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101 Stories of the Great Ballets


by George Balanchine | Francis Mason

  • REFERENCE
  • 1975
  • PAPER
  • 541 PAGES

Scene-by-scene retellings of the most popular ballets from the man who revolutionized the art. (GEN262, $17.95)

The 900 Days, The Siege of Leningrad

The 900 Days, The Siege of Leningrad


by Harrison Salisbury

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 640 PAGES

Salisbury's detailed account of the three-year-long Nazi blockade of Leningrad (now St Petersburg). (RUS235, $27.00)

Absurdistan

Absurdistan


by Gary Shteyngart

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 333 PAGES

Shteyngart, a young Russian immigrant himself, riffs on the privilege and behavior of the new breed of Russian oligarchs along with many more less politically correct targets in this outrageous first novel set in the Bronx, St. Petersburg and oil-besotted Absurdsvani. (RUS321, $15.00)

The Alcoholic Empire, Vodka & Politics in Late Imperial Russia


by Patricia Herlihy

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

Professor Herlihy looks at how the state, the church, the military, doctors, lay societies and the czar battled the problem of alcohol. (RUS445, $50.00)

Alexander Pushkin, The Collected Stories

Alexander Pushkin, The Collected Stories


by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 548 PAGES

A collection of Pushkin's major prose works and many shorter pieces. (RUS196, $25.00)

All the Views Fit to Print, Changing Images of the U.S. In Pravda Political Cartoons, 1917-1991


by Kevin J. McKenna

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

This scholarly book dissects Russian political cartoons and their depictions of America. (RUS179, $49.95)

All Things Reconsidered, My Birding Adventures

All Things Reconsidered, My Birding Adventures


by Roger Tory Peterson

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

This lovely selection from Bird Watcher's Digest includes Perterson's grand adventures in Alaska, Russia, Kenya and New York City. (BRD46, $14.95)

An Anthology of Russian Literature from Earliest Writings to Modern Fiction, Introduction to a Culture


by Nichola Rzhevsky

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 587 PAGES

This collection of annotated Russian literature includes an interactive multimedia CD. (RUS339, $45.95)

Armageddon Averted, The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000

Armageddon Averted, The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000


by Stephen Kotkin

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

An assessment of the decline of the Soviet Empire. (RUS397, $16.95)

Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana

Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana


by Stephanie Elizondo Griest

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

The offbeat memoirs of a Texan who spent four years as a volunteer in Moscow, a propaganda officer in Beijing, and a belly dancer in Havana. (RUS242, $14.95)

The Art of the Russian Matryoshka


by Rett Ertl

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 225 PAGES

A thoroughly illustrated portrait of the wooden nesting dolls of Russia. Includes a glossary of Russian and English terms. (RUS323, $49.95)

The Awakening of the Soviet Union


by Geoffrey Hosking

  • HISTORY
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 246 PAGES

Published just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, this book is a contemporary look at the upheavals and reforms facing an empire in its final days. (RUS342, $29.50)

Balanchine, A Biography


by Bernard Taper

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

Taper sorts out the controversial legacy of the legendary choreographer George Balanchine. (RUS193, $31.95)

The Ballets Russes and Its World


by Lynn Garafola

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 420 PAGES

A gorgeously illustrated collection of essays on the history and influence of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. by 14 contributing writers. With lavish illustrations and an extensive bibliography. (RUS252, $60.00)

The Baltic Revolution

The Baltic Revolution


by Anatol Lieven

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 454 PAGES

A Latvian correspondent for the London Times, Lieven weaves history, interviews and analysis into a vivid cultural portrait of post-Glasnost Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. (BLT02, $47.00)

Belarus, At a Crossroads in History

Belarus, At a Crossroads in History


by Jan Zaprudnik

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 278 PAGES

A history of Belarus, with a focus on the status of the nation as the Soviet Union crumbled. (RUS123, $34.00)

Berlitz Russian Phrase Book

Berlitz Russian Phrase Book


by Inc. Berlitz International

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2008
  • AUDIO CD
  • 224 PAGES

With a focus on the traveler, this combination 90-minute CD and pocket phrasebook will help you learn basic vocabulary. (RUS373, $14.95)

Birds of Europe, Russia, China and Japan: Volume Two, nonpasserines (Divers to Woodpeckers)


by Norman Arlott

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

The companion volume to Arlott's illlustrated checklist of the Birds of Europe, Russia, China and Japan (EUR276, $29.95), covering the nonpasserines (divers to woodpeckers). (EUR318, $29.95)

Black Sea

Black Sea


by Neal Ascherson

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 306 PAGES

In this skillful portrait of a region, Ascherson weaves his own travels and impressions with a fascinating account of the Black Sea's history. From ancient mythology to modern politics, he admirably never loses sight of the sea itself. (RUS46, $19.00)

Bloom's Literary Guide to St. Petersburg

Bloom's Literary Guide to St. Petersburg


by Bradley D. Woodworth

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER

A jewel of the Russian literary scene, St. Petersberg served as an inspiration for writers Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol and Aleksandr Pushkin. Here, the city is examined through the literary connections and influences that carved St. Petersberg a spot as one of the great literary cities of the world. (RUS349, $40.00)

Borderland, A Journey through the History of Ukraine

Borderland, A Journey through the History of Ukraine


by Anna Reid

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

Reid, who was for three years the Kiev correspondent for The Economist, combines first-person reports, interviews and history in this vivid portrait of the region and its people. With chapters on Kiev and Odessa. (RUS84, $17.00)

The Bronze Horseman, Falconet's Monument to Peter the Great


by Alexander M. Schenker

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 416 PAGES

The design, history, myth and meaning of the 18th-century monument celebrated by Pushkin. (RUS337, $50.00)

The Brothers Karamazov


by Fyodor Dostoevsky | Larissa Volokhonsky | Richard Pevear

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 832 PAGES

Dostoyevsky's final masterpiece. (RUS108, $18.00)

Buddha's Little Finger

Buddha's Little Finger


by Victor Pelevin

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

In this wry political novel a St. Petersburg poet, thrust into the midst of the Bolshevik revolution, keeps awakening in a mental hospital in contemporary Moscow -- a marvelous setup for Pelevin to comment on 20th century Russia. (RUS390, $20.00)

Burning Lights


by Bella Chagall | Marc Chagall | Norbert Guterman

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 268 PAGES

Illusrtated by her husband Marc Chagall, this touching memoir traces coming-of-age in Vitebsk, Belarus in the early 20th century. (RUS122, $19.00)

Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture


by Nicholas Rzhevsky

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 372 PAGES

A collection of scholarly articles on Russian culture. (RUS295, $41.00)

The Captain's Daughter and Other Stories


by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1957
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Featuring Pushkin's novel-length masterpeice, The Captains Daughter, set against the events of the Pugachov uprising in during the reign of Catherine II. (RUS311, $12.50)

The Case of the General's Thumb


by George Bird | Andrei Kurkov

  • LITERATURE
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES
  • COMING IN FEBRUARY

In Kurkov's dark comedy of errors, a police lieutenant and a KGB officer play cat-and-mouse across Europe, Russia and the Ukraine, investigating a famous general's death. (RUS476, $14.95)

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great


by Henri Troyat

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 377 PAGES

One of the world's best biographers paints an unforgettable portrait of Catherine, the monarch of Russia's Enlightenment. (RUS10, $20.00)

Caucasus: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan

Caucasus: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan


by Freytag & Berndt

  • REFERENCE
  • MAP

A travel map of the Caucasus at a scale 1:1,000,000. (CCS01, $14.95)

A Century of Ambivalence, The Jews of Russia and the Soviet Union, 1881 to the Present


by Zvi Y. Gitelman

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 321 PAGES

A strikingly illustrated history of Jewish life in Russia, featuring 200 black-and-white photographs from YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and three maps. (RUS172, $24.95)

Child 44

Child 44


by Tom Rob Smith

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 448 PAGES

Smith's intelligent, chilling thriller, set in Stalinist Moscow, follows the pursuit of a serial killer against all odds, including the state's denial. (RUS393, $24.99)

Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe

Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe


by Glynis Ridley

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

The entertaining history of an Indian rhinoceros named Clara, who was brought to Europe in 1741 by a Dutch sea captain and toured for seventeen years, to the delight of several heads of state. (FRN536, $12.00)

The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel


by Isaac Babel

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 511 PAGES

An authoritative edition of Isaac Babel's powerful short fiction, including his early Red Cavalry Stories and The Odessa Tales. (RUS171, $18.95)

Collected Stories of Ivan Bunin


by Ivan Bunin | Graham Hettlinger

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2007
  • PAPER

In a new translation, this marvelously accessible collection of stories spans the Nobel Prize-winning Russian writer's long career. (RUS358, $22.95)

The Coming Anarchy, Shattering the Dreams of the Post Cold War


by Robert D. Kaplan

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

Topical essays by the prolific Robert Kaplan. (WLD51, $15.95)

Commonwealth of Independent States Map

Commonwealth of Independent States Map


by Freytag & Berndt

  • MAP

A double-sided map of the entire CIS, divided into Western Russia (at a scale of 1:2,000,000 and eastern Russia (1:8,000,000). (RUS133, $14.95)

