Books

The Romanovs ruled a sixth of the world’s surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world’s greatest empire? And how did they lose it all?

Nearly thirty years after the fall of the USSR, the word "Soviet" should be meaningless. Strangely, though, it endures, former Soviet environs define themselves for or against it. Does that experience mean anything today? This book attempts to find out.

First published in 1963, this unique and pioneering anthology contains over sixty selections from the finest of Russia’s medieval authors, much of the material published in this anthology has never before been available in English. 

A detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the Marc Chagall, covering his cultural and historical importance and a concise biography with approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions

A vivid and illuminating novel about faith, fate, and freedom against the backdrop of 1970s Soviet life, Lost Believers is an unforgettable journey.

In Lenin, Lars T. Lih presents a striking new interpretation of Lenin’s political beliefs and strategies. A vivid, non-ideological portrait, Lenin is an essential look at one of the key figures of modern history.

Bird traces Dostoevsky’s path from his harsh childhood through his years as a political revolutionary and finally to his development into a writer, who fought his battles through the printed word.

Setting aside clichés of Tchaikovsky as a tortured homosexual and naively confessional artist, hits book paints a new and vivid portrait of the composer that weaves together insights into his music with a sensitive account of his inner emotional life.

In Leon Trotsky, Paul Le Blanc delves deep into Trotsky’s life and relationships to reveal and make sense of his complex character and decisive actions.

Off Nevsky Prospect plunges the reader into the world of Leningrad's dissident artists under Gorbachev.

The more you watch Moscow, the more it looks like a huge chameleon that keeps changing its face and it isn’t always pretty.  Explore this fabled and troubled city’s darkest recesses though 14 short stories.

Death of the Red Rider