Russia category: 2582 books
Darkness at Dawn
The Rise of the Russian Criminal State
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2003
“The Russia that Satter depicts in this brave, engaging book cannot be ignored . . . Required reading for anyone interested in the post-Soviet state” (Newsweek).
Anticipating a new dawn of freedom after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russians could hardly have foreseen the reality...
by Richard Yatzeck
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
From the very beginning of Russia's history, discord has been prevalent thanks to the ruinous jealousy of the nobles, the Pecheneg and Tatar invasions, and lost wars (or brutally costly victories, as in 1812 or 1945). Autocratic government with serfdom, famine, and gangsterism have been the Russian...
Nineteenth-Century Russia
Opposition to Autocracy
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
This new Seminar Study provides students with a rewarding introduction to nineteenth-century Russia. This period of Russian history is, of course, characterised by the flowering of an enormously rich intellectual and cultural life, the origins of which lie in the intelligentsia¿s opposition to...
Russia's War
A History of the Soviet Effort: 1941-1945
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1998
**"A penetrating and compassionate book on the most gigantic military struggle in world history."--The New York Times Book Review
"An extraordinary tale... Overy's engrossing book provides extensive details of teh slaughter, brutality, bitterness and destruction on the massive...
Putin's Labyrinth
Spies, Murder, and the Dark Heart of the New Russia
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2008
The new Russia is marching in an alarming direction. Emboldened by escalating oil wealth and newfound prominence as a world power, Russia, under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, has veered back toward the authoritarian roots planted in Imperial/Czarist times and firmly established during the Soviet...
by Vladimir Osherov
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Russia is a European nation by virtue of geography, race, and culture. Regardless, for over three centuries, first under the Czars, then under Communists, Russia and Russian people have been subjected to an unending campaign for "Europeanization". As a result, Russian culture produced some of the...
CultureShock! Russia
A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
CultureShock! Russia is the all-essential guide to help you understand and integrate into the largest country in the world. Discover how Russia’s political and cultural histories and other influences have shaped the country and its people. Learn about the values, attitudes and lifestyle of the Russians...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2014
The Russian North Caucasus, including the Republics of Chechnya, Dagestan, and Ingushetia, is transforming into a dangerous, ungovernable area in which global Islamic terrorism thrives. This monograph examines the underlying issues behind the continuing low-level Islamist insurgency movement in the...
Jewish Rights, National Rites
Nationalism and Autonomy in Late Imperial and Revolutionary Russia
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
In its full-color poster for elections to the All-Russian Jewish Congress in 1917, the Jewish People's Party depicted a variety of Jews in seeking to enlist the support of the broadest possible segment of Russia's Jewish population. It forsook neither traditional religious and economic life like the...
Holy Rus'
The Rebirth of Orthodoxy in the New Russia
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
A fascinating, vivid, and on-the-ground account of Russian Orthodoxy’s resurgence A bold experiment is taking place in Russia. After a century of being scarred by militant, atheistic communism, the Orthodox Church has become Russia’s largest and most significant nongovernmental organization. As it...
Performing Russia
Folk Revival and Russian Identity
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2004
This book examines folk music and dance revival movements in Russia, exploring why this folk culture has come to represent Russia, how it has been approached and produced, and why memory and tradition, in these particular forms, have taken on particular significance in different periods. Above all...
King of Russia
A Year in the Russian Super League
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
A revealing look inside the Russian Super League by its first Canadian coach.
Until now no Canadian had penetrated the coaching ranks of Russian hockey, but the year after the NHL lockout, Dave King became head coach of the Metallurg Magnitogorsk. From the beginning, King, Canada’s long-time...
Between East and West
The Origins of Modern Russia: 862-1953
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
An authoritative short history of Russia, from the mysterious origins of the nation-state to the death of Stalin
A classic work now back in print for the first time since 1956—and still regarded as one of the groundbreaking books on the subject—this narrative history of Russia was the first...
Putinomics
Power and Money in Resurgent Russia
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
When Vladimir Putin first took power in 1999, he was a little-known figure ruling a country that was reeling from a decade and a half of crisis. In the years since, he has reestablished Russia as a great power. How did he do it? What principles have guided Putin's economic policies? What patterns...