Communism, A History

Communism, A History


by Richard Pipes

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

This short, fiercely critical history of communism provides a compelling overview, from the ideas of Karl Marx to the end of the 20th century. (GEN367, $15.00)

Complete Russian

Complete Russian


by Living Language

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2008
  • AUDIO CD

Geared for fast results, this four-step program includes 40 lessons on CD and a coursebook. (RUS428, $29.95)

Con Ed


by Matthew Klein

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 350 PAGES

Great fun, this darkly comic novel revolves around sad sack Kip, his son in (who is debt to the Russian mob) and a billionaire's wife. (RUS345, $23.99)

A Concise History of the Russian Revolution


by Peter Dimock | Richard Pipes

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 431 PAGES

A serious but readable analysis of the Russian Revolution. (RUS98, $17.95)

Confessions of a Fallen Standard-Bearer


by Andrei Makine

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

The celebrated author follows two ideologically fervent boys as they grow into disillusioned men. (RUS136, $21.95)

The Cossacks

The Cossacks


by Leo Tolstoy | Peter Constantine | Cynthia Ozick

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

A fresh translation of Tolstoy's 1863 semi-autobiographical novel about a young Muscovite and his military adventures in the rough-and-ready Caucasus. The book is, in part, a portrait of the Cossacks -- and an account of falling in love. (RUS241, $13.00)

Cracks in the Iron Closet, Travels in Gay and Lesbian Russia


by David Tuller

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES

An intimate portrait of an emerging gay subculture in modern Russia. (RUS149, $20.00)

The Crimean War, A History

The Crimean War, A History


by Orlando Figes

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 592 PAGES

Figes weaves various untapped accounts -- including a young Tolstoy -- to tell a comprehensive and thrilling history of the world's first industrialized war. (RUS459, $35.00)

The Crown Jewels, The British Secrets at the Heart of the KGB's Archives


by Nigel West | Oleg Tsarev

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 384 PAGES

A lively account of Soviet intelligence in Britain from the end of World War I to the late 1950s. West is a prolific British military historian specializing in espionage. (SPY21, $55.00)

Days of Defeat and Victory


by Yegor Gaidar

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 342 PAGES

An architect of Yeltsin's reforms offers his views. (RUS231, $30.00)

A Dead Man's Memoir


by Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

Bulgakov's semi-autobiographical story about a failed writer that must deal with the theatrics of allowing his play to be taken up for production in a theater. (RUS351, $15.00)

The Death of Achilles, A Novel

The Death of Achilles, A Novel


by Boris Akunin | Andrew Bromfield

  • MYSTERY
  • 2006
  • PAPER

The fourth in the series starring Russian detective Erast Petrovich Fandorin, this time in Moscow on the trail of an assassin. (RUS291, $12.95)

The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories

The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories


by Leo Tolstoy

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 301 PAGES

A collection of stories from the Russian master, including Sevastpol the novella, The Death of Ivan Ilych, about an officious bureaucrat who is diagnosed with an incurable illness. (RUS403, $6.95)

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories


by David McDuff | Anthony Briggs | Ronald Wilks | Leo Tolstoy

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

This collection of stories explores Tolstoy's persistent themes of life and death. More experimental than his novels, Tolstoy's stories are essential reading for anyone interested in his development as one of the major writers and thinkers of his time. (RUS377, $11.00)

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories


by Pevear Richard | Leo Tolstoy | Larissa Volokhonsky

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

Tolsoy's most important short fiction is included in this vibrant new translation. Crime and Punishment (RUS369), Anna Karenina (RUS81), War and Peace (RUS39) and The Master and Margarita (RUS44) have all also been translated by the husband-and-wife team. (RUS424, $16.95)

Defiance, The Bielski Partisans


by Nechama Tec

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

The story of daring Jewish partisans from Belorussia rescuing Jews from the Holocasut. (RUS120, $14.95)

The Devils


by Fyodor Dostoevsky | David Magarshack

  • LITERATURE
  • 1954
  • PAPER
  • 704 PAGES

The third of Dostoevsky's major novels is a powerful political tract and a profound study of atheism depicting the disarray that follows the appearance of a band of modish radicals in a small provincial town. (RUS309, $14.00)

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago


by Boris Pasternak | Richard Pevear | Larissa Volokhonsky

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 544 PAGES

From the acclaimed translators of War and Peace (RUS391), Anna Karenina (RUS81) and The Death of Ivan Illyich (RUS391) comes a stunning new translation of Pasternak's Nobel Prize-winning masterpiece, last translated in 1958. (RUS222, $16.95)

Dreams of My Russian Summers

Dreams of My Russian Summers


by Andrei Makine

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Andrei Makine conjures an entire world -- and the sweep of Russian history -- in this lyrical debut novel. Set in a sleepy village on the Volga, the narrator spins tales both of coming-of-age in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 70 -- and of his remarkable grandmother, born in France at the turn of the century, a nurse during the Revolution and a witness to the horrors of Stalin. Tenth anniversary edition. (RUS266, $14.95)

The Eastern Front, 1914-1917


by Norman Stone

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A classic study of Russia's contribution to WWI. (WAR76, $16.95)

Echoes of a Native Land, Two Centuries of a Russian Village

Echoes of a Native Land, Two Centuries of a Russian Village


by Serge Schmemann

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 350 PAGES

The author draws on his knowledge of Russia, family photographs, letters and memoirs to tell the story of the czarist past and present realities of his ancestral home outside Moscow. (RUS27, $19.00)

Empire, The Russian Empire and Its Rivals


by Dominic Lieven

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

Russia scholar Lieven examines empires thoroughout history, focusing on the tsarist and Soviet empires in Russia. (RUS296, $22.00)

The Empress & the Architect, British Architecture and Gardens at the Court of Catherine the Great


by Dmitri Shvidkovsky

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1996
  • HARD COVER
  • 273 PAGES

A gorgeous oversize survey of Catherine's Palace at Pushkin (Tsarkoye Selo) and Pavlovsk, designed by the great 18th-century Scottish architect Charles Cameron. (RUS259, $85.00)

The End of Eurasia, Russia on the Border Between Geopolitics and Globalization


by Dmitri Trenin

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 340 PAGES

A thought provoking analysis of Russia's foreign policy and argument for Russia's' integration with Europe and the West. (RUS163, $24.95)

Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse

Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse


by James E. Falen | Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A master work by one of Russia's most respected poets. (RUS101, $9.95)

Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse


by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin | Vladimir Nabokov

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 362 PAGES

In this translation of Pushkin's epic poem set in 19th-century Russia, the great novelist Nabokov brings the spark of Pushkin's original words to life. (RUS290, $24.95)

Eurasia's New Frontiers, Young States, Old Societies, Open Futures

Eurasia's New Frontiers, Young States, Old Societies, Open Futures


by Thomas Simons

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 200 PAGES

Historian and former ambassador Simons illuminates developments and relations with Russia in the 15 successor states to the Soviet Union in this short, lucid book. (RUS389, $26.50)

Faberge in the Royal Collection


by Caroline De Guitaut

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 240 PAGES

A handsome study of Faberge art and the British Royal Family. (RUS215, $50.00)

Failed Crusade, America and the Tragedy of Post-Communist Russia


by Stephen Cohen

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 349 PAGES

A critical and informative look at American policy in post-Cold War Russia. (RUS341, $21.95)

Fathers and Sons


by Ivan Turgenev

  • LITERATURE
  • 1975
  • PAPER
  • 295 PAGES

The classic novel by the most accessible of the great Russian novelists. (RUS19, $13.00)

The First Circle


by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | Thomas Whitney

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 580 PAGES

A powerful novel of the horrors of Soviet Russia set in Moscow in 1949. It won Solzhenitsyn the Nobel Proze for Literature in 1970. (RUS260, $16.95)

First Person, An Astonishingly Frank Self-Portrait by Russia's President

First Person, An Astonishingly Frank Self-Portrait by Russia's President


by Vladimir Putin

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

A self-portrait portrait of the Russian leader based on interviews with Russian journalists. (RUS161, $16.00)

Five Plays


by Anton Chekhov | Ronald Hingley

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 294 PAGES

A collection of Chekhov's major plays, including "Ivanov," "The Seagull," "Uncle Vanya," "Three Sisters," and "The Cherry Orchard." (RUS88, $8.95)

The Fixer

The Fixer


by Bernard Malamud

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

Set in Tsarist Russia, this well-known novel by Malamud tells the story of a young Jewish boy from Kiev wrongly accused of murder. (RUS271, $15.00)

Fodor's Moscow and St. Petersburg

Fodor's Moscow and St. Petersburg


by Salwa Jabado

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

With solid practical information on sights, excursions, restaurants, hotels and nightlife, and a chapter on the cities of the Golden Ring. (RUS03, $19.99)

Following Balanchine


by Robert Garis

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 260 PAGES

Part art criticism, part personal memoir, this work is an homage to an artist by a fan who watched his legacy unfold. (RUS194, $28.00)

Food in Russian History and Culture


by Joyce Toomre | Musya Glants

  • FOOD
  • 1997
  • PAPER

Food is history in this compendium of essays by cultural historians. (RUS143, $34.95)

