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Doctor Zhivago

1991
Presents the classic story of Dr. Zhivago and Lara who fall in love in the midst of the turmoil of the Russian Revolution.

Darkness at noon

1961
An aging revolutionary is imprisoned and tortured by the party to which he has dedicated his life.

Nicholas and Alexandra

1985
An intimate account of the last of the Romanovs and the fall of Imperial Russia--Cover.

War and peace

1968
An epic novel featuring the Russian role in the Napoleonic wars and providing a complex panorama of the life of the time.

Anastasia, czarina or fake?

opposing viewpoints
1989
Examines the life of the daughter of the czar who ruled during the Russian Revolution and discusses the question of whether she escaped or was killed along with the rest of her family.

Peter the Great

1999
A biography of the tsar who began the transformation of Russia into a modern state in the late seventeenth-early eighteenth centuries.

Georgia to Georgia

making friends in the U.S.S.R.
1991
On a visit to promote friendship and understanding between Soviets and Americans, a young boy from Atlanta, Georgia observes life in the Soviet republic of Georgia.

Christmas in Russia

2001
Looks at Christmas in Russia, emphasizing the customs and traditions unique to the people who live there. Includes recipes, craft ideas, and music.

Russian girl

life in an old Russian town
1994
Text and photographs describe the life of a nine-year-old girl and her family in the small Russian city of Suzdal.

Catherine the Great

2004
This is a biography of the German princess who became the absolute ruler of the Russian empire and won for herself the reputation of being a great enlightened monarch.

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