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1917, post-Russian Revolution, an unlikely and eccentric band of British spies are smuggled into newly Soviet Russia to thwart Lenin's plan to destroy British rule in India, as a precursor...

A thriller, largely based on fact, that tells the inside story of the Rosenberg spy network and the fate of the famous couple that was sentenced to die on the...

Michael Napier describes the naval air power deployed by NATO, Warsaw Pact and neutral countries throughout the Cold War. In 1949, an Iron Curtain was drawn across Europe, and the...

'An impressive patch in the tapestry of written history that points toward the truth.' The Spectator One of the greatest ever sieges is masterfully brought to life by a leading...

A gripping and authoritative account of the year that sealed the fate of the Nazis, from the bestselling historian June 1944. Operation Bagration- the greatest defeat ever suffered by the...

Enriched by extraordinary first-hand accounts, this is a fascinating history of the dying days of the Third Reich as Stalin sought to consolidate his own empire. In January 1945, the...

This book is a rare first-hand account by a ruthlessly efficient German sniper of life and death during the bitter conflict that followed the Nazi invasion of Russia.Its author, Josef...

A fascinating account of the pivotal event of World War II, told through the experiences of the German and Russian soldiers who fought in the battle. Features rare photographs of...

Ryszard Kapuscinski has always displayed an aptitude for being in the right place at the right time. During his career as a foreign correspondent, he has witnessed 27 revolutions and...

Leonid Eitingon was a KGB killer who dedicated his life to the Soviet regime. He was in China in the early 1920s, in Spain during the Civil War, and, crucially,...

The incredible story of the 20th century's superstar ballet dancer, soon to be a major film by Ralph Fiennes Born on a train in Stalin's Russia, Rudolf Nureyev was ballet's...

'[An] excellent account.' - Richard Overy, The Telegraph Shortlisted for the Military History Matters Book of the Year Award 2024 A ground-breaking history of one of the greatest ever sieges....

The book titled The Waking Giant: Soviet Union Under Gorbachev by the author Martin Walker. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'[An] excellent account.' - Richard Overy, The Telegraph Shortlisted for the Military History Matters Book of the Year Award 2024 A ground-breaking history of one of the greatest ever sieges....

This book begins by considering responses by French artists to the First World War, showing how Purism, Dada, and early Surrealism are related to the ethos of post-war reconstruction. The...

The book titled Russia: Dispatches from the "Guardian's" Correspondent in Moscow by the author Martin Walker. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The author has spent the last twelve months in Moscow, interviewing wherever he went, and everywhere finding people eager to exercise their new freedom to speak without fear. From their...

The book titled Gorbachev: Heretic in the Kremlin by the author Dusko Doder. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

From the Wall Street Journal 's award-winning international investigations team comes a spellbinding account of a spy war between the U.S. and Russia that transformed into a ruthless game of...

The book titled The Jews in the Soviet Union from 1917 to the Present: v.2 by the author Nora Levin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

The book titled The Jews in the Soviet Union from 1917 to the Present: v. 1 by the author Nora Levin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...

Between 1925 and 1936 - a dramatic period of transformation within the Soviet Union - Josef Stalin wrote frequently to his trusted friend and political colleague Viachestav Molotov, Politburo member,...

Lenin's politics continue to reverberate around the world even after the end of the USSR. His name elicits revulsion and reverence, yet Lenin the man remains largely a mystery. This...

The book titled Politics and the Soviet Union by the author Mary McAuley. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

At a time when the USSR is in upheaval, and as Communism is swept away, this text aims to illuminate the rapid changes taking place. Organized around the assumption that...

This study offers a personal look at the progenitors of glasnost and perestroika. The book examines the first tremors of change felt during the 1950s thaw and the dissidents and...

He was Russia's greatest playwright. She was the leading actress in Stanislavski's legendary Moscow Art Theatre. Together they created some of the most memorable women ever to grace the stage:...

The book titled Khrushchev on Khrushchev by the author Sergei Khrushchev. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This book is written in English in the style of part-fictionalized autobiography. Vitaliev investