Russia category: 2582 books
Stalin's Empire of Memory
Russian-Ukrainian Relations in the Soviet Historical Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Based on declassified materials from eight Ukrainian and Russian archives, Stalin's Empire of Memory, offers a complex and vivid analysis of the politics of memory under Stalinism. Using the Ukrainian republic as a case study, Serhy Yekelchyk elucidates the intricate interaction between the Kremlin,...
by Svitlana Malykhina
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
Renaissance of Classical Allusions in Contemporary Russian Media builds on a growing body of work concerning post-Soviet media culture during the last, transformative decade. Making sense of the literary allusions in media discourse, Svitlana Malykhina reminds us that allusions can serve as a primary...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Following Napoleon's defeat, a generation of young Russian officers was acutely conscious of the backward social and political conditions in their own country, compared to those in France. Taking advantage of the confusion after Alexander I's sudden death, on December 14, 1825 the officer-conspirators...
The Lysenko Controversy as a Global Phenomenon, Volume 2
Genetics and Agriculture in the Soviet Union and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
This volume examines the international impact of Lysenkoism in its namesake’s heyday and the reasons behind Lysenko’s rehabilitation in Russia today. By presenting the rise and fall of T.D. Lysenko in its various aspects, the authors provide a fresh perspective on one of the most notorious episodes in the history of science.
by Alastair Kocho-Williams
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Addressing the impact of the Russian Revolution and change and continuity in diplomacy during the transition from Empire to Soviet Union, this book examines how Russia's diplomacy was conducted, the diplomats behind it, the establishment of the Soviet diplomatic corps and the steps taken to integrate the Soviets into the diplomatic world.
Cold War Energy
A Transnational History of Soviet Oil and Gas
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
This book examines the role of Soviet energy during the Cold War. Based on hitherto little known documents from Western and Eastern European archives, it combines the story of Soviet oil and gas with general Cold War history. This volume breaks new ground by framing Soviet energy in a multi-national...
Eurasian Environments
Nature and Ecology in Imperial Russian and Soviet History
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Through a series of essays, Eurasian Environments prompts us to rethink our understanding of tsarist and Soviet history by placing the human experience within the larger environmental context of flora, fauna, geology, and climate. This book is a broad look at the environmental history of Eurasia,...
Burnt by the Sun
The Koreans of the Russian Far East
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
Burnt by the Sun examines the history of the first Korean diaspora in a Western society during the highly tense geopolitical atmosphere of the Soviet Union in the late 1930s. Author Jon K. Chang demonstrates that the Koreans of the Russian Far East were continually viewed as a problematic and maligned...
by Charles Tibbits
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Russian and Polish Folk Lore and Legends is a collection of famous folk tales and mythology for Poland and Russia. A table of contents is included.
Oil Imperialism
The International Struggle for Petroleum
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
The close dovetailing between the interests of oil trusts and the policies of diplomats was one of the most significant and absorbing political developments of 1910-1920. This book examines the growing importance of oil to Soviet Russia at the start of the twentieth century and the impact this had on the geo-politics of the region.
The Rise of the Russian Empire
From the Foundation of Kievian Russia to the Rise of the Romanov Dynasty
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
The Rise of the Russian Empire is a historical study on Russian history, written by Hector H. Munro. The Book covers the period from the 9th century and the dawn of Russian empire, to 17th century and the rise of the Romanov dynasty.
by Leon Trotsky
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
This early work by Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains his analysis of Socialism, the Soviet State and Economics of Russia during the early twentieth century. This is a fascinating work and is thoroughly recommended for anyone with...
Knowledge and the Ends of Empire
Kazak Intermediaries and Russian Rule on the Steppe, 1731-1917
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
In Knowledge and the Ends of Empire, Ian W. Campbell investigates the connections between knowledge production and policy formation on the Kazak steppes of the Russian Empire. Hoping to better govern the region, tsarist officials were desperate to obtain reliable information about an unfamiliar environment...
by Per Anders Rudling
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Modern Belarusian nationalism emerged in the early twentieth century during a dramatic period that included a mass exodus, multiple occupations, seven years of warfare, and the partition of the Belarusian lands. In this original history, Per Anders Rudling traces the evolution of modern Belarusian...