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Olenin, a young Russian nobleman who is disillusioned with Moscow society, decides to seek a simpler life in the society of the Cossacks.

Events in 1917 had an impact on the course of World War I. This book is about the second half of World War I details the effects of the political revolution in Russia and the entry of the United States into the war. Find out how fresh U.S. forces helped bring the war to a conclusion and an armistice, or agreement to stop fighting, with Germany..

An English translation of Leo Tolstoy's classic epic novel about the lives of five aristocratic families in Moscow and St. Petersburg against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars of 1805 to 1814.

Investigating a World War II Russian sniper who was hunted by both Stalin and Hitler, former marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger wonders why such pains were taken to erase the woman's records before finding himself targeted by an unknown adversary.

When the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck.

Presents the memoirs of Walter Krivitsky, who chronicles his involvement with Russia's dangerous OGPU, his role in Stalin's dictatorship, and his defection to America.

A comprehensive narrative of the siege of Leningrad by Adolf Hitler's armies in September 1941, his plan of eradicating the entire population of the city, and the determination of the Soviet people to persevere.

Recounts the violent end of the Romanov Dynasty and examines the claims of a young woman who, after a failed suicide attempt, told doctors she was Grand Duchess Anastasia, daughter of Nicolas II of Russia, who was supposedly killed with the rest of the royal family in 1918.

Reprints the 1918 diary of Tsaritsa Alexandra, providing insight into her thoughts about her children, her husband Tsar Nicholas, and the revolution sweeping Russia; covering a period that ranges from January 1 until the night of her death in July.