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1	Defiance: The Bielski Partisans more books like this by Ms. Nechama Tec add to wishlist Fighting in the dense forests of eastern Poland and Belorussia, Jewish partisans represented a heroic form of resistance in the midst of the Holocaust. Refusing to submit to the Nazi terror, one such group - the Bielski Otriad - performed the largest armed rescue operation of Jews by Jews in World War II. Written by a Holocaust survivor, this ... see all copies from $5.67! new only from $9.01! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Promised Land more books like this by Mary Antin add to wishlist Interweaving autobiography with history, introspection and political commentary, Mary Antin recounts the process of "uprooting, transportation, replanting, acclimatization, and development that took place in my own soul", and reveals the impact of a new culture on her family. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.75! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Russian Album more books like this by Michael Ignatieff add to wishlist In this work, Michael Ignatieff re-creates the lives of his grandparents before and during the Russian revolution. Through his own trips to modern day Russia and through family documents and journals, he brings together two generations whose times did not connect. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.92! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster more books like this by Svetlana Alexievich, Keith Gessen (Translator) add to wishlist "" Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award"" On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history occurred in Chernobyl and contaminated as much as three quarters of Europe. "Voices from Chernobyl" is the first book to present personal accounts of the tragedy. Journalist Svetlana Alexievich interviewed hundreds of people ... see all copies from $5.50! new only from $8.40! \| SVS
5	Russia: Belarus & Ukraine more books like this by Insight Guides add to wishlist A travel series unlike any other, Insight Guides go beyond the sights and into reality. Their incomparable photojournalistic approach captures the uniqueness of each culture they cover: their traditions, their arts, their history, their lives. The stunning photography is married to compelling text, written by local writers; the people most ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.33!
6	Cassell Military Classics: Hitler's Greatest Defeat: The Collapse of Army Group Centre, June 1944 more books like this by Paul Adair add to wishlist The Eastern Front continues to fascinate, and this book contains much new material Russian and German veterans were widely consulted during the author's research Covers a major World War Two turning-point Based on work originally prepared for serving UK and US army officers see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
7	On Burning Ground more books like this by Michael Skakun add to wishlist "For as long as I can remember, I have been the confidant of a man's conscience..." begins this memoir, in which a son recounts how his Jewish-Polish father had to disguise himself as a Christian and join the Nazi SS to save his own life. Weaving philosophical logic throughout his father's horrific wartime story, Skakun tells a personal, yet epic, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.95! \| first editions
8	The Belarus Secret more books like this by John Loftus add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Burning Lights more books like this by Bella Chagall add to wishlist This is a charming portrait of childhood in the Russian market town where the great painter and his wife grew up. Bella's warm, humorous stories of her pious Jewish family are illustrated by 36 of her husband's pen-and-ink line drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Democratic Changes and Authoritarian Reactions in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova more books like this by Karen Dawisha (Preface by), Bruce Parrott (Preface by) add to wishlist Edited by two of the world's leading analysts of postcommunist politics, this book brings together distinguished specialists on the former communist countries of Russia and the Western Newly Independent States. Chapters on Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine, plus three chapters on Russia's regional politics, its political parties, and the overall ... see all copies from $3.27! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Lonely Planet Russia & Belarus more books like this by Simon Richmond, Mark Elliott, Patrick Horton add to wishlist This guide gives detailed coverage of historic cities such as Moscow, St Petersburg and Kiev. It gives practical advice on activities from boat trips down the Volga River to skiing in the Caucasus, and covers extensive accommodation, eating and entertainment options. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.19!
