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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 £4.95! new only from £9.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
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 £4.94! new only from £7.70! \| signed copies \| first editions
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 £3.08! new only from £7.82! \| first editions
4	Gulag: A History more books like this by Anne Applebaum add to wishlist The Gulag entered the world's historical consciousness in 1972, with the publication of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's epic history of the Soviet camps, "The Gulag Archipelago." Applebaum has undertaken a fully documented history of the Soviet camp system, from its origins in the Russian Revolution to its collapse in the era of glasnost. Two 16 page ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.51! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia more books like this by Dr. Orlando Figes add to wishlist The award-winning author of "A Peoples Tragedy" and "Natashas Dance" has written this landmark account of what private life was like for Russians in the worst years of Soviet repression. see all copies from £8.05! new only from £10.76! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	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 £5.57! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
7	Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia more books like this by Dr. Orlando Figes add to wishlist A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from £1.79! new only from £7.19! \| first editions
8	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 £1.24! new only from £7.44! \| first editions
9	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 £1.24! new only from £4.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	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 £1.24! new only from £6.19! \| first editions
11 view cover	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 £5.57! new only from £24.76! \| first editions
12 view cover	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 £6.19! new only from £14.86! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Stalingrad more books like this by Antony Beevor add to wishlist A narrative history of the decisive battle of World War II. In June 1941 Hitler overruled the advice of his general staff and ordered the German army to invade the Soviet Union. After meeting with phenomenal early success--which brought them within 25 miles of Moscow by the summer of 1942--the German forces became bogged down in an extended siege ... see all copies from £1.39! new only from £7.91! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	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 £5.57! new only from £9.26! \| first editions
15 view cover	A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev more books like this by Vladislav Zubok add to wishlist This book features the Cold War from the Soviet side. In this widely praised book, Vladislav Zubok argues that Western interpretations of the Cold War have erred by exaggerating either the Kremlin's pragmatism or its aggressiveness. Explaining the interests, aspirations, illusions, fears, and misperceptions of the Kremlin leaders and Soviet elites ... see all copies from £9.20! new only from £9.20!
16 view cover	Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America more books like this by Mr. John Earl Haynes, Mr. Harvey Klehr, Alexander Vassiliev add to wishlist This stunning book, based on KGB archives that have never come to light before, provides the most complete account of Soviet espionage in America ever written. In 1993, former KGB officer Alexander Vassiliev was permitted unique access to Stalin-era records of Soviet intelligence operations against the United States. Years later, living in Britain ... see all copies from £19.16! new only from £19.16!
17 view cover	Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000 more books like this by Stephen Kotkin add to wishlist Featuring extensive revisions to the text as well as a new introduction and epilogue-bringing the book completely up to date on the tumultuous politics of the previous decade and the long-term implications of the Soviet collapse-this compact, original, and engaging book offers the definitive account of one of the great historical events of the ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.27! \| first editions
18 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 £11.14! new only from £12.07! \| first editions
19 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 £1.24! new only from £6.13! \| first editions
20 view cover	Young Stalin more books like this by Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist The companion to the acclaimed "Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar" delivers the revelatory account that finally unveils the shadowy journey from obscurity to power of the man who, along with Hitler, personifies evil. 32 pages of photographs. see all copies from £1.25! new only from £1.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia more books like this by Tim Tzouliadis add to wishlist Tzouliadis presents this remarkable piece of forgotten history--the story of how thousands of Americans were lured to Soviet Russia by the promise of jobs and better lives only to meet a tragic and, until now, forgotten end. see all copies from £6.70! new only from £7.36! \| first editions
22	Land of the Firebird: The Beauty of Old Russia more books like this by Suzanne Massie add to wishlist see all copies from £7.36! new only from £29.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 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 £5.98! new only from £9.28! \| first editions
24 view cover	High Noon in the Cold War: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Cuban Missile Crisis more books like this by Max Frankel add to wishlist A Pulitzer Prize-winning Author One of the giants of American journalism now re-creates an unforgettable time in which the whole world feared extinction. Max Frankel captures the Cuban Missile Crisis in a new light, from inside the hearts and minds of the famous men who provoked and, in the nick of time, resolved the confrontation. see all copies from £6.18! new only from £16.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Behind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia's City of Steel more books like this by John Scott add to wishlist "Students reading Scott have come away with a real appreciation of the hardships under which these workers built Magnitogorsk and of the nearly incredible enthusiasm with which many of them worked." -- Ronald Grigor Suny "A genuine grassroots account of Soviet life -- a type of book of which there have been far too few." -- William Henry ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £14.23! \| first editions

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