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Rasputin

a life
1990
Recounts the life of Rasputin from his his Siberian origins to his position at the right hand of Nicholas and Alexandra and ending with his murder.

Russia under the Bolshevik regime

1994
History of Russia covering the period from the outbreak of the Civil War in 1918 to the death of Lenin in 1924.

Transforming Russia

1682 to 1991
1992
Traces the history of Russia from the late seventeenth-early eighteenth century reign of Peter the Great through the establishment of a new republic in 1991.

Stalin's shadow

inside the family of one of the world's greatest tyrants
1994
Follows four generations of the Alliluyevs, from the 1860s to the present day, with personal accounts by the dictator's descendants.

Openings

original essays by contemporary Soviet and American writers
1990
Features the work of seven Soviet and seven American writers.

Czars

Russia's rulers for more than one thousand years
1995
Discusses the reigns of the czars and czarinas who ruled Russia.

Soviet communism from reform to collapse

1995
A collection of documents and essays that examine the fall of communism in the former Soviet Union during the Gorbachev era, addressing economic and technological changes and resurgence of nationalism and ethnic conflicts.

Night of stone

death and memory in twentieth-century Russia
2001
Explores how Russia's volatile past has affected the everyday lives of its citizens.

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