represents a collection based on the proceedings of a 2008 international conference convened at York University in Toronto. Each chapter looks back at a portion over a long century……続きを見る

The monumental battles of World War II's Eastern FrontーMoscow, Stalingrad, Kurskーare etched into the historical record. But there is another, hidden history of that war that has too often been ign……続きを見る

This book pulls together experts in the fields of economics and Russian culture, all participants in the Samuel P. Huntington Memorial Symposium on Culture, Cultural Change and Economic Development,……続きを見る

This volume contributes to a growing reevaluation of the Brezhnev era, helping to shape a new historiography that gives us a much richer and more nuanced picture of the time period than the stagnati……続きを見る

The essays in this collection make up the first study of “dropping out” of late state socialism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. From Leningrad intellectuals and Berlin squatters to Bosnian M……続きを見る

This book examines recent political and psychological changes in Russian society during Vladimir Putin’s third term. Instability in 2011–2012 and new domestic and international contexts make this a ……続きを見る

Boris Bogachev's highly readable account of life as a young platoon commander during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45 makes for a fascinating read. The son of a Soviet military commissar, Bogachev……続きを見る

The Life and Thought of Filaret Drozdov, 1782–1867: The Thorny Path to Sainthood is an intellectual biography of the foremost historical figure in the religious world of nineteenth-century Russia. T……続きを見る

This book analyzes the stance of international communism towards nationality, anti-colonialism, and racial equality as defined by the Communist International (Comintern) during the interwar period. ……続きを見る

Uma homenagem singular à história e à cultura russas, o livro evoca o espírito dos grandes artistas e o passado assombrado de um país devastado pela guerra, pela fome e pelo totalitarismo. Quando se……続きを見る

The familiar story of Soviet power in Cold War Eastern Europe focuses on political repression and military force. But in Empire of Friends, Rachel Applebaum shows how the Soviet Union simultaneously……続きを見る

Here is the whole sweep of the Soviet experiment and experience as told by its last steward. Drawing on his own experience, rich archival material, and a keen sense of history and politics, Mikhail ……続きを見る

Maria Rogacheva’s Soviet Scientists Remember gives voice to one of the most prominent and educated groups in the late USSR: scientists. Lifting the veil of secrecy that covered scientists during the……続きを見る

Bronze Medalist, 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the World History Category Gold Winner, 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards in the History category Major General Konstantin Ivano……続きを見る

This book sheds new light on the political economy of Russia under Putin’s rule. The author, a former EU diplomat, presents a historical review of the Russian economy and 60 years of state-communist……続きを見る

In 1887, following several years’ imprisonment for his role in the People’s Will terrorist group, Ivan P. Iuvachëv was exiled with other political prisoners to the notorious Sakhalin penal colony. T……続きを見る

Gleaning for Communism is a historical ethnography of the property regime upon which Soviet legal scholars legislated a large modern state as a household, with guaranteed rights to a commons of soci……続きを見る

This book analyzes two Romanian villages – 2 Mai and Vama Veche – as spaces of relative freedom during the last decades of socialist rule. This microhistorical study refutes simplistic views of the ……続きを見る

Here is the whole sweep of the Soviet experiment and experience as told by its last steward. Drawing on his own experience, rich archival material, and a keen sense of history and politics, Mikhail ……続きを見る

In 'Address to the 43rd U.N. General Assembly Session,' Mikhail Gorbachev delivers a poignant speech that not only reflects the political climate of the late 20th century but also offers insight int……続きを見る

In 'Literarische Reise durch die Vergangenheit: Russische Geschichte' entfaltet sich eine faszinierende Anthologie, die den Leser durch die vielschichtigen Epochen Russlands führt, dargestellt in de……続きを見る

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Big Oil and Gas Versus DemocracyーWinner Take All “A rollickingly well-written book, filled with fascinating, exciting, and alarming stories about the impact of the oi……続きを見る

This translation of Likhachev’s Poetika Drevnerusskoy Literatury (The Poetics of Early Russian Literature), provides a description of the basic themes of early (tenth to seventeenth century) Russian……続きを見る

Based on a broad array of sources from Russian and Austrian archives, this collection provides a comprehensive analysis of the Soviet occupation of Austria from 1945 to 1955. The contributors cover ……続きを見る

Mikhail Gorbachev's book 'Address to the 43rd U.N. General Assembly Session' is a powerful and insightful speech delivered by the former leader of the Soviet Union. This book captures a pivotal mome……続きを見る

The last president of the Soviet Union discusses Communism, the Cold War, and bringing democracy to Russia in this sweeping political memoir. Drawing on his own experience and rich archival material……続きを見る

In this book, Maria Chehonadskih unsettles established narratives about the formation of a revolutionary canon after the October Revolution. Displacing the centre of gravity from dialectical materia……続きを見る

In 'Russische Geschichte in Meisterromanen' entfaltet sich ein literarisches Panorama, das durch die einzigartige Zusammenstellung von Werken namhafter Autoren wie Lew Tolstoi, John Retcliffe, Klabu……続きを見る