From Karamzin to Bunin: An Anthology of Russian Short Stories

From Karamzin to Bunin: An Anthology of Russian Short Stories


by Carl Proffer

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 1969
  • PAPER
  • 468 PAGES

A broad selection of Russian literary works from the earliest prose to the years before the revolution, featuring reliable translations of masterpieces from Pushkin, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gogol, and more. (RUS08, $24.00)

From Nyet to Da: Understanding the Russians


by Yale Richmond

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 219 PAGES

An introduction to understanding Russian culture. (RUS96, $23.95)

From Union to Commonwealth


by Gail Lapidus

  • HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 127 PAGES

A sweeping history of the fragmentation of the Soviet Union by a team of experts, each writing from their own area of knowledge - political, historical and sociological. (RUS285, $35.00)

Gadfly in Russia


by Alan Sillitoe

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Renowned novelist Sillitoe's account of his travels from Germany to the U.S.S.R. in 1967. Sillitoe depicts his relationship with Russia, its people, and their changing fortunes over the past 40 years with grace. (RUS388, $19.30)

Galina, A Russian Story


by Galina Vishnevskaya

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1985
  • PAPER
  • 568 PAGES

Born in St. Petersburg, the great Soprano (and wife of Mstislav Rostropovich) recounts her extraordinary life in this bestseller (turned into an opera in 1996). (RUS312, $26.00)

The Gambler

The Gambler


by Fedor Dostoyevsky

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

In this darkly compelling short novel, Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious general who falls victim to a gambling addiction. (RUS409, $13.00)

The Gentle Axe


by R. N. Morris

  • MYSTERY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

The St. Petersburg of 1867 is brought vividly to life as investigator Petrovich unravels the mystery of a disturbing double murder. (RUS315, $19.00)

The Georgian Feast, The Vibrant Culture and Savory Food of the Republic of Georgia

The Georgian Feast, The Vibrant Culture and Savory Food of the Republic of Georgia


by Darra Goldstein | Niko Pirosmani

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 229 PAGES

Historian and food expert Darra Goldstein offers up a savory introduction to the Republic of Georgia in this illustrated cultural history. She combines her love of Georgian food -- and recipes -- with information on geography, history and culture. (CCS02, $24.95)

Godfather of the Kremlin, Boris Berezovsky and the Looting of Russia


by Paul Klebnikov

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

Chronicles the life of the head of one of Moscow's gangster families, who financed the reelection of Boris Yeltsin and became one of his key advisors. (RUS460, $23.95)

Gogol, The Collected Tales

Gogol, The Collected Tales


by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 464 PAGES

From the superb Pevear and Volokhonsky, a new translation of Gogol's short fiction. (RUS379, $25.00)

Gorbachev and Yeltsin As Leaders


by George Breslauer

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 3831 PAGES

An astute, balanced political analysis. (RUS156, $32.99)

Gorbachev, On My Country and the World

Gorbachev, On My Country and the World


by Mikhail S. Gorbachev

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 300 PAGES

Drawing on his own experience, rich archival material and a keen sense of history and politics, Gorbachev sheds light on Russia's 1917 revolution, 1991 breakup and 21st-century future. (RUS433, $27.00)

The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral

The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral


by Robert A. Scott

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 294 PAGES

An enthusiast, Scott presents history, design, architecture and wonder of the medieval cathedral and the great Abbey churches. (EUR190, $21.95)

The Great History of the Russian Ballet, Its Art and Choreography


by Elisabeth Souritz | Evdokia Belova | E. Bocharnikova

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 208 PAGES

A nicely illustrated scholarly history of Russian ballet, translated from the Russian. (RUS195, $55.00)

The Great Railway Bazaar

The Great Railway Bazaar


by Paul Theroux

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

These 1970s journeys across Asia by train display Theroux's talent for portraiture, ego and the dismissive aside. He takes every two-bit train he can find from London across Europe, Turkey and the Middle East, India, Japan and China, returning home via the Trans-Siberian Express. Great fun. (ASA40, $14.95)

Great Short Works of Fyodor Dostoevsky


by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 768 PAGES

The shorter works of one of the world's greatest writers, including The Gambler and Notes from Underground. (RUS394, $15.99)

Growing Pains, Russian Democracy and the Election of 1993


by Jerry F. Hough | Timothy J. Colton

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 745 PAGES

An in-depth analysis of Russia's 1993 national election and wrangling over power. (RUS75, $26.95)

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956


by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 470 PAGES

Solzhenitsyn's masterpiece, a searing record of four decades of Soviet terror and oppression in an abridged edition, authorized by the author. (RUS385, $18.99)

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. I

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. I


by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | Thomas Whitney

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 672 PAGES

A masterpiece of literature and history, this novel documents the horrors of Russia's prison system under communism. Based on Solzhenitsyn's first-hand experiences, it is a powerful and unforgettable work of suffering and redemption. (RUS113, $21.99)

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. II

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. II


by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | Thomas Whitney

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 712 PAGES

The second (and by some considered the best) in "The Gulag Archipelago" trilogy, this novel documents the horrors of Russia's prison system under communism, based on the author's first-hand experiences. (RUS74, $21.99)

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. III

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. III


by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | Thomas Whitney

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 570 PAGES

The third volume in "The Gulag Archipelago" trilogy. (RUS114, $21.99)

Gulag, A History

Gulag, A History


by Anne Applebaum

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 677 PAGES

A massive, fascinating and thoroughly unsettling history of Russia's infamous gulags. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, it's noteworthy for its expansive view, effortless prose and prodigious research. (SIB34, $18.95)

Hadji Murad

Hadji Murad


by Leo Tolstoy | Aylmer Maude

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

A short novel set in the 19th-century Caucasus, concerning -- in part -- conflicts between the occupying Russians and Muslim groups in the region. (CCS18, $11.95)

Hadji Murat


by Leo Tolstoy | Colm Toibin

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 130 PAGES

Tolstoy short tale of the meeting of two polarized cultures -- the refined, Europeanized court of the Russian tsar and the fierce Muslim chieftains of the Chechnen hills. (RUS383, $13.95)

The Heart of a Dog

The Heart of a Dog


by Mikhail Bulgakov | Michael Glenny

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 82 PAGES

A comic tale of absurd life in the Soviet Union by a modern master. (RUS127, $14.00)

Here Is Where We Meet

Here Is Where We Meet


by John Berger

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. (EUR189, $15.00)

A History of Russia

A History of Russia


by Nicholas Riasanovsky

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 776 PAGES

A comprehensive, balanced history of Russia, now in its eighth edition. (RUS130, $69.95)

A History of Russia


by George Vernadsky

  • HISTORY
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 520 PAGES

A popular college text. (RUS174, $32.00)

A History of Russian Architecture


by William Craft Brumfield

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 664 PAGES

This beautifully illustrated history covers the sweep of Russian architecture from early medieval monasteries to the prefabricated dwellings of the Stalinist era. (RUS336, $50.00)

A History of Russian Music, From Kamarinskaya to Babi Yar


by Francis Maes | Arnold Pomerans

  • MUSIC
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 440 PAGES

A scholarly, chronological history of Russian music. (RUS223, $60.00)

A History of the Peoples of Siberia, Russia's North Asian Colony 1581-1990

A History of the Peoples of Siberia, Russia's North Asian Colony 1581-1990


by James Forsyth

  • HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 455 PAGES

An ethnohistory of the people of Siberia from Russian conquest to the 1980s. Forsyth looks at 30 indigenous groups, comparing their experience with Eskimos and Indians in North America. (SIB03, $55.00)

Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia


by Dan Healey

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 376 PAGES

Changing attitudes toward gay men and women in urban Russia, before and after 1917. (RUS145, $52.50)

Hope Against Hope


by Nadezhda Mandelstam

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES

Nadezhda Mandelstam's memoir of life with her husband Osip and a riveting account of Stalinist Russia. (RUS308, $31.99)

House of the Dead

House of the Dead


by Fyodor Dostoevsky | David McDuff

  • LITERATURE
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 362 PAGES

Dostoyevsky's semi-autobiographical novel of a man forced to endure ten years in a Siberian prison for the murder of his wife. (RUS261, $12.00)

I, Maya Plisetskayar


by Maya Plisetskaya | Antonia W. Bouis

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 448 PAGES

A memoir of dance set against a backdrop of political turmoil. Plisetskaya, a prominent Russian ballerina, bitterly describes the persecution of her family and her struggles as an artist under the Soviet Regime. (RUS254, $50.00)

Icon and Devotion, Sacred Spaces in Imperial Russia


by Oleg Tarasov

  • RELIGION
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 416 PAGES

Tarasov examines making and significance of the icon of Old Russia, touching on not only their religious meanings but also their significance to Russian national consciousness and cultural identity. (RUS332, $40.00)

The Icon and the Axe, An Interpretive History of Russian Culture

The Icon and the Axe, An Interpretive History of Russian Culture


by James H. Billington

  • HISTORY
  • 1970
  • PAPER
  • 786 PAGES

This cultural and artistic history, written by the Librarian of Congress, maps the spiritual and ideological forces that led to the development of Russia. (RUS09, $24.00)

