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Russia, A Concise History

by Ronald Hingley

• HISTORY
• 2003
• PAPER
• 224 PAGES
• BEST SELLER

Well-known scholar Hingley sketches Russia's multiple transformations from her illiterate, pagan, Slavic roots to a multi-ethnic empire in this highly readable, well-illustrated brief history. (RUS04, $19.95)

Russian Short Stories

by Robert Chandler

• LITERATURE
• 2006
• PAPER
• 396 PAGES

This fine collection of tales captures the sweep and soul of Russian literature, including works by Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Chekhov and Tolstoy along with lesser-known greats. (RUS288, $18.00)

The Cold War

by Michael Hopkins

• HISTORY
• 2011
• PAPER
• 144 PAGES

Michael Hopkins charts the story of the rise and fall of almost 50 years of global tension in this compact, illustrated history, made tangible with a packet of facsimile documents, including top-secret memos, propaganda and letters. (WAR157, $24.95)

Culture Smart! Russia

by Anna King

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2007
• PAPER
• 168 PAGES

A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice. (RUS361, $9.95)

Insight Guide Russia, Belarus & Ukraine

by Anna Benn

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2008
• PAPER
• 388 PAGES

An engaging guide to the country and its major regions and cities with short, handsomely illustrated essays on Russian history, life, art, literature and music. The guide includes excellent full-color maps and hundreds of photographs. (RUS37, $22.95)

Russia Map

by International Travel Maps

• 2011
• MAP

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

 

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Berlitz Russian Phrase Book & Dictionary

by Berlitz Pocket Guides

• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
• 2008
• PAPER
• 224 PAGES

A short introduction to common Russian words and phrases, designed for the traveler. Contains more than 1,000 phrases and more than 2,000 words. (RUS107, $8.95)

Eyewitness Guide Moscow

by Eyewitness Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2010
• PAPER
• 263 PAGES

This outstanding guide covers Moscow's culture, history and attractions with maps, site plans and hundreds of color photographs. (RUS164, $23.00)

Eyewitness Guide St. Petersburg

by Eyewitness Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2010
• PAPER
• 264 PAGES
• BEST SELLER

With excellent local maps and site plans, this outstanding visual guide introduces the culture, history and attractions of St. Petersburg. (RUS87, $25.00)

Lonely Planet Russian Phrasebook

by James Jenkin | Inna Zaitseva

• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
• 2009
• PAPER
• 256 PAGES

A handy shirtpocket phrasebook for Russian basics focusing on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (RUS111, $8.99)

Catherine the Great

by Robert K. Massie

• HISTORY
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 625 PAGES

Eager readers of Massie's Nicholas and Alexandria or the Pulitzer Prize-wining Peter the Great will not be disappointed by this latest, an old-fashioned tale of politics, power and 18th-century Europe, drawing effectively from the ambitious Catherine's own memoirs. (RUS470, $35.00)

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)

Getting Russia Right

by Dmitri V. Trenin

• HISTORY
• 2007
• PAPER
• 127 PAGES

The Deputy director of the Carnegie Moscow Center sketches developments in Russia's economy, culture and relations with the U.S. and Europe in this brief primer published by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. (RUS446, $19.95)

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)

Land of the Firebird, The Beauty of Old Russia

by Suzanne Massie

• HISTORY
• 1995
• PAPER
• 496 PAGES
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE

Massie traces both minuscule details and larger movements in pre-revolutionary Russian art, literature and daily life in this affectionate overview of 19th-century palaces, courts and culture. (RUS21, $35.00)

Lenin's Tomb

by David Remnick

• HISTORY
• 1994
• PAPER
• 588 PAGES

A gripping eyewitness tale of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Remnick, the Washington Post reporter on the scene, combines fine historical scholarship with great storytelling. (RUS07, $17.00)

Natasha's Dance, A Cultural History of Russia

by Orlando Figes

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 2003
• PAPER
• 768 PAGES

In this lively cultural history, Figes looks at both the great works by Russian masters and longstanding folk traditions. The title is drawn from a scene of Tolstoy's War and Peace in which a European-educated countess performs a peasant dance. (RUS180, $23.00)

Petrostate, Putin, Power, and the New Russia

by Marshall I. Goldman

• HISTORY
• 2010
• PAPER
• 256 PAGES

Incorporating extensive research and interviews with Putin and narrated with panache, this is the story of Russia's re-emergence from the post-Soviet ashes and its evolution into a gas and oil-based economic powerhouse. (RUS366, $16.95)

