soviet union

A comparatiave study of violence and terror in the French and Russian revolutions, looking at the similarities between the 1789 and 1917 uprisings, and considering the role of vengeance, resistance, and religion in fueling the conflicts.

A companion volume to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's exhibition, chronicling the experiences of more than two thousand Polish Jewish refugees who escaped to safety only months before the Nazis began their campaign to exterminate the Jews of Europe.

Examines the history, geography, and society of the Soviet Union.

Presents the numbers one through ten in Russian, using each number to introduce concepts about the Soviet Union and Russian culture.

A ten-year-old from Maine describes her trip to Russia at the invitation of Yuri Andropov after writing him a letter expressing her fears about a nuclear war.

An introduction to the people and their way of life in the largest country in the world.