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1	The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation more books like this by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn add to wishlist Solzhenitsyn's gripping epic masterpiece, the searing record of four decades of Soviet terror and oppression, in one abridged volume, authorized by the author see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Peter the Great more books like this by Robert K Massie add to wishlist "Enthralling . . . As fascinating as any novel and more so than most." The New York Times Book Review The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Bestseller by the author of DREADNOUGHT. Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great, one of the most extraordinary rulers in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.43! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB more books like this by Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin add to wishlist This book is based on secret documents (reportedly about 6 trunks' worth) which were smuggled out of Russia by Vasili Mitrokhin, who worked in the KGB archive. Historian and intelligence expert Christopher Andrew tells of Mitrokhin's disenchantment with the KGB and his effort to to build his own secret archive of information, which he smuggled out ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.64! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Journey Into the Whirlwind more books like this by Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg, P Stevenson (Translator), Max Hayward (Translator) add to wishlist Both witness to and victim of Stalin's reign of terror, a courageous woman tells the full story of her harrowing eighteen-year odyssey through Russia's prisons and labor camps. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Russian Revolution more books like this by Sheila Fitzpatrick add to wishlist The Russian Revolution had a decisive impact on the history of the twentieth century. Now, following the collapse of the Soviet regime and the opening of its archives, it is possible to step back and see the full picture. In this classic work, the author incorporates data from archives that were previously inaccessible not only to Western but also ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.02! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Nicholas & Alexandra. more books like this by Robert K. Massie add to wishlist Nicholas & Alexandra is the internationally famous biography from Pulitzer prize-winner Robert Massie. Massie shows conclusively how the personal curse of the young heir's haemophilia, and the decisive influence it brought Rasputin, became fatally linked with the collapse of Imperial Russia. As an engrossing account of one of the century's most ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire more books like this by David Remnick add to wishlist This work is a narrative of the most momentous event in the post-war world - the end of communism and the subsequent break-up of the Soviet Union. Seen, in some aspects, as a battle between good (personified by Sakharer) and evil (in the form of the Communist Party), the author breathes life into Gorbachev and Yeltsin who are seen as Carylean ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	A History of Russia more books like this by Nicholas Valentine Riasanovsky add to wishlist This work presents the whole span of Russia's history, from the origins of the Kievan state and the building of an empire, to Soviet Russia, the successor states, and beyond. Drawing on both primary sources and major interpretive works, this edition updates its extensive coverage of the social, economic, cultural, political and military events of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.00! \| first editions
9	Inside the Kremlin's Cold War: From Stalin to Krushchev more books like this by Vladislav Zubok, Constantine Pleshakov add to wishlist During the peak years of the Cold War, when the inscrutability of the Kremlin's agenda left many Western observers fearing imminent nuclear war, Americans could only speculate about what Soviet leaders might be thinking and planning. What were the Soviet's true intentions? Did they have a comprehensive strategy in their confrontation with the West ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $17.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Berlin Diaries, 1940-1945 more books like this by Marie Vassiltchikov add to wishlist The secret diaries of a 23-year-old White Russian princess who worked at the German Foreign Office from 1940 to the end of the war provides a unique look at World War II from the German side. 16 page photo insert. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	A People's Tragedy: A History of the Russian Revolution more books like this by Dr. Orlando Figes, Professor Orlando Figes add to wishlist This multi-award book is history on an epic yet human scale. Vast in scope, exhaustive in original research, written with passion, narrative skill, and human sympathy, "A People's Tragedy" offers a profound account of the Russian Revolution for a new generation. "Certain to become one of the seminal studies".--"The Philadelphia Inquirer". Photos. ... see all copies from $11.00! new only from $12.50! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Ten Days That Shook the World more books like this by John Reed add to wishlist In TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD, American journalist John Reed recounts the events of the Bolshevik Revolution in October and November 1917 that brought Lenin and Trotsky to power, establishing the Communist government that would rule the Soviet Union for most of the rest of the 20th century. Present in Petrograd [St. Petersburg] as a reporter ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Land of the Firebird: The Beauty of Old Russia more books like this by Suzanne Massie add to wishlist see all copies from $4.90! new only from $46.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Great Catherine: The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia more books like this by Carolly Erickson, Ph.D. add to wishlist One of the greatest monarchs of all time, Catherine the Great transformed Russia into a major political power, unifying her country and making it a force to be reckoned with in Western Europe. Erickson's precise and skillful biography portrays Catherine as the clever, headstrong empress who created order out of chaos. Photos. see all copies from $2.56! new only from $7.99! \| first editions