Igor Stravinsky, An Autobiography


by Igor Stravinsky

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

Stravinsky memoir, covering the first 50 years of his life in Russia, France and Switzerland. (MUS18, $17.95)

An Illustrated History of the First World War


by John Keegan

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 448 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

An illustrated edition of Keegan's outstanding history of the Great War (WAR16, $50.00)

Images of Space, St. Petersburg in the Visual and Verbal Arts


by Grigory Kaganov | Sidney Monas

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1997
  • HARD COVER
  • 238 PAGES

A scholarly study of spatial representation in St. Petersburg and its depiction on the arts. (RUS42, $59.95)

Imperium


by Ryszard Kapuscinski

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

An account of the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, and the challenged faced thereafter by the resulting democracies. (RUS376, $16.00)

In Europe, Travels Through the Twentieth Century

In Europe, Travels Through the Twentieth Century


by Geert Mak

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 896 PAGES

Don't be put off by the heft of Mak's eye-opening account of Europe on the brink of the millennium. The chapters originally appeared on the front page of a Dutch newspaper, and his deft reports from disparate locales are light in touch, bridging history, travel and opinion. (EUR254, $21.00)

Inside Putin's Russia, Can there be Reform Without Democracy?


by Andrew Jack

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER

An illuminating, highly readable survey of developments in Russia since 1998 by the Moscow bureau chief of the Financial Times. (RUS283, $19.99)

iSpeak Russian Phrasebook


by Alex Chapin

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 64 PAGES

An MP3 audio disc is bundled with a 16-page phrase book in this innovative language program, where you can see and hear 1,200 phrases on your iPod, iPhone, Zune or other portable device. (RUS412, $12.95)

Ivan The Terrible, First Tsar of Russia


by Isabel De Madariaga

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 384 PAGES

An important biography of the much-misunderstood 16th-century czar and his times. (RUS278, $35.00)

Ivan Vasilievich, Back to the Future


by Leonid Gaiday

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1973
  • DVD

A madcap comedy, based on a Bulgakov play. (RUS246, $29.99)

A Journey to the End of the Russian Empire

A Journey to the End of the Russian Empire


by Anton Chekhov

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 110 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

By tramp steamer, carriage and horse, Chekhov journeyed to farthermost Siberia and the Russian Far East in the 1890s. This is a brief selection from his time in Baikal and Sakhalin. (RUS350, $10.00)

K-19 The Widowmaker: The Secret Story of the Soviet Nuclear Submarine


by Peter A. Huchthausen

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 243 PAGES

This companion to the film of the same name describes the race against time to prevent the meltdown of a nuclear reactor aboard the first Soviet ballistic missile boat in 1961. (RUS187, $16.00)

Khrushchev, The Man and His Era


by William Taubman

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 908 PAGES

A definitive, Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the life of Nikita Khrushchev. (RUS257, $17.95)

Kiev: A Portrait, 1800-1917

Kiev: A Portrait, 1800-1917


by Michael F. Hamm

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

From medieval center to important city in Imperial Russia, this scholarly book is a wonderfully informative cultural history of the city and especially its 19th-century legacy. (RUS56, $45.00)

The Kitchen Boy

The Kitchen Boy


by Robert Alexander

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 229 PAGES

In the first in his series of historical novels about Tsarist Russia, Alexander hauntingly re-imagines the evening of the Romanov's assasination through the eyes of a witness. (RUS374, $15.00)

Kosmos, A Portrait of the Russian Space Age

Kosmos, A Portrait of the Russian Space Age


by Svetlana Boym | Adam Bartos

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 176 PAGES

A portfolio of 100 photographs of the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with an essay by Harvard professor Svetlana Boym. (RUS184, $40.00)

Kremlin Rising, Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution

Kremlin Rising, Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution


by Peter Baker | Susan Glasser

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 453 PAGES

A critical overview of recent political change in Russia by two Washington Post journalists. (RUS273, $27.50)

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories


by Leo Tolstoy

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 477 PAGES

Tolstoy illuminate the conflicts between occupying Russians and Muslims in the Caucuses in These four novellas: Family Happiness, The Kreutzer Sonata, The Cossacks and Hadji Murad. (RUS463, $10.95)

The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories

The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories


by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

A collection of eleven stories written during the last 10 years of Chekhov's life. A great place to start if you're new to the Russian master's work. (RUS404, $14.00)

Legacies of Twentieth-Century Dance


by Lynn Garafola

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 468 PAGES

A marvelously illustrated and scholarly collection of essays on the evolution of dance in the 20th century. The four sections of the book focus on the Ballet Ruses, female dancers, New York as the dance capital of the world and questions of memory and reconstruction. (RUS256, $32.95)

The Legacy of the Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1995, Myth, Memories, And Monuments


by Lisa A. Kirschenbaum

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 309 PAGES

A poignant account of the blockade and its aftermath. (RUS398, $105.00)

Lenin Lives! The Lenin Cult in Soviet Russia

Lenin Lives! The Lenin Cult in Soviet Russia


by Nina Tumarkin

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 337 PAGES

An enthralling study of the state-imposed cult of Lenin, Tumarkin's scrupulous examination follows the emergence, history and significance of Lenin's god-like representation in Soviet ideology. (RUS340, $31.50)

Lenin, A New Biography


by Dmitri Volkogonov

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1994
  • HARD COVER
  • 529 PAGES

A well regarded biography. (RUS250, $69.00)

Letters from Russia

Letters from Russia


by Marquis De Custine | Anka Muhlstein

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 654 PAGES

An authoritative edition of Astolphe de Custine's observant, scathing and insightful account of travels in Moscow and St. Petersburg in 1839. (RUS166, $24.95)

Life and Fate

Life and Fate


by Vasily Grossman

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 896 PAGES

Interweaving a transfixing account of the battle of Stalingrad with the story of a single middle-class family, the Shaposhnikovs, scattered by fortune from Germany to Siberia, Vasily Grossman fashions an immense, intricately detailed tapestry depicting a time of both unimaginable horror and even stranger hope. (RUS299, $24.95)

Literary Russia, A Guide

Literary Russia, A Guide


by Anna Benn | Rosamund Bartlett

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 528 PAGES

Organized geographically, this guide and literary companion includes the homes, museums and literary landmarks of Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Nabokov and other Russian masters. (RUS45, $37.50)

The Living & the Dead, The Rise and Fall of the Cult of World War II in Russia


by Nina Tumarkin

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A captivating and readable account of the Soviet manipulation of The Great Patriotic War and its effect on the Russian people. Tumarkin astutely illustrates the lengths to which Stalin distorted, fabricated and falsified history in order to garnish support for the Communist Party after World War II. (RUS359, $24.00)

Lonely Planet Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania

Lonely Planet Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 456 PAGES

An excellent practical guide to the region geared for independent travelers. (BLT05, $25.99)

Lonely Planet Russia

Lonely Planet Russia


by Richard Nebesky

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 788 PAGES

A practical guide to Russia. (RUS82, $29.99)

Lost Opportunity: What has Made Economic Reform in Russia so Difficult?

Lost Opportunity: What has Made Economic Reform in Russia so Difficult?


by Marshall Goldman

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 308 PAGES

An astute commentator, the author looks at Yeltsin's economic reforms and the changes wrought on the complex Russian economy since the break-up of the Soviet Union. (RUS64, $21.95)

Making Sense of War, the Second World War and the Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution

Making Sense of War, the Second World War and the Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution


by Amir Weiner

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

A consideration of WWII and its impact on Russia. (RUS251, $38.95)

Mammals of Europe

Mammals of Europe


by Priscilla Barrett | David W. MacDonald

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals. (FG61, $38.50)

The Master of Petersburg

The Master of Petersburg


by J.M. Coetzee

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 250 PAGES

Dostoyevski becomes a literary character in Coetzee's novel of 19th-century Russia, where he is ensnared in a mystery that illuminates the underworld of pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg. (RUS200, $16.00)

Medieval Russia, 980-1584


by Janet Martin

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES

An accessible, concise scholarly history. (RUS335, $39.99)

The Memoirs of Catherine the Great


by Catherine the Great | Mark Cruse | Hilde Hoogenboom

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 352 PAGES

This collection of memoirs begins eighteen years before the beginning of Catherine's rule, upon her arrival in Russia as a German princess in 1744, continuing until her death in 1796. (RUS277, $26.95)

Minsk Map


by Freytag & Berndt

  • 2006
  • MAP

A city plan of Minsk at a scale of 1:16,000. (RUS317, $11.95)

Models of Nature: Ecology, Conservation and Cultural Revolution in Soviet Russia

Models of Nature: Ecology, Conservation and Cultural Revolution in Soviet Russia


by Douglas R. Weiner

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

A groundbreaking study of the early, turbulent years of the Soviet conservation movement, concentrating on the period from the October Revolution to the consolidation of Stalinist rule in the mid-1930s. (RUS437, $26.95)

The Moldovans: Romania, Russia and the Politics of Culture


by Charles King

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 294 PAGES

A scholarly political and cultural history of Moldova, focusing on issues of national identity in a post-Soviet world. (EUR97, $24.95)

Mortal Crimes: The Greatest Theft in History, Soviet Penetration of the Manhattan Project


by Nigel West

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 279 PAGES

West draws on recently de-classified documents, including the famous Venona files, to deliver a fascinating study and Soviet-era atomic espionage. (SPY26, $27.00)

Moscow & St. Petersburg 1900-1920: Art, Life, & Culture of the Russian Silver Age

Moscow & St. Petersburg 1900-1920: Art, Life, & Culture of the Russian Silver Age


by John E. Bowlt

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 395 PAGES

A lavishly illustrated history of Russia's Silver Age, the period of artistic renaissance that flourished as Imperial Russia's power waned. (RUS457, $50.00)

Moscow, A Cultural History

Moscow, A Cultural History


by Caroline Brooke

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Caroline Brooke explores the birth and various stages and reinventions of Moscow, from a twelfth-century fortress to invasion by Napoleon in 1812 to the rise and fall of communism. Part of the Cityscapes series. (RUS292, $24.99)

Moscow, Governing the Socialist Metropolis


by Timothy J. Colton

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 939 PAGES

A comprehensive scholarly history of Moscow. (RUS157, $31.50)

Murder on the Leviathan

Murder on the Leviathan


by Boris Akunin | Andrew Bromfield

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A mystery on the high seas starring the young detective Erast Fandorin, set in 1878. Second in Akunin's clever detective series. (RUS225, $14.00)

National Geographic St. Petersburg


by Jeremy Howard

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

A practical guide with maps, hundreds of photographs, cultural sidebars, background information and more. (RUS318, $22.95)

The New Cold War, Putin's Russia and the Threat to the West


by Edward Lucas

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 261 PAGES

Lucas, former Moscow Bureau Chief for The Economist, shows the coersion, abuse and hostility of contemporary Russia in this sobering assessment. (RUS407, $16.95)

Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra


by Robert Massie

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 613 PAGES

This entertaining and well-researched history traces the royal relationship and explores how a disease determined the destiny of rulers, the disintegration of the empire and the course of Russian history. (RUS69, $20.00)

Nights at the Circus

Nights at the Circus


by Angela Carter

  • LITERATURE
  • 1984
  • PAPER
  • 294 PAGES

This wildly inventive, bawdy tale follows an enchanted circus and its six-foot-two winged star from turn-of-the-century London to St. Petersburg and Siberia. Ever since reading this novel, we've wanted to take the Trans-Siberian. (RUS189, $16.00)

Nikita Khrushchev and the Creation of a Superpower


by Sergei N. Khrushchev

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 838 PAGES

A revealing, personal biography of the former Soviet premier (1958-1964) by his son, a Senior Fellow at Brown's Watson Institute for International Studies. (RUS454, $43.95)

No Fixed Points, Dance in the Twentieth Century


by Malcolm McCormick | Nancy Reynolds

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 928 PAGES

A comprehensive history of 20th century dance in Europe and America. It's a readable, illustrated reference that offers both biographies of major dancers and choreographers, and critical analysis. (RUS255, $60.00)

Notes from Underground

Notes from Underground


by Fyodor Dostoevsky | Richard Pevear

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

Dostoevsky's darkly funny and psychological character study set in nineteenth-century St. Petersburg, originally published in 1864. (RUS230, $12.00)

Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler

Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler


by Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1998
  • HARD COVER
  • 216 PAGES

A celebrated drama critic and man of letters in 19th-century Moscow, Aksakov was also a keen observer of nature, and especially of birds. This book collects his notes on the natural history of Russian birdlife. (RUS60, $39.00)

Oblomov


by Ivan Goncharov | David Magarshack

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

The masterful portrait of upper-class decline that made Goncharov famous. (RUS310, $16.00)

Odessa Memories


by Patricia Herlihy | Nicolas Iljine

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 194 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

This richly illustrated portrait of Old Odessa, and especially of its Jewish life, features hundreds of period photographs, posters, postcards and other archival material. With an accompanying essay by Patricia Herlihy (Odessa: A History, 1774-1914). (RUS262, $40.00)

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich


by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 181 PAGES

An overnight classic, Solzhenitsyn's poweful story of an inmate struggling to maintain his dignity in a Siberian labor camp still resonates today. (RUS26, $14.00)

Operation Solo, The FBI's Man in the Kremlin

Operation Solo, The FBI's Man in the Kremlin


by John Barron

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

The story of Morris Childs, Soviet advisor and covert American spy. (SPY15, $14.95)

The Orthodox Church

The Orthodox Church


by Kallistos Ware

  • RELIGION
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 359 PAGES

A comprehensive, clear overview of the origins, historical development and practice of Eastern Christianity by a British scholar and Archbishop. With chapters on Byzantium, conversion of the Slavs, the Church under Islam and the contemporary Orthodox world. (GEN261, $17.00)

Pavlovsk, The Life of a Russian Palace

Pavlovsk, The Life of a Russian Palace


by Suzanne Massie

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 393 PAGES

A biography of the palace from its role in 18th-century Tsarist Russia to the revolution, public park, Nazi military headquarters and restoration. It's a great story, well told by Massie, who also wrote Land of the Firebird. (RUS154, $28.00)

The People's Act of Love

The People's Act of Love


by James Meek

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 391 PAGES

Meek draws on his experiences as a journalist in Russia to evoke the isolation and changing fate of Siberia in this novel set in an isolated village during the last days of the revolution. (SIB52, $14.95)

A People's Tragedy, A History of the Russian Revolution


by Orlando Figes

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 960 PAGES

A monumental, engrossing account of the Russian Revolution. (RUS181, $27.00)

Peter the Great


by Paul Bushkovitch

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A revised view of the legendary modernizer of Russia. (RUS169, $24.95)

Peter the Great, His Life and World

Peter the Great, His Life and World


by Robert Massie

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 960 PAGES

A Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling history of the great Westernizer of Russia. Massie portrays a giant of history on the monumental canvas of Europe as he transforms Russia from backwater tsardom to major empire. (RUS11, $8.99)

Peter the Great, Part 1


by Robert Massie

  • LITERATURE
  • CASETTE TAPE
  • 16 PAGES

Part one of the unabdriged audio version, available on cassette tape only, of Massie's hugely entertaining, authorritative biography, as read by Frederick Davidson. (RUS328, $99.95)

Peter the Great, Part 2


by Robert Massie

  • LITERATURE
  • CASETTE TAPE

Part two of the unabdriged audio version, available on cassette tape only, of Massie's hugely entertaining, authorritative biography, as read by Frederick Davidson. 15 tapes. (RUS329, $95.95)

Petersburg

Petersburg


by David McDuff | Andrei Bely

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 624 PAGES

This novel, written in 1916, conjures a whirlwind of impressions and impulses in a kinetic meditation on the nature of the city. (RUS134, $17.00)

Petersburg, Crucible of Cultural Revolution

Petersburg, Crucible of Cultural Revolution


by Katarina Clark

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A case study of cultural changes in Petersburg in the years 1913-1931 and how they coincided with the Russian Revolution. (RUS43, $30.00)

Pimsleur Quick & Simple Russian

Pimsleur Quick & Simple Russian


by Pimsleur Language Method

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2005
  • AUDIO CD

A package of eight 30-minute lessons in basic Russian, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. (RUS112, $19.95)

Piratization of Russia, Russian Reform Goes Awry

Piratization of Russia, Russian Reform Goes Awry


by Marshall Goldman

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

The distressing tale of the making of oligarchs in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union. (RUS211, $49.95)

Plays and Petersburg Tales


by Nikolai Gogol | Christopher English

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

Two plays (Marriage and The Government Inspector) and six short stories written by the Russian master, all set in St. Petersburg. (RUS300, $10.95)

Pocket Menu Reader Russia

Pocket Menu Reader Russia


by Langenscheidt | Mario Caramitti

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 189 PAGES

A pocket guide to negotiating food and restaurants in Russian. (RUS165, $7.95)

The Pocket Oxford Russian Dictionary


by Colin Howlett

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 638 PAGES

A succinct English-Russian, Russian-English dictionary, featuring 70,000 useful words and phrases for the student, traveler or businessman. (RUS272, $17.95)

Poems of Akhmatova: Izbrannye Stikhi


by Max Hayward | Kunitz, Stanley | Anna Akhmatova

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

Witness to the international and domestic chaos of the first half of the twentieth century, Anna Akhmatova (1888-1966) chronicled Russia's troubled times in poems of sharp beauty and intensity. Here is the essence of Akhmatova -- a landmark selection and translation. (RUS395, $14.95)

The Portable Nineteenth-Century Russian Reader


by George Gibian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 673 PAGES

This hefty antyhology includes excerpts and biographical sketches of 19th Century greats including Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Gogol and Turgenev. (RUS466, $20.00)

Prodigal Son, Dancing for Balanchine in a World of Pain and Magic


by Edward Villella | Larry Kaplan

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 317 PAGES

The memoir of the great male star of American ballet who found fame in the age of Balanchine. (USE283, $21.95)

Putin's Russia


by Lilia Shevtsova

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 306 PAGES

An analysis of the character of Putin's leadership by a top political analyst and award-winning Russian journalist. Shevtsova has also written Yelsin's Russia (RUS268, $19.95)

