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Hannah Arendt’s definitive work on totalitarianismーan essential component of any study of twentieth-century political historyーnow with a new introduction by Anne Applebaum. In recent years, The Or……続きを見る

Čo spája prenasledovanie raných kresťanov v Rímskej ríši, nacistickú propagandistickú mašinériu a súčasné represie proti náboženským menšinám v Rusku? Odpoveďou je večná a nemilosrdná technológia fa……続きを見る

An unflinching account of Russia's brutal war in Chechnya by a reporter who was assassinated because of her work Chechnya, a 6,000-square-mile corner of the northern Caucasus, has struggled under Ru……続きを見る

Sanitizing Moscow presents an environmental history of public health reforms in late imperial Moscow between 1870 and 1917. It explores the relationship between Russia’s urban modernization and the ……続きを見る

The Gulag remains one of the key symbols of twentieth-century mass political violence. Thanks to recent archive-based investigations, we now understand the scope of the system, variations between di……続きを見る

**The first comprehensive history of the failed Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War, a decisive turning point in the relationship between Russia and the West Named a Best Book of 2024 by Fo……続きを見る

Internationally admired for her reporting, especially on the Chechen wars, award-winning journalist Anna Politkovskaya has turned her steely gaze on the man who, until very recently, was a darling o……続きを見る

This book explores Peter I’s same-sex relations, men’s sociability and male favoritism at the royal court in the context of the Petrine myth, scenarios of power, propaganda and othering. The first p……続きを見る

You know just how a series a problem alcoholism has become for our country. Frankly speaking, it has taken on the proportions of a national disaster." So spoke Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in 2……続きを見る

‘Memories of the Russian Court’ takes the reader from Anna Viroubova's entry in 1905 into the world of pomp and power at the center of the Russian Empire, through the subsequent twelve years that sh……続きを見る

The Red Pencil (1989) examines the many ways in which Soviet censorship interfered in the creative process – in the words of those who experienced it first hand. It helps to identify the ways in whi……続きを見る

The Lives of Soviet Secret Agents: Religion and Police Surveillance in the USSR explores the covert world of secret police surveillance within the Soviet Union, delving into lesser-known grassroots ……続きを見る

Per la cultura russa la celebre tela di Raffaello, esposta nella pinacoteca di Dresda, è sempre stata molto più di un capolavoro artistico: «non un quadro, ma una visione» creata «non per gli occhi,……続きを見る

Η δραματική πτώσης της Ρωσίας Η φύση επαναστάτησε πρώτη. Το καλοκαίρι του 1916 κατακλύζεται από τις καταιγίδες, αλλά οι άνθρωποι μετά βίας ενδιαφέρονται για τον καιρό. Πόλεμος, - ψιθυρίζουν όλοι. Η ……続きを見る

This fascinating study shows how terrorism as developed and practiced in Romanov Russia has, over the past century, manifested itself as the template for modern and postmodern terrorism as a univers……続きを見る

‘Memories of the Russian Court’ takes the reader from Anna Viroubova's entry in 1905 into the world of pomp and power at the center of the Russian Empire, through the subsequent twelve years that sh……続きを見る

Nature was the first to rebel. The summer of 1916 roared with thunderstorms, wind in the face, and icy rain from the sky. But people barely noticed the weather. War was on everyone's lips, interferi……続きを見る

The history of Russian Germans (Russlanddeutsche) is one of intensive mobility across space and time. Today, the descendants of eighteenth-century German-speaking settlers in the Russian Empire live……続きを見る

Primero se rebeló la naturaleza. El verano de 1916 era el estruendo de las tormentas, con un viento desenfrenado y las corrientes de hielo desde el cielo. Pero la gente apenas notaba el clima. Guerr……続きを見る

Per prima si rivoltò la natura. L'estate del 1916 è un rombo di tempeste, vento in faccia e rivoli gelati dal cielo. Ma la gente nota appena il tempo. La guerra, la guerra è sulla bocca di tutti, si……続きを見る

Essays on how chaos, totalitarianism, and trauma have shaped Ukraine's culture: "A milestone of the scholarship about Eastern European politics of memory." ーWulf Kansteiner, Aarhus University In a ……続きを見る

"[A] sparkling and original work . . . I can think of no better guide to the heart of post-Soviet urban Russia than this entertaining and refreshing book." ーRichard Stites, Professor of History, Ge……続きを見る

An expanded edition of Kinoglasnost that examines the fascinating world of Soviet cinema during the yeas of glasnost and perestroika in the 1980s. In Before the Fall, Anna Lawton shows how the refor……続きを見る

For Polish Jews the single best escape from the fire that engulfed them in Nazi occupied Europe. My mother always said, "My life was saved in Russia." 続きを見る

Start speaking Russian today! Now in an updated second edition, Beginner’s Russian with Interactive Online Workbook offers an innovative, easy, and thorough way to speak, and read Russian confidentl……続きを見る

Despite decades under Putin's rule, it is too simplistic to assert that authoritarianism in Russia has eliminated activism, especially in relation to everyday life. Instead, we must build an awarene……続きを見る

Arabikevät järisytti mannerlaattoja, Euroopassa jälkijäristykset ovat vasta alkamassa. Tunisia, Egypti, Libya, Syyria... Vallankumouksia, poliittista väkivaltaa, terrorismia, sotaa. 2010-luku on oll……続きを見る

Provides a comprehensive history of Soviet Jewry during World War II At the beginning of the twentieth century, more Jews lived in the Russian Empire than anywhere else in the world. After the Holoc……続きを見る

In January 1829, an angry mob in Tehran murdered Russian poet and diplomat Alexander Griboedov, author of the verse comedy Woe from Wit and architect of the Russian annexation of the north Caucasus ……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