15 view cover	Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s more books like this by Sheila Fitzpatrick add to wishlist Here is a pioneeering account of everyday life under Stalin, written by one of our foremost authorities on modern Russain history. Focusing on urban areas in the 1930's, Sheila Fitzpatrick shows that with the adoption of collectivisation and the first Five Year Plan, everyday life was utterly transformed. with the abolition of the market, ... see all copies from $8.11! new only from $13.58! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The First Socialist Society: A History of the Soviet Union from Within, Second Enlarged Edition more books like this by Geoffrey Hosking add to wishlist "The First Socialist Society" is the compelling and often tragic history of what Soviet citizens have lived through from 1917 to the present, told with great sympathy and perception. It ranges over the changing lives of peasants, urban workers, and professionals; the interaction of Soviet autocrats with the people; the character and role of ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $19.88! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Land of the Firebird more books like this by Suzanne Massie add to wishlist see all copies from $4.95! new only from $29.95!
18 view cover	Management accounting more books like this by Anthony A. Atkinson add to wishlist A revision of a visionary introduction to management accounting. This full-color, well-illustrated and heavily supplemented textbook is intended for sophomores or first-year MBAs. Thoroughly modern treatment focuses on the uses of accounting information to assist managers in making decisions in all aspects of their business activities. This book ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Russia: A History more books like this by Gregory L Freeze (Editor) add to wishlist From the formation of the Russian state in the 14th century to the political power struggles of the 1990s and the uncertainties of the new millennium, this new history offers a fresh and systematic account of Russian history across six tumultuous centuries. With greater access to previously unobtainable material, and with the gradual ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.25! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II more books like this by Edvard Radzinsky, Ms. Marian Schwartz (Translator) add to wishlist Last summer this critically acclaimed bestseller garnered media attention that resulted in sales of more than 100,000 copies in hardcover. Russian playwright and historian Radzinsky mines sources never before available--including the tsar's diaries from the age of 14--to create a fascinating portrait of Nicholas II. Photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America--The Stalin Era more books like this by Allen Weinstein, Alexander Vassiliev add to wishlist This study of Soviet espionage in the United States focuses on Americans who, from the '30s through the '50s, passed information to Soviet agents. A New York Times Notable Book. see all copies from $2.18! new only from $13.74! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Soviet Politics 1917-1991 more books like this by Mary McAuley add to wishlist In October 1917 revolution swept away the Tsarist system under which Russia had assimilated its neighbouring states. Led by Lenin, the Communist Party transformed this empire into the Soviet Union, one of the most powerful states the world has known. Under Stalin industrialisation was followed by terror, resistance to Nazi invasion, and the Cold ... see all copies from $7.94! new only from $23.00! \| SVS
23 view cover	Catherine the Great more books like this by Henri Troyat add to wishlist Born a little German princess without a drop of Russian blood in her veins she came to embody Russia and as the country moved from war to war and conquest to conquest it was Catherine who became great. Those who served her throne, or her bed, were well rewarded while the serfs were condemned to ever-worsening conditions. Men were instruments of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.42! \| first editions \| SVS
24	Fear No Evil more books like this by Natan Sharansky, Anatoly Shcharansky, Marty Asher (Editor) add to wishlist The prison memoirs of Soviet dissident and Jewish activist Natan (Anatoly) Sharansky, a truly remarkable story of his nine harrowing years in KGB custody, is told with style and wit by a man whose courage has made him an international hero. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives more books like this by Alan Bullock add to wishlist Alan Bullock's bestselling and monumental masterpiece, now in a revised Second Edition 'It is practically unprecedented to take two such monsters as Hitler and Stalin, who never met, and interweave their lives chronologically, chapter by chapter, often paragraph by paragraph, as Bullock has done!a triumph of organization, lucidity and perspective ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.76! \| first editions \| SVS

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