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Tells the life story of twentieth-century Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, featuring information from previously inaccessible Russian and Ukrainian archives.

Separated from his family when the Germans invade Russia during World War II, a young boy learns to fend for himself and earn a living whenever and however he can.

Chronicles the history of the Soviet concentration camp system--the Gulag--examining its creation, its purposes, the process of prisoner arrest and trial, daily life in the camps, and the reasons the Gulag is not a prominent topic in history.

Recounts the experiences of Shukhov, a prisoner at a Soviet work camp in Siberia, as he struggles for survival.

Ken Alibek tells about his experiences as head of the Soviet biological weapons program, and shares the secrets of what was really going on in the heavily guarded Russian laboratories.

Tells the story of World War II paratrooper Joseph Beyrle, an American soldier presumed dead after D-Day, who, through a series of captures and escapes, became the only man to fight for both the U.S. and Russia against the Nazis.

An illustrated chronicle of the race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to achieve greatness in space exploration, spanning from the earliest research efforts and military interest in rockets to the battle for the moon and eventual cooperation between the nations.

A young girl ignores her parents' wishes and persuades her great-grandmother to relate the story of her escape from czarist Russia.

A collection of one man's photographs of Imperial Russia taken prior to World War I.

Fortunately for Vasilisa the doll in her pocket performed faithfully the tasks Vasilisa could never have done alone.