Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Just as the Iron Curtain fell on Eastern Europe, Steinbeck and Capa began a remarkable journey through the Soviet Union. Combining Steinbeck's compassion and humour with Capa's photographs, this text is a unique portrit of Russia and its people as they emerged from the ravages of war.
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Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
This new Chronicle documents the lives of tsars famous and infamous in a series of biographical portraits stretching from the late fifteenth to the early twentieth centuries. Discover the facts behind the reputations of tsars such as Ivan the Terrible, whose reign of terror was unparalleled in Russian history until Stalin; […]
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Publisher: Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.
This book succinctly recounts the city's political, economic, and cultural history, spanning the rise and fall of Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union up to the current era. Special attention is given to changes in the city's size and architecture during different architectural periods. Some 50 b&w photos are included. Murrell is […]
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Based on personal experience of life in the Soviet Union, Nove explains the phenomenon of Stalinism.
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
An introduction to modern Russian culture, from language and religion to literature and the arts.
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Publisher: Indiana University Press
Talks about the lives and views of average educated Russians in the second half of the 20th century. This work sheds light on Soviet childhood and adolescence, on the reasons and course of perestroika, and on the wrenching transition that has taken place since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
The Tsarist Empire posed problems to its rulers. This book examines the challenges that faced them in terms of geography, culture, finance and military power, analysing the sources of the Russian Empire's strength and the reasons why the tsars were able to maintain their power for so long.
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Publisher: Cornell University Press
Cartographies of Tsardom
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Focusing on six major postwar debates in the Soviet scientific community, this book shows that Stalin's forays into scholarship can be understood only within the context of international tensions, institutional conflicts, and the growing uncertainty about the proper relationship between scientific knowledge and Party-dictated truths.
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Examines the least understood phase of Stalin's rule, through the despot's relations with his closest colleagues.
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