The Queen of Spades


by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky

  • MUSIC
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 800 PAGES

The full score of one of Tchaikovsky's most popular operas. (RUS219, $39.95)

Queer in Russia: A Story of Sex, Self, and the Other


by Laurie Essig

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 254 PAGES

An engaging, scholarly portrait of post-perestroika gay culture. (RUS146, $23.95)

Queer Sites, Gay Urban Histories Since 1600


by David Higgs

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A scholarly history of the gay subculture in London, Amsterdam, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Paris, Lisbon and Moscow. (WLD32, $39.95)

The Ransom of Russian Art

The Ransom of Russian Art


by John McPhee

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

McPhee tackles a rather unusual topic for him: the story of suppressed Russian art and the man who brought it to America. (RUS91, $12.00)

Rasputin's Daughter


by Robert Alexander

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

In this suspenseful tale rich in historical detail, Alexander re-imagines the controversial mystic Rasputin, narrating the last week of his life from the perspective of his teenaged daughter. (RUS375, $14.00)

Rasputin, The Saint Who Sinned


by Brian Moynahan

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

A juicy biography of the notorious Russian. (RUS198, $17.95)

Reading Chekhov, A Critical Journey


by Janet Malcolm

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 205 PAGES

An extended essay of Chekhov and his work interweaving literary criticism, biography and a journey to St. Petersburg, Moscow and Yalta -- all significant to the plays, stories and life of Chekhov. (RUS155, $13.95)

Reagan and Gorbachev, How The Cold War Ended

Reagan and Gorbachev, How The Cold War Ended


by Jack Matlock

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER

An eyewitness account of the relationship between the U.S. and Russia in the 1980s by Reagan's adviser on Soviet affairs and ambassador to the Soviet Union. (RUS282, $16.95)

The Red Stuff, The True Story of the Russian Race for Space


by Leo De Boer

  • SCIENCE
  • 1999
  • DVD
  • 1 PAGES

The dramatic tale of the early Russian Space Program by a Dutch film maker with archival footage, shots of Space City and interviews with some of the original cosmonauts. (RUS265, $19.98)

The Reforms of Peter the Great, Progress through Coercion in Russia


by Evgenii Anisimov | John Alexander

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES

How Peter the Great's reforms shaped Russia. (RUS102, $34.95)

Resurrection, The Struggle for a New Russia

Resurrection, The Struggle for a New Russia


by David Remnick

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

Pulitzer Prize-winner David Remnick insightfully explores the powers shaping the creation of a new Russia. The book follows the ruin of the USSR, up to the 1996 elections. (RUS23, $16.00)

The Revolution of Peter the Great


by James Cracraft

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

A concise and effective portrayal of Peter the Great as a cultural revolutionary. (RUS399, $21.00)

The Rise of Russia and the Fall of the Soviet Empire


by John Dunlop

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 394 PAGES

A history of Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union. (RUS68, $46.95)

The Romanovs, The Final Chapter


by Robert Massie

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 308 PAGES

Written like a good detective story, this riveting scientific thriller examines the evidence and international dispute linking the skeletons exhumed in 1991 in Siberia with the last of the Romanovs killed in the early period of the Russian Revolution. (RUS14, $16.00)

Romanovs: Autocrats of all the Russians


by Lincoln Bruce

  • HISTORY
  • 1983
  • PAPER
  • 852 PAGES

A history of the rise and fall of the Romanov dynasty in Russia, from their ascension to the throne in 1613 to the Russian Revolution. (RUS25, $25.00)

Rough Guide Moscow

Rough Guide Moscow


by Rough Guide

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 524 PAGES

A comprehensive, no-nonsense guide to the culture, history and attractions of Moscow. (RUS129, $18.99)

Rough Guide Music Russia

Rough Guide Music Russia


by Various Artists

  • MUSIC
  • 2002
  • AUDIO CD

A carefully chosen sampling of the diverse sounds of Russia, including Cossack folk, Gypsy songs, and balalaikas performed by the Terem Quartet. (RUS314, $14.95)

Rough Guide St. Petersburg

Rough Guide St. Petersburg


by Dan Richardson

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 534 PAGES

An extensive guide to St. Petersburg in the hip, literate and very informative Rough Guide style. It's divided cleanly between practical information and illuminating background on culture and history. (RUS372, $18.99)

Running with Reindeer, Encounters in Russian Lapland


by Roger Took

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

An absorbing account of travels among the reindeer herding Saami in 1990s Russia. Took captures the wide landscapes, people and political instability of the wilderness surrounding Murmansk. (RUS221, $17.95)

Russia and the Russians, A History

Russia and the Russians, A History


by Geoffrey Hosking

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 752 PAGES

This sweeping history by a leading scholar tackles with clarity the scope and breadth of the Russian empire from its Kievan beginnings through Imperial expansion, revolution and the Soviet period all the way to the 21st century. (RUS208, $25.95)

The Russia Hand, a Memoir of Presidential Diplomacy


by Strobe Talbott

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 478 PAGES

An insider's view of the U.S. role in Russia's transition from communism to democracy. (RUS234, $16.95)

The Russia House


by John Le Carre

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 434 PAGES

Espionage in the Gorbachev era delivered with traditional Le Carrean panache. (RUS186, $16.00)

Russia in Search of Itself

Russia in Search of Itself


by James H. Billington

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

An analysis of modern Russia by the Librarian of Congress and expert on Russia. (RUS229, $26.95)

Russia in Space, The Failed Frontier?


by Brian Harvey

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

Can Russia once again lead the world into space? (RUS182, $49.95)

Russia in the Age of Peter the Great


by Lindsey Hughes

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 640 PAGES

A biography of Peter the Great and an account of Russia in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. (RUS103, $90.00)

Russia Map

Russia Map


by International Travel Maps

  • 2011
  • MAP

A double-sided map covering the full route of the Trans-Siberian railway. (RUS264, $12.95)

The Russia Reader: History, Culture, Politics

The Russia Reader: History, Culture, Politics


by Bruce Grant | Adele Barker

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 896 PAGES

This expansive primer includes memoirs, folktales, letters, poems, stories and more, depicting borth everyday life and historical events. Witrh maps, paintings and photographs. (RUS440, $29.95)

Russia! Nine Hundred Years of Masterpieces and Master Collections

Russia! Nine Hundred Years of Masterpieces and Master Collections


by James H. Billington

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 450 PAGES

The companion to an audacious exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum, featuring reproductions of 300 Russian masterworks from the medieval period to the present. (RUS279, $75.00)

Russia's Unfinished Revolution, Political Change from Gorbachev to Putin


by Michael McFaul

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 383 PAGES

A political history and analysis of Russian democracy and institutions since the mid 1980s. (RUS160, $23.95)

Russia, A History

Russia, A History


by Gregory Freeze

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

The modern, medieval and imperial periods are given equal weight in this engaging collection of illustrated essays by leading scholars. (RUS40, $29.95)

Russia, Experiment With a People

Russia, Experiment With a People


by Robert Service

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 406 PAGES

An authoritative survey of the transformation of Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Service casts a wide net, looking at not just political and economic change but also the influence of society, culture and belief. (RUS284, $23.50)

Russia, People and Empire, 1552-1917

Russia, People and Empire, 1552-1917


by Geoffrey Hosking

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 548 PAGES

Historian Geoffrey Hosking writes elegantly and vehemently on the history of Russia under the czars. Hosking argues that Imperial Russia pursued empire building at the expense of national identity. (RUS29, $26.50)

Russia, Ukraine Belarus Map

Russia, Ukraine Belarus Map


by Marco Polo

  • 2009
  • MAP

This more detailed regional map shows a slice of Russia from Moscow south to the southern shores of the Black Sea. (RUS313, $15.95)

The Russian Affair, A Novel

The Russian Affair, A Novel


by Michael Wallner

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 352 PAGES

This story of love and deception set in 1970s Moscow heats up when Anna begins an affair with a Soviet official and is asked by the KGB to spy on him. (RUS455, $26.95)

The Russian Century, A History of the Last Hundred Years

The Russian Century, A History of the Last Hundred Years


by Brian Moynahan

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

A lively survey of Russian history and people from the Tsars through the Revolution, the dark days of Stalin, the Cold War and the tumultuous events of the 1990s by a British historian and journalist. (RUS167, $16.95)

The Russian Empire, A Multiethnic History


by Andreas Kappeler Kappeler

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 455 PAGES

This topical history of Russia as a multi-ethnic empire explores nationalism from the sixteenth century to today. (RUS298, $60.20)

Russian Experiment in Art, 1863-1922

Russian Experiment in Art, 1863-1922


by Camilla Gray | Marian Burleigh-Motley

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 324 PAGES

A handsome illustrated volume in the "World of Art" series, this book documents a critical period in the history of Russian art in a series of insightful essays and hundreds of color illustrations. (RUS17, $19.95)

The Russian Far East and Pacific Asia, Unfulfilled Potential


by Michael J. Bradshaw

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 294 PAGES

Bradshaw offers a comprehensive analysis of the resources, economy and political situation of the Russian Far East, concluding with scenarios for the future development of the RFE. (RUS355, $185.00)

Russian Folk Art

Russian Folk Art


by Alison Hilton

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1995
  • HARD COVER
  • 356 PAGES

