Russia Former Soviet Republics category: 572 books

"[An] exemplary account of Europe's least-known large country... leavened by aphorism and anecdote." --Wall Street Journal Award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy presents the authoritative history of Ukraine and its people from the time of Herodotus to the present crisis with Russia....

Hi there!  My friend Robert texted me one day in London: “Angelos, I’m flying to Moscow tomorrow. Can we catch up tonight at the pub to teach me a little bit of Russian?” Initially, I thought…”WTF? Is he serious? What has he been doing all these days?“ I know that...

“Remarkable: a book about borders that makes the reader feel sumptuously free.” —Peter Pomerantsev In this extraordinary work of narrative reportage, Kapka Kassabova returns to Bulgaria, from where she emigrated as a girl twenty-five years previously, to explore the border it shares with...

Perched above the confluence of two great rivers, the Sava and Danube, Belgrade has been home to many civilizations: Celts, Romans, Byzantines, Bulgars, Magyars, Ottomans and Serbs. A Turkish fortress, the focus for a Serbian principality, an intellectual and artistic center, the city grew until it...

This guide unearths the treasures of Bishkek. It gives detailed cultural and historical insights on all points of interests, and includes practical easy-to-follow maps and walking tours. Most guidebooks skip over Bishkek or only give the most rudimentary of overviews. This is a shame, as Bishkek...

NOTES FROM THE ROAD VOL. III This book, the prequel to Vol IV, is a retrospective of Mansfield’s journey to Mongolia from London and return. It takes place in 2012 before Russia invaded Ukraine. The Russian Federation and Siberia were joyful, the people still happy and not fearful;...

In a charming saga of sun, sea, sand - and cement - John Mole tells of the back-breaking but joyous labours of fixing up his own Arcadia and introduces a warm, generous and garrulous cast of characters who helped (and occasionally hindered) his progress.

Most people know of Arthur Ransome, the author of the classic children’s sailing tale, Swallows & Amazons, and many other books in the same series. But besides his exciting tales of children on the water there is much more to the man. Before he wrote Swallows & Amazons, Ransome was a journalist...

In this book written in exile, Aleksandr Fyodorovich Kerensky, recounts his fascinating eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution and the victory of the extreme Bolshevik faction in 1917. Aleksandr Fyodorovich Kerensky (4 May 1881 - 11 June 1970) was a Russian lawyer and politician who served...

THE catastrophe which overwhelmed Europe in July, 1914, the effects of which made themselves felt more or less over the whole world, cannot yet be made the subject of scientific historical investigation. So immense a task is beyond the powers of those who witnessed and still more of those who were...

Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Moscow is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Gawk at Red Square and the city’s countless glittering domes, lose yourself in a performance...

Un saggio storico interamente dedicato alla storia della Cecenia e al difficile rapporto fra questa regione caucasica e la Russia.

Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d’abord les comprendre Comment être Russe aujourd'hui ? Et comment comprendre une Russie sur laquelle semblent déferler de bien mauvais vents nationalistes ? La meilleure des réponses est d'arpenter son immense territoire, de recueillir les...

Prior to the collapse of Communism and the break-up of the Eastern-bloc empire of the U.S.S.R., a humorist and fledgling Kremlinologist was invited to tour the vast Red Landscape. Along the rails and roads traveled, he met a cast of colorful characters and faced a host of bizarre situations that only...