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Déporté à la fin de la guerre, Lev croupit dans un camp du Goulag. Svetlana, l'amour de sa vie, est à Moscou. Pendant dix ans, de 1945 à 1955, grâce à toutes sortes de complicités, ils vont échanger……続きを見る

Der Untergang der Sowjetunion wird mit der "Nichtreformierbarkeit des Systems" erklärt. Ligatschows differenzierte Betrachtung der achtziger Jahre in der Sowjetunion, die mit dem Staatsstreich 1991 ……続きを見る

In 1920, Lenin authorised a plan to transform Karelia, a Russian territory adjacent to Finland, into a showcase Soviet autonomous region, to show what could be achieved by socialist nationalities po……続きを見る

Seeking to rebuild the Russian film industry after its post-Soviet collapse, directors and producers sparked a revival of nationalist and patriotic sentiment by applying Hollywood techniques to them……続きを見る

Epic in scope, precise in detail, and heart-breaking in its human drama, Former People is the first book to recount the history of the aristocracy caught up in the maelstrom of the Bolshevik Revolut……続きを見る

What did it mean to be a Soviet citizen in the 1970s and 1980s? How can we explain the liberalization that preceded the collapse of the USSR? This period in Soviet history is often depicted as stagn……続きを見る

Modern Occultism in Late Imperial Russia traces the history of occult thought and practice from its origins in private salons to its popularity in turn-of-the-century mass culture. In lucid prose, J……続きを見る

Ontluisterend portret van het huidige Rusland gezien vanuit een handvol opmerkelijke mensen 'Regelmatig vraag ik me af hoe je in een dictatuur of autoritaire staat een fatsoenlijk mens kunt blijven.……続きを見る

Анексія Криму, яка викликала найбільшу політичну кризу в Європі з часів Другої світової війни, зумовила й небачений розквіт політичної міфології. 2014 року з безлічі окремих міфів і сфальсифікованих……続きを見る

Este es un libro acerca de la vida en la Rusia urbana en el apogeo del estalinismo. Trata de viviendas comunitarias atestadas, de esposas abandonadas y esposos que no pagaban los alimentos de sus hi……続きを見る

Третья книга проекта «История Киева» называется «Киев имперский» и посвящена истории этого города и всей Украины от середины XVII века (Переяславская Рада) до правления Александра II, когда Россия ф……続きを見る

Relations between the Russian nobility and the state underwent a dynamic transformation during the roughly one hundred-year period encompassing the reign of Catherine II (1762–1796) and ending with ……続きを見る

What madness meant was a fiercely contested question in Soviet society. State of Madness examines the politically fraught collision between psychiatric and literary discourses in the years after Jos……続きを見る

In Editing Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy**, Susanne Fusso examines Mikhail Katkov's literary career without vilification or canonization, focusing on the ways in which his nationalism fueled his……続きを見る

Despite the continued fascination with the Virgin Mary in modern and contemporary times, very little of the resulting scholarship on this topic extends to Russia. Russia's Mary, however, who is virt……続きを見る

In this examination of Solzhenitsyn and his work, Lee Congdon explores the consequences of the atheistic socialism that drove the Russian revolutionary movement. Beginning with a description of the ……続きを見る

The Eurasianist movement was launched in the 1920s by a group of young Russian émigrés who had recently emerged from years of fighting and destruction. Drawing on the cultural fermentation of Russia……続きを見る

Between 1945 and 1965, the catastrophe of warーand the social and political changes it brought in its wakeーhad a major impact on the construction of the Soviet masculine ideal. Drawing upon a wide ……続きを見る

During the 872 days of the Siege of Leningrad (September 1941 to January 1944), the city's inhabitants were surrounded by the military forces of Nazi Germany. They suffered famine, cold, and darknes……続きを見る

This book situates the work of the Soviet psychologist and neurologist Alexander Luria (1902-1977) in its historical context and explores the 'romantic' approach to scientific writing developed in h……続きを見る

At the heart of the Soviet experiment was a belief in the impermanence of the human spirit: souls could be engineered; conscience could be destroyed. The project was, in many ways, chillingly succes……続きを見る

Reading Russian Sources is an accessible and comprehensive guide that introduces students to the wide range of sources that can be used to engage with Russian history from the early medieval to the ……続きを見る

The efforts of the Soviet Union since the mid-1950s to develop naval power have produced one of the strongest navies in the world, but this achievement has not been without serious costs. The constr……続きを見る

William Le Queux's 'The Price of Power' is a gripping tale of political intrigue and betrayal set in the early 20th century. The novel expertly combines elements of spy fiction and psychological dra……続きを見る

22 June 1941 changed the direction of the Second World War. It also changed the direction of human history. Unleashing a massive, three-pronged assault into Soviet territory, the German army unwitti……続きを見る

This study investigates Western views on the potential future developments in the U.S.S.R. It traces the facts, figures, fears and ideological prejudices that have contributed to the mutual mistrust……続きを見る

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST and #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF COLLUSION A gripping investigative account of how Russia's spies helped elect Donald Trump, backed Brexit, murdered ene……続きを見る

Examining the long and turbulent relationship between Vietnam and the Soviet Union, Douglas Pike traces its political, economic, and diplomatic history from the Bolshevik Revolution to today's deep ……続きを見る

Questo testo è un contributo alla conoscenza e lettura critica della dittatura comunista in Romania, anche con documenti inediti del tribunale di Sibiu. È un argomento poco trattato in Italia, anche……続きを見る

This book chronicles the final two decades in the history of the Soviet Union and presents a story that is often lost in the standard interpretations of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe a……続きを見る