An illustrated survey of traditional Russian folk art. (RUS104, $27.95)

Russian Foreign Policy, The Return of Great Power Politics


by Jeffrey Mankoff

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 359 PAGES

Mankoff thoughtfully examines the development of Russian foreign policy since the end of the Cold War and Russia's interactions with major global actors, including the United States, the European Union and China. (RUS429, $39.95)

The Russian Heritage Cookbook

The Russian Heritage Cookbook


by Lynn Visson

  • FOOD
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

A thorough and authentic guide to traditional Russian cooking with 360 recipes. (RUS233, $28.95)

A Russian Journal

A Russian Journal


by John Steinbeck | Robert Capa

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

Steinbeck's moving account of the people and everyday life in Russia, Ukraine and Caucasus circa 1948, with striking photographs by the great Robert Capra. (RUS275, $15.00)

Russian Journal

Russian Journal


by Andrea Lee

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

An unforgettable, straight-forward account of day-to-day life in Soviet Leningrad and Moscow, originally published in 1981. (RUS307, $14.95)

Russian Literature, A Very Short Introduction

Russian Literature, A Very Short Introduction


by Catriona Kelly

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 164 PAGES

A pocket guide to Russian literature and its impact on Russian culture and national identity by Oxford University Press. (RUS333, $11.95)

The Russian Museum, A Centennial Celebration of a National Treasure


by Vladimir Gusyev | Yevgenia Petrova

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1998
  • HARD COVER
  • 286 PAGES

An overview of Russian art from the Christianization of Russia in 989 to present. (RUS199, $60.00)

Russian Phrasebook & Dictionary


by Hippocrene

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 228 PAGES

A handy phrasebook and basic dictionary featuring transliterations of all the Russian words. (RUS65, $11.95)

The Russian Revolution


by Sheila Fitzpatrick

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 199 PAGES

A concise provocative summary of events in Russia between 1917 and 1939. Fitzpatrick makes an admirable effort to rescue from politics the greatest upheaval of modern times and reclaim it for history. (RUS39, $14.95)

Russian, Start Speaking Today!

Russian, Start Speaking Today!


by Language/30

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 1995
  • AUDIO CD

A highly effective crash course for travelers. Na zdorovye! (RUS192, $24.95)

Russians in Alaska, 1732-1867

Russians in Alaska, 1732-1867


by Lydia Black

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES

A masterful overview of the ordinary men and women of the first Russian colony in Alaska. (ALA241, $29.95)

Sacred Sea, A Journey to Lake Baikal

Sacred Sea, A Journey to Lake Baikal


by Peter Thomson

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

Senior editor of National Public Radio's Living on Earth, Thomson blends personal tales with journalism, natural history and cultural insights in this lyrical account of a six-month journey. (SIB56, $29.95)

Saint Petersburg, Museums Palaces and Historic Collections


by Cathy Giangrande | John Julius Norwich

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 96 PAGES

An illustrated guide to cultural attractions. (RUS338, $12.95)

Sashenka


by Simon Sebag Montefiore

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 522 PAGES

Historian Montefiore puts previous research to good use in this densely plotted thriller about a privileged Russian Jew caught up in the romance of the Russian revolution and brought low by the Stalinist secret police. (RUS408, $27.00)

The Sexual Revolution in Russia, From the Age of the Czars to Today


by Igor Kon

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • HARD COVER
  • 337 PAGES

A groundbreaking, fascinating history of sex, sexuality and attitudes in Russia. (RUS147, $25.50)

The Shaman's Coat, A Native History of Siberia

The Shaman's Coat, A Native History of Siberia


by Anna Reid

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

Reid interviewed hunters, reindeer herders, storytellers and dozens of other aboriginal inhabitants across Siberia for this eye-opening book. With chapters on the Khant, Buryat, Tuvans, Sakha, Ainu and Chukchi people. (SIB28, $13.00)

Siberia on Fire: Stories and Essays

Siberia on Fire: Stories and Essays


by Valentin Rasputin

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 252 PAGES

Born in Irkutsk 1937, where he still lives, Rasputin combines great in-sight and supple prose with passion for his homeland in this collection of six stories and six essays. (SIB04, $18.00)

Siberia, Siberia

Siberia, Siberia


by Valentin Rasputin

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 443 PAGES
  • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE

A sweeping account of the exploration, conquest and colonization of Russia's "West," beginning with the crossing of the Ural Mountains by the Cossacks in 1580. (SIB01, $22.95)

The Siege

The Siege


by Helen Dunmore

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

The 1941 siege of Leningrad is the backdrop for this affecting novel of one Russian family's attempts to survive during the darkest hours of World War II. (RUS258, $13.00)

Singing Story, Healing Drum: Shamans and Storytellers of Turkic Siberia


by Kira Van Deusen

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

An absorbing account of spiritual traditions, tales and religions among the Turkic peoples of Tuva and Khakassia in southern Siberia. (SIB43, $29.95)

Sister Pelagia and the Red Cockerel

Sister Pelagia and the Red Cockerel


by Boris Akunin

  • MYSTERY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

In this third book in Akunin's Sister Pelagia mystery series, the Russian nun investigates the faked murder of a Jewish sect leader aboard a Jerusalem-bound steamer, following the hunted man from the Russian forests to the Holy Land. (RUS410, $15.00)

Sleeping Beauty, A Legend in Progress


by Tim Scholl

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 272 PAGES

A history of the popular ballet, prompted by the response to a controversial 1999 production. (RUS253, $40.00)

Solovki, The Story of Russia Told through Its Most Remarkable Islands

Solovki, The Story of Russia Told through Its Most Remarkable Islands


by Roy Robson

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 304 PAGES

A remarkable amount of Russian history has played out among these remote arctic islands in Russia's White Sea. Robson traces the story of the Solovetski Archipelago from settlement by early monks, though its 17th-century expansion into one of the largest monasteries in the world and its 20th-century infamy as fortress and prison camp. (SIB41, $30.00)

Soviet Blitzkrieg, The Battle for White Russia, 1944


by Walter S. Dunn

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 252 PAGES

A history of the Russian campaign to regain control of Belarus from the Germans in 1944. (RUS121, $16.95)

Soviet Dissident Artists, Interviews After Perestroika


by Matthew Baigell | Renee Baigell

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1995
  • HARD COVER
  • 405 PAGES

Interviews with almost 50 former dissident artists to better understand their struggles under Soviet rule and reveal their underground lives. (RUS458, $45.00)

The Soviet Space Race With Apollo


by Asif A. Siddiqi

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 1005 PAGES

Perhaps the most significant space history, Siddiqi's book is the first complete account of the Soviet space program, from the end of World War II through the mid-1970s (RUS304, $34.95)

Space Race, The Epic Battle Between America And the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space

Space Race, The Epic Battle Between America And the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space


by Deborah Cadbury

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

Cadbury's history follows the stories of the two most important men involved in the design of the Soviet space program: the cold, authoritarian Werner von Braun and Sergei Korolev, a survivor of the Stalinist gulag. (RUS303, $24.95)

Special Assignments

Special Assignments


by Boris Akunin

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

Peopled by a rich cast of eccentric characters, and with plots that are as surprising as they are inventive, "Special Assignments "will delight Akunin's many fans, while challenging the gentleman sleuth's brilliant powers of detection. (RUS371, $15.00)

Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge


by Asif A. Siddiqi

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 527 PAGES

An amazing accomplishment in the writing of space history, Siddiqi's book scratches beneath the surface of the Soviet space history to understand its methods and implications in detail. (RUS305, $34.95)

St. Petersburg, A Cultural History

St. Petersburg, A Cultural History


by Solomon Volkov | Antonina Bouis

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 598 PAGES

This intimate cultural history, written by a native historian and musician of the city, includes profiles of its artists and writers over the last 300 years. (RUS72, $38.95)

Stalin's Forgotten Zion: Birobidzhan and the Making of a Soviet Jewish Homeland : An Illustrated History, 1928-1996


by Robert Weinberg | Bradley Berman

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 105 PAGES

This fascinating, illustrated book tells the bizarre story of a failed national experiment to create a Jewish homeland near the Russian-Chinese border. (RUS343, $29.95)

Stalin, Breaker of Nations


by Robert Conquest

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A well known biography by Robert Conquest. (RUS249, $17.00)

Stalingrad, The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943

Stalingrad, The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943


by Antony Beevor

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 491 PAGES

Detailed and eminently readable, Beevor's gripping history of the siege draws on newly available Russian and other archives. (RUS297, $18.00)

Stories from a Siberian Village


by Vasily Shukshin | Laura Michael | John Givens | Kathleen Parthe

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A series of 25 stories from Russian author, actor and filmmaker Vasily Shukshin. Set in rural Siberia, these tales are not so much about the landscapes of the region, as they are about the people that inhabit them. (SIB19, $18.00)

The Storks' Nest, Life and Love in the Russian Countryside

The Storks' Nest, Life and Love in the Russian Countryside


by Laura Williams

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 328 PAGES

Williams' evocative memoir recounts four life-changing seasons in remote western Russia, where she worked at one of the largest intact forests in European Russia and fell in love with the the director of the Brysky Les Reserve, now her husband. (RUS438, $16.95)

