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Conspirator
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Helen Rappaport |
The father of Communist Russia, Vladimir Ilych Lenin now seems to have emerged fully formed in the turbulent wake of World War I and the Russian Revolution. But Lenin's character was in fact forged m… |
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The return
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Daniel Treisman |
Russia has long been a source of puzzlement -- and sometimes alarm -- for Western observers. Since shaking off communism two decades ago, the country has seemed wobbly at best, thoroughly corrupt and… |
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The scramble for the Arctic
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Sale, Richard |
"In August 2007, the world reacted with consternation as Russia planted a flag beneath the ice of the North Pole, symbolizing the Kremlin's claim to the Arctic with its vast mineral resources, and fi… |
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Russia as a network state
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Vadim Kononenko |
"Discusses the ambiguous nature of the state in Russia, focusing on elite networks and their role in policy processes. This book examines the paradoxical dualism of state institutions and ruling netw… |
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The man without a face
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Masha Gessen |
This is the chilling account of how a low-level, small-minded KGB operative ascended to the Russian presidency and, in an astonishingly short time, destroyed years of progress and made his country on… |
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Is journalism worth dying for?
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Anna Politkovskaya |
A collection of final dispatches by famed journalist Politkovskai︠a︡, including the first translation of the work that some think led to her murder. |
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The strongman
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Angus Roxburgh |
Russia under Vladimir Putin has proved a prickly partner for the West, a far cry from the democratic ally many hoped for when the Soviet Union collapsed. Abroad, Putin has used Russia's energy streng… |
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Russian foreign policy
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Olga Oliker |
As Russia's economy has grown, so have the country's global involvement and influence, which often take forms that the United States neither expects nor likes, as the August 2008 conflict in Georgia … |
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Putinism
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Walter Laqueur |
There is no question that tensions between Russia and America are on the rise. The forced annexation of Crimea, the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17, and the Russian government's treatment of h… |
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The Russian Parliament
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Thomas F. Remington |
"From the first free elections in post-Soviet Russia in 1989 to the end of the Yeltsin period in 1999, Russia's parliament was the site of great political upheavals. Conflicts between communists and … |
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The Road to Unfreedom
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Timothy Snyder |
With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy seemed final. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized future. This faith was misplaced. Authoritarian… |
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The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
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Masha Gessen |
Journalist Masha Gessen follows the lives of four people born at what promised to be the dawn of democracy. Each of them came of age with unprecedented expectations, some as the children and grandchi… |
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Historians and historical societies in the public life of imperial Russia
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Vera Kaplan |
"What was the role of historians and historical societies in the public life of imperial Russia? Focusing on the Society of Zealots of Russian Historical Education (1895-1918), Vera Kaplan analyzes t… |
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Orders to kill
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Amy W. Knight |
"'Western leaders should be aware that when they shake hands with Putin, they shake hands with a murderer.'--Leonid Martyniuk. In Russia, the twenty-first century belongs to Vladimir Putin. His polit… |
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Russia's military revival
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Bettina Renz |
Russian annexation of Crimea and the subsequent air campaign over Syria took the world by surprise. The capabilities and efficiency of Moscow's armed forces during both operations signalled to the wo… |
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The Putin mystique
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Anna Arutunyan |
"The Putin Mystique takes the reader on a journey through the Russia of Vladimir Putin, named by Forbes magazine in 2013 as the most powerful man in the world. It is a neo-feudal world where iPads, W… |
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Putin's propaganda machine
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Marcel H. van Herpen |
"This book examines Russia's 'information war,' one of the most striking features of its intervention in Ukraine. Marcel H. Van Herpen argues that the Kremlin's propaganda offensive is a carefully pr… |
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Visual Texts, Ceremonial Texts, Texts of Exploration
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Richard Wortman |
Visual Texts, Ceremonial Texts, Texts of Exploration continues the work begun in Russian Monarchy: Representation and Rule, which analyzed the interplay between the symbolic representations of Russia… |
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Is Non-Western Democracy Possible?
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Alexei D. Voskressenski |
xxix, 738 pages ; 24 cm |
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Chechen Jihad
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Yossef Bodansky |
In this authoritative look at the roots of modern terrorism, Yossef Bodansky, one of the most respected—and best-informed—experts on radical Islamism in the world today, pinpoints the troubled region… |
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