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The Vodka King The Vodka King Linda Himelstein In this sweeping history of vodka scion Pyotr Smirnov and his family, distinguished journalist Linda Himelstein plumbs a great riddle of Russian history through the story of a humble serf who rose to… OL12274378W
Hunting the devil Hunting the devil Richard Lourie An account of the search for the killer of fifty-three Soviet citizens describes how Russian Chief Inspector Issa Kostoev searched for the man who sexually mutilated, killed, and cannibalized his vic… OL14847904W
The murder of the Romanovs The murder of the Romanovs Andrew Cook 256 pages ; 21 cm OL15445575W
From splendor to revolution From splendor to revolution Julia P. Gelardi This sweeping saga recreates the extraordinary opulence and violence of Tsarist Russia. As the shadow of revolution fell over the land, an apocalypse destroyed a way of life for these imperial women … OL15976104W
The horse that leaps through clouds The horse that leaps through clouds Eric Enno Tamm Two epic journeys along the Silk Road, past and present, offer a riveting and cautionary tale about the breathtaking rise of China. On July 6, 1906, Baron Gustaf Mannerheim boarded the midnight train… OL16214073W
Время сэконд хэнд Время сэконд хэнд Светлана Алексиевич "From the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Svetlana Alexievich, comes the first English translation of her latest work, an oral history of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the … OL16813790W
Gregor Piatigorsky Gregor Piatigorsky Terry King "Cellist Gregor Piatigorsky's humble beginning in Russia establishes him as the archetype of the struggling artist. The October Revolution forced his escape to Warsaw, where he enjoyed success with t… OL16981379W
The Degaev Affair The Degaev Affair Richard Pipes "Sergei Degaev (1857-1921), a leading political terrorist in tsarist Russia, disappeared after participating in the assassination of the chief of Russia's security organization in 1883. Those who lat… OL1746632W
The long walk The long walk Slavomir Rawicz Describes the four-thousand-mile journey across the Gobi Desert and the Himalayas of seven men who escaped from a Siberian prison camp. The harrowing true tale of escaped Soviet prisoners desperate m… OL17733537W
Putin Putin Richard Lourie "This electrifying and supremely timely book by leading Russian expert Richard Lourie explores Putin's failures, missed opportunities, and probable future moves. Readers discover, for example, where … OL19715294W
When rain hurts When rain hurts Mary Evelyn Greene A story of love blooming in even the most hostile environments, When Rain Hurts tells of one mother's quest to find a path of healing and forgiveness for her adopted son, a boy made feral by prenatal… OL19974447W
Limonov Limonov Emmanuel Carrère "This deft, timely translation of French writer and filmmaker Carrere's sparkling 2011 biography of Edward Limonov is an enthralling portrait of a man and his times. The subtitle is no exaggeration: … OL19986456W
Midnight in Siberia Midnight in Siberia David Greene "After two and a half years as NPR's Moscow bureau chief, David Greene travels across the country--a 6,000-mile journey by rail, from Moscow to the Pacific port of Vladivostok--to speak with ordinary… OL19988125W
Reconstructing Lenin Reconstructing Lenin Tamás Krausz "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is among the most enigmatic and influential figures of the twentieth century. While his life and work are crucial to any understanding of modern history and the socialist movem… OL19994951W
The empress of art The empress of art Susan Jaques Traces the remarkable history of Catherine the Great's influential art collection and creation of the Hermitage, discussing how her cultural goals were part of a long-term plan to modernize and weste… OL20022278W
Nicholas II, the Last Tsar Nicholas II, the Last Tsar Michael Paterson 246 pages ; 20 cm OL21609049W
Chagall Chagall Jackie Wullschläger Chagall is one of the most recognised and best-loved painters of the 20th century. This biography has access to the Chagall archive and publishes hundreds of new letters, drawings and artworks never … OL24253752W
Lost Splendour and the Death of Rasputin Lost Splendour and the Death of Rasputin Felix Yusupov 288 pages : 20 cm OL29404975W
When Miss Emmie was in Russia When Miss Emmie was in Russia Harvey J. Pitcher A Russian Upstairs, Downstairs, but one scented with the cordite and fear of revolution, and with a cast of devotedly loyal and capable British governesses. OL3122333W
Valery Gergiev and the Kirov Valery Gergiev and the Kirov John Ardoin "Acclaimed music journalist John Ardoin focuses on the inspired directorship of Valery Gergiev in this celebration of the Kirov theater and its heroic survival. In the 1990s the great artistic instit… OL3139484W
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