A Summer on the Yenesei, 1914


by Maud D. Haviland

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1971
  • HARD COVER
  • 328 PAGES

An amateur British ornithologist on an expedition down the Yenesei in 1914. (SIB08, $23.95)

Tales of Belkin and Other Prose Writings


by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 198 PAGES

This sampling of Pushkin's short stories includes his autobiographical "A Journey to Arzrum," the tale of travels from Moscow across the Caucasus and Georgia to Turkey during the war of 1829. (RUS232, $13.00)

Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin, The Queen of Spades, The Captain's Daughter, Peter the Great's Blackamoor

Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin, The Queen of Spades, The Captain's Daughter, Peter the Great's Blackamoor


by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

Four of Pushkin's best works of fiction, including The Queen of Spades, long acknowledged as one of the world's greatest short stories. Translated by Alan Myers. (RUS400, $12.95)

The Taste of Dreams, An Obsession with Russia and Caviar


by Vanora Bennett

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 276 PAGES

A detailed history of caviar within the context of the complex history of modern Russia. (RUS226, $14.95)

Tchaikovsky Through Others' Eyes


by Alenander Poznansky

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 311 PAGES

Recollections of the master composer from his contemporaries. (RUS324, $39.95)

Teach Yourself Beginner's Russian Script


by Daphne West

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 119 PAGES

A step-by-step guide to reading and writing Cyrillic. (RUS207, $10.95)

Teach Yourself Beginner's Russian, An Easy Introduction


by Rachel Farmer

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 1997
  • CASETTE TAPE
  • 240 PAGES

A helpful introduction to the Russian language. (RUS110, $22.95)

Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories


by Sholem Aleichem

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER

A winning collection of Yiddish tales. (RUS170, $16.95)

Thomas Cook Travellers Moscow & St Petersburg


by Chris Booth

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

A compact, easy-to-use guide to Moscow and St. Petersburg with maps, a synopsis of favorite sites and many photographs. (RUS293, $14.95)

To the Finland Station


by Edmond Wilson

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 507 PAGES

Wilson's fascinating account of the romance of revolution, originally published in 1940. (RUS206, $19.95)

Track of the Tiger, Legend and Lore of the Great Cat


by Maurice Hornocker

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1997
  • HARD COVER
  • 120 PAGES

A visually stunning celebration of the tiger. (BST19, $30.00)

Tragedy of Russia's Reforms, Market Bolshevism Against Democracy


by Peter Reddaway | Dmitri Glinsky

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 768 PAGES

A provocative, comprehensive analysis. (RUS162, $29.95)

Trans-Siberian Handbook

Trans-Siberian Handbook


by Bryn Thomas

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

Featuring maps, history and practical details for cities and sights from Moscow to Irkutsk and Vladivostok. (RUS73, $21.95)

Transitional Citizens, Voters and What Influences Them in the New Russia


by Timothy J. Colton

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A scholarly, sophisticated account of Russian citizens and the vote since the collapse of the Soviet Union. (RUS158, $39.00)

A Travel Guide to Jewish Russia & Ukraine

A Travel Guide to Jewish Russia & Ukraine


by Ben G. Frank

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

A focused, informative guide to both historical and contemporary sites of Jewish interest. The author follows in the footsteps of the 12th-century Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela. With historical context, practical travel information and brief descriptions of synagogues, museums, monuments and schools. (RUS173, $25.00)

A Traveller's Companion To Moscow

A Traveller's Companion To Moscow


by Laur Kelly

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 321 PAGES

A splendid introduction to the city. (RUS294, $16.95)

A Traveller's History of Russia

A Traveller's History of Russia


by Peter Neville

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

An impressively compact, lively survey of Russian history from the coming of the Slavs to the collapse of the Soviet Union. (RUS47, $14.95)

Travels with Myself and Another, A Memoir

Travels with Myself and Another, A Memoir


by Martha Gellhorn

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

Gellhorn's collection of unforgettable journeys, first published in 1979. The incisive writer often traveled with Ernest Hemingway, the "another" of the title, who was her husband at the time. (TVL25, $15.95)

Treasury of Ukrainian Love: Poems, Quotations & Proverbs in Ukranian and English

Treasury of Ukrainian Love: Poems, Quotations & Proverbs in Ukranian and English


by Helene Turkewicz-Sanko

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

A short selection of Ukrainian writing (generally poetry) on the subject of love. (RUS117, $11.95)

Trotsky, A Biography


by Robert Service

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 648 PAGES

Service draws on new archival material for this bold, revisionist biography of the charismatic Bolshevik leader and his times, third in a trilogy of biographies including Stalin and Lenin. (RUS453, $22.95)

Trotsky, Downfall of a Revolutionary


by Bertrand M. Patenaude

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 360 PAGES

In this remarkable biography, Patenaude masterfully interweaves the story of Trotsky's final years with flashbacks to pivotal episodes in his career. (RUS474, $15.99)

Two Sides of the Moon, Our Story of the Cold War Space Race


by Tom Hanks | Neil Armstrong | Alexei Leonov | David Randolph Scott

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

Astronaut David Scott and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov provide a unique perspective on the space race in this dual autobiography. (RUS302, $19.99)

Ukraine Map

Ukraine Map


by ITMB

  • MAP

A map of Ukraine, at a scale of 1:1,000,000. (RUS86, $11.95)

Ultimate Spy


by H. Keith Melton | Markus Wolf | DK Publishing | Richard Helms

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 208 PAGES

A treasure trove for espionage buffs, this ingeniously arranged collection of gadgets, documents and archival photographs is drawn from the Cold War peak of international intrigue. (SPY16, $22.95)

The Unmaking of Soviet Life, Everyday Economies After Socialism


by Caroline Humphrey

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 265 PAGES

These ten anthropological essays, organized geographically, cover life and economy in Central Russia, Siberia and Mongolia. (RUS378, $19.95)

Valery Gergiev and the Kirov, A Story of Survival


by John Ardoin

  • MUSIC
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 296 PAGES

Both a sumptuously illustrated history of St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theater (aka the Kirov) and a portrait of its enthusiastic and talented artistic director, Valery Gergiev. (RUS212, $34.95)

Valse des Fleurs, A Day in St Petersburg in 1868


by Sacheverell Sitwell

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 151 PAGES

A celebrated mediation on the court life in the Russian Imperial capital, originally published in 1941. In this extended essay Sitwell conjures snow and gilt, courtiers, music and pageantry, a military parade, sledges, sables, and Cossacks during the reign of Alexander II. (RUS209, $22.95)

Voices from Chernobyl, The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster


by Svetlana Alexievich

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 236 PAGES

These powerful eyewitness accounts include ordinary citizens, firefighters and politicians. (RUS434, $15.00)

The Volga River


by Tim McNeese

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • YOUNG ADULTS

A cultural and economic history of 2,300 mile Volga River, a river that has served an important role in the lives and culture of the Russian people. (RUS348, $32.50)

War and Peace


by Leo Tolstoy | Constance Garnett

  • LITERATURE
  • 1983
  • PAPER
  • 1344 PAGES

Tolstoy's great historical and philosophical novel set in the age of Napoleon. (RUS20, $10.95)

War and Peace


by Leo Tolstoy

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 1273 PAGES

This new translation by Peaver and Volokhonsky of Tolstoy's great historical and philosophical novel captures the rhythm and mood of Tolstoy's original Russian. (RUS367, $37.00)

We Now Know, Rethinking Cold War History


by John Lewis Gaddis

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 425 PAGES

An analytical synthesis of Cold War events presented with the value of hindsight. (RUS191, $24.99)

A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia and Other Stories

A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia and Other Stories


by Andrew Broomfield | Victor Pelevin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • HARD COVER
  • 213 PAGES

Pelevin's Kafkaesque stories are beautifully rendered in Broomfield's translation. The dark title story concerns a stranded Russian traveler who is beset by a pack of chatty werewolves. (RUS384, $12.95)

With the Armies of the Tsar, A Nurse at the Russian Front in War and Revolution, 1914-1918


by Frances Farmborough

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 422 PAGES

A WWI memoir by a witness to the Russian revoltuion. (RUS139, $19.95)

A Woman in Amber

A Woman in Amber


by Agate Nesaule

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 280 PAGES

In this American Book Award-winning memoir, Nesaule recounts the horrors she witnessed and experienced as a young girl during World War II in Latvia. A gripping testimony of survival. (RUS30, $16.00)

Women of the Four Winds

Women of the Four Winds


by Elizabeth Olds

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

A collection of four lively biographies of four 20th-century American explorers. (EXP19, $21.95)

Worlds Apart, An Anthology of Russian Fantasy and Science Fiction


by Alexand Levitsky

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 655 PAGES

Drawn from a wide range of sources and periods, this collection illuminates the development of the genre through the course of Russian history and the influence of political, technological and social changes. (RUS427, $23.95)

Writing the Siege of Leningrad, Women's Diaries, Memoirs, and Documentary Prose


by Cynthia Simmons

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

These journals and other writings depict the horrors endured by women in Leningrad over the course of WWII's 900 day seige. (RUS396, $22.95)

 

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