12 view cover	The Bronski House more books like this by Philip Marsden add to wishlist In this travel book that reads like a novel Philip Marsden chronicles the experience of his friend, the exiled poet Zofia Ilinska, after her return to the Belorussian village she had fled 50 years earlier. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.50! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Streets of Gold more books like this by Rosemary Wells, Mary Antin, Dan Andreasen (Illustrator) add to wishlist This picture-book biography tells the story of Mary Antin, a Russian-Jew who fled Eastern Europe in the 1890s. When she arrived in America at the age of 13, she settled in Boston with the rest of her family--she couldn't believe the wonderful change of life she experienced in the States. When she was older, she wrote her famous autobiography ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.27! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Russia's First Modern Jews: The Jews of Shklov more books like this by David E Fishman (Editor), Yoichi Funabashi (Editor) add to wishlist Long before there were Jewish communities in the land of the tsars, Jews inhabited a region which they called medinat rusiya, "the land of Russia." Prior to its annexation by Russia, "the land of Russia" was not a center of rabbinic culture. But in 1772, when it was absorbed by Tsarist Russia, this remote region was severed from the Polish ... see all copies from $8.80! new only from $15.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Rationality, Nationalism and Post-Communist Market Transformations: A Comparative Analysis of Belarus, Poland and the Baltic States more books like this by Andrew Savchenko add to wishlist A comparative analysis of market transformation in Poland, Belarus and the Baltic states with particular emphasis on cross-national variations in speed and direction of post-Communist economic reforms. While many studies tend to concentrate on the economic aspects of market reforms, analysis of the broader institutional framework is less common. ... see all copies from $5.54! new only from $9.98! \| first editions
16 view cover	Bradt Belarus more books like this by Nigel Roberts add to wishlist Belarus is perhaps the most inaccessible, unknown and misunderstood country in Europe. This new guide - the first to focus on the Republic of Belarus - therefore offers a rare opportunity to study a country and its people as they really are, before the rest of the world catches on. Anyone with an interest in history and sociology will be ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $4.00! \| SVS
17 view cover	Voices from Chernobyl more books like this by Svetlana Alexievich, Keith Gessen (Translator) add to wishlist On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear accident in history occurred in Chernobyl. Although this was one of the most devastating tragedies ever, until now, no book has appeared in English giving the inside story of what happened to the people living in Belarus, and the fear, anger, and uncertainty that they lived through. A journalist by trade, ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $11.80! \| first editions
18 view cover	On Burning Ground: A Son's Memoir more books like this by Michael Skakun add to wishlist "On Burning Ground" is the tale of one desperate and brilliant man's ultimate choice: at the eve of the Nazi purging of Poland, to disguise his Jewish origin and pose first as a Christian, then to join the Nazi SS. Living in constant fear, Michael Skakun's father, Joseph, not only assumed a dangerous array of identities in order to survive, but ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.73! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Belorussia 1944: The Soviet General Staff Study more books like this by David M Glantz, Harold S Orenstein add to wishlist This book is an edited translation of the Soviet Staff study of the Red Army's Belorussian operation in the summer of 1944, which was unprecedented in terms of its scale, scope and strategic consequences. The Soviet Stavka had planned a campaign consisting of a series of massive operations spanning the entire Soviet-German front. Four powerful ... see all copies from $40.49! new only from $40.49! \| SVS
20 view cover	Fallout: The Children of Belarus and the People of Ireland After Chernobyl more books like this by Liam O'Meara add to wishlist The extraordinary and inspiring story of the involvement of a group of people from Co Clare in Ireland in the affairs of handicapped children in faraway Belarus. The after effects of the Chernobyl disaster include an unusually high occurrence of physical hadicap in infants there, and in the culture of Belarus parents are legally entitled to disown ... see all copies from $9.04! new only from $26.71!
21	Yesterday : a memoir of a Russian Jewish family more books like this by Miriam Shomer Zunser, Emily Wortis Leider add to wishlist see all copies from $4.95! new only from $68.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Independent Belarus: Domestic Determinants, Regional Dynamics, and Implications for the West more books like this by Dr. Margarita M Balmaceda (Editor), James I Clem (Editor), Lisbeteh Tarlow (Editor) add to wishlist The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 ushered in a period of democratization and market reform extending across the East-Central European region, with one important exception: Belarus. Ironically, Belarus's fledgling attempts at democracy produced a leader who has suspended the post-Soviet constitution and its institutions and created a personal ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $27.48!
23 view cover	Der Payatz: Around the World with Yiddish Theater more books like this by Herman Yablokoff, Bella Mysell (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.47! new only from $17.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Vitebsk: The Life of Art more books like this by Aleksandra Shatskikh, Katherine Foshko Tsan (Translator) add to wishlist This book examines the artistic life of Vitebsk during the years 1917-1922, when a great burst of creative experimentation transformed the modest Russian town into one of the most influential gateways to the art of the twentieth century. Spurred by native son Marc Chagall, who returned home after the October Revolution in 1917 to take the position ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $40.88! \| first editions \| SVS
25	Yesterday: A Memoir of a Russian-Jewish Family more books like this by Emily W Leider (Editor), Miriam S Zunser add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.00! \| first editions

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