Describes the history, geography, government, economics, and people of Russia.
Chronicles the history of the Russian Empire from the Mongol Invasion, through the Bolshevik Revolution, to the aftereffects of the Cold War.
Former KGB spy Vladimir Putin, named Prime Minister of Russia in 1999 and, one year later, President, has been something of a media darling in the West, having successfully marketed...
Kalb joins a cast of legendary figures in telling this story of the early days of the Cold War and broadcast news, from Murrow to Eric Severeid, Howard K. Smith, Richard Hottelet, Charles Kuralt, and Daniel Schorr, among many others—men ...
This edited volume sheds light on the lives of young people in various central and peripheral regions of Russia, including youth belonging to different ethnic and religious groups and who have differing views on contemporary politics.
My aim has in fact been to write in the genre that some recent North American writers have called ethnohistory – ' a common - law marriage of history and anthropology ' ( J. Axtell , The European and the Indian : Essays in the ...
Russia without Putin concludes by assessing the current regime’s prospects, and looks ahead to what the future may hold for the country.
This study analyzes the origins and evolution of Peter the Great's navy.
First published in English in 1931, the author of this book was throughly acquainted with Russia, both in Tsarist and Bolshevist times; he spoke fluent Russian and became an ardent supporter of the Bolshevist cause.
Throughout her ordeals, she never relinquishes hope or sight of her goal of education. Poignantly and freshly rendered, this is a tale of determination.
The book addresses the fundamental problems in Russian society, and in Russia''s relations with the rest of the world.