Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Russia's own Orient Russia's own Orient Vera Tolz "Russia's own Orient examines how intellectuals in early twentieth-century Russia offered a new and radical critique of the ways in which Oriental cultures were understood at the time. Out of the fer… OL16141679W
Internal colonization Internal colonization Aleksandr Ėtkind This is a radically new account of Russia's cultural history. Etkind introduces the concept of 'internal colonization' in order to analyse the history of the Russian Empire, its' culture and its' lit… OL19714733W
Natasha's Dance Natasha's Dance Orlando Figes "Orlando Figes's A People's Tragedy, wrote Eric Hobsbawm, did "more to help us understand the Russian Revolution than any other book I know." Now, in Natasha's Dance, this internationally renowned hi… OL72140W
Pushkin's children Pushkin's children Tatʹi͡ana Tolstai͡a "These twenty pieces address the politics, culture, and literature of Russia with erudition and flair. Passionate, opinionated, and wickedly clever, these essays use ample material from daily life to… OL985262W