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For centuries, travelers have made Central Asia known to the wider world through their writings. In this volume, scholars employ these little-known texts in a wide range of Asian and European langua……続きを見る

In 1996, Tom Bissell went to Uzbekistan as a na•ve Peace Corps volunteer. Though he lasted only a few months before illness and personal crisis forced him home, Bissell found himself entranced by th……続きを見る

ICON is a powerful historical novel that weaves faith, espionage, and moral reckoning into a haunting tale set against the dark backdrop of Stalinist Russia. Told through the eyes of Petja, a confli……続きを見る

«Икона» ー это историко-психологический роман с глубокими духовными и драматическими элементами, рассказывающий о судьбе Петя ー молодого человека, разрываемого между двумя ролями: офицера КГБ и тай……続きを見る

The contributors to this collection explore the multidimensional transformation of independent Ukraine and deal with her politics, society, private sector, identity, arts, religions, media, and demo……続きを見る

Warlords are individuals who control small territories within weak states, using a combination of force and patronage. In this book, Kimberly Marten shows why and how warlords undermine state sovere……続きを見る

Drawing on multiple archives and primary sources, including secret police files and samizdat, Holy Sobriety in Modern Russia reconstructs the history of a spiritual movement that survived persecutio……続きを見る

Galvanizing Nostalgia? explores critical questions for the survival of Russia in its nominally federal form. Will Russia fall apart along the lines of its internal republics, as did the Soviet Union……続きを見る

C’est autour de divers éléments de réflexion (politique, économique, militaire...) permettant de comprendre la Russie d’aujourd’hui que s’organise le dossier de ce numéro de Politique étrangère, afi……続きを見る

Russia's Iron Age by William Henry Chamberlin provides a comprehensive and incisive analysis of the Soviet Union during one of its most transformative and turbulent periods. With his keen journalist……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Rosa Luxemburg: Die Russische Revolution (Gesammelte Werke über die soziale Revolution in Russland)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde ……続きを見る

It is the aim of this volume to investigate how academic practices of Memory Studies are being applied, adapted, and transformed in the countries of East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. ……続きを見る

Upon its adoption in December 1936, Soviet leaders hailed the new so-called Stalin Constitution as the most democratic in the world. Scholars have long scoffed at this claim, noting that the mass re……続きを見る

In Russian historiography, the Moscow School’s paradigm shift from political and legal history to social and economic history was markedly driven by Pavel Miliukov (1859-1943), the late leader of th……続きを見る

Kolyma: The Frozen Hell of Stalin's Siberia In the annals of world history, where tales of hope coexist with narratives of despair, there comes a story so deeply chilling, it reverberates across the……続きを見る

Bailey describes how the Sea of Okhotsk area became integrated into a world system of economic and cultural ties between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. This happened primarily because of ……続きを見る

'Stand by for fireworks as it hits the shelves' SUNDAY TIMES 'If Orwell were with us today, he'd be writing books like this' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE 'Breath-taking and jaw-dropping' PETER FRANKOPAN 'A ……続きを見る

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This book is his best yet . . . Dimbleby’s work is in a different league, told with such skill and judgment' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times A gripping and autho……続きを見る

From humble origins, the eminent Russian scientist Nicholas Borodin forged a career in microbiology in the era of Stalin. Pragmatic and dedicated to his work, he accepted the Soviet regime, even wor……続きを見る

This book provides Bolt Action players with all of the information they need to field the military forces of the Soviet Union. From the bitter urban warfare of Stalingrad, through the Winter War aga……続きを見る

Through the lens of a classic Russian travelogue, this historical study examines early globalization and Russia's participation in the Imperial race. In the 1850s, American Commodore Matthew Perry e……続きを見る

Central Asian post-independence media and communication industries, professional practices, education, persisting and evolving values, and traditions remain critically understudied with a notable sc……続きを見る

Combining reference entries and examination of primary documents from the Russian Revolution, this book gives students a better understanding of how and why political forces fought to reshape the Ru……続きを見る

Eugen Von Böhm-Bawerk, economist of the Austrian school, wrote this incisive critique of Marxist economics amid rising public support for socialism, communism and state-controlled markets in Europe.……続きを見る

This book explores the dilemmas of Georgian foreign policy since independence in 1991. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Georgiaーa Caucasian republic with a fiercely independent national iden……続きを見る

Russia is a post-communist country struggling to adapt to the modern world economically and politically. In the twenty-first century, Russia faces postmodern social, cultural, and political problems……続きを見る

This 600-page volume of Luxemburg's Complete Works contains her writings On Revolution from 1906 to 1909 - covering the 1905-06 Russian Revolution, an epoch-making event, and its aftermath. Over 80 ……続きを見る

As the most populous country in Eastern Europe as well as the birthplace of the largest anticommunist dissident movement, Poland is crucial in understanding the end of the Cold War. During the 1980s……続きを見る

This book, focusing on the history of religious and political thinking in early modern Russia, demonstrates that Russia’s path toward enlightenment began long before Peter the Great’s opening to the……続きを見る

The contributors in this interdisciplinary collection address the problem of interconnection between the study of the “Other,” either Russian or American, and the shaping of national identities in t……続きを見る