Russian History, A Very Short Introduction

by Geoffrey Hosking

• HISTORY
• 2012
• PAPER
• 154 PAGES

Hosking (Russia and the Russians) covers the transformation of Russia from its pagen roots into a multi-ethnic empire, its relations with the West and post-Soviet realities, in this remarkably concise shirt pocket history. (RUS480, $11.95)

Sunlight at Midnight: St. Petersburg and the Rise of Modern Russia

by W. Bruce Lincoln

• HISTORY
• 2002
• PAPER
• 432 PAGES

A wonderfully written, informative portrait of St. Petersburg, focusing on the city's development in the 18th and 19th centuries as Russia's "window on the West." Highly recommended for travelers with an interest in the character and significance of the city and its monuments. (RUS128, $19.95)

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)

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)

The Routledge Atlas of Russian History

by Martin Gilbert

• HISTORY
• 2007
• PAPER
• 216 PAGES

A fantastically interesting, useful survey of the history of Russia in maps. This revised edition follows the fate of Russia since the demise of the Soviet Union, with 161 maps covering rebellion, famine, expansion, trade, the military, communism's collapse and myriad other topics. (RUS176, $29.95)

Vodka, A Global History

by Patricia Herlihy

• HISTORY
• 2012
• HARD COVER
• 128 PAGES

A professor of history at Brown, Patricia Herlihy tracks our fascination with this most versatile of spirits from its mysterious 14th Century Slavic origins to today's global dominance in this throughoughly entertaining, erudite and illustrated short history. A volume in the lively Edible History Series, which also includes the ideal companion: Olives, A Global History. (RUS475, $17.00)

Among the Russians

by Colin Thubron

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2001
• PAPER
• 224 PAGES

The marvelous account of a 10,000-mile journey by car from St. Petersburg and the Baltic States south to Georgia and Armenia in 1981. A gifted writer and intrepid traveler, Thubron grapples with the complexities of Russian identity in this lyrical book. (RUS106, $14.00)

Peter the Great, His Life and World

by Robert Massie

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2011
• PAPER
• 914 PAGES

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Massie portrays the giant of history who transformed Russia from backwater tsardom into a major empire. (RUS48, $21.00)

Speak, Memory

by Vladimir Nabokov

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 1989
• PAPER
• 316 PAGES

Nabokov's richly imagined memoir wonderfully evokes cultural life among the well-to-do in turn-of-the-century St. Petersburg. (RUS28, $16.00)

Stalin, The Court of the Red Tsar

by Simon Sebag Montefiore

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2005
• PAPER
• 848 PAGES

An enthralling, comprehensive portrait of Joseph Stalin and his court, drawing on archival material and interviews with surviving figures. At 800 pages, there is ample room for personal and anecdotal information about Stalin. (RUS228, $19.95)

Young Stalin

by Simon Sebag Montefiore

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2008
• PAPER
• 460 PAGES

Montefiore examines how Stalin became Stalin in this companion volume to his Stalin: Court of the Red Tsar, this time focusing on the turbulent early years and the formation of a man who would come to represent evil. (RUS477, $18.00)

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoevsky | David McDuff

• LITERATURE
• 2002
• PAPER
• 647 PAGES

Dostoevsky's thriller of murder and redemption is redolent of St. Petersburg's atmosphere. A cornerstone of Russian literature, and one of the greatest detective stories ever told. (RUS18, $15.00)

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)

Russka

by Edward Rutherfurd

• LITERATURE
• 2005
• PAPER
• 946 PAGES

In this absorbing, complex novel Rutherfurd transforms Russian history into an epic saga. The bestseller follows the fate of interconnected families over 800 years. Catherine the Great, Tolstoy, Pushkin and Rasputin all make appearances. (RUS175, $19.00)

The Winter Queen

by Boris Akunin | Andrew Bromfield

• LITERATURE
• 2004
• PAPER
• 249 PAGES

Akunin sets a suspected murder among the glitterati of late 19th-century Moscow in this first book in the series of clever detective novels starring the rascal Erast Fandorin, wildly popular in Russia. The series continues with: The Turkish Gambit (RUS263), set during the 1877 Russo-Turkish War; Murder on the Leviathan (RUS225), an homage to Christie; and The Death of Achilles (RUS291), back in Moscow. Fandorin is deputy to the governor-general of czarist Moscow in Special Assignments (RUS371), facing a serial murder and a swindler. (RUS210, $15.00)

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