After failing as a novelist and botching his own suicide attempt Sergei Maksudov tries life as a playwrite in Moscow, but things go awry when the egos of actors, the jealousy of the critics, the comunist censors, and other influences take hold over the production.
Traces the history of revolutionary Russia through primary source documents, revealing the events that occurred between 1917 and the 1930s, and including news articles, government documents, memoirs, diaries, photographs, and facsimiles.
changing images of the U.S. in Pravda political cartoons, 1917-1991
McKenna, Kevin J
2001
Examines the depiction of America by political cartoons in the Soviet Union's newspaper "Pravda" from its founding in 1912 to its final days in 1991, presenting analysis, nearly one hundred cartoon examples, and tables reflecting changing themes and trends.
Profiles some of the women, including two Russians, who have had important roles in space exploration and provides a brief history of the U.S. space program.
An account of the life of the man who shaped the Soviet Union, from pre-revolutionary Russia to its evolution as a superpower and the descent of the "Iron Curtain.".
Chronicles the events and developments leading up to the Soviets' launch of Sputnik I and discusses how the launch affected the shape of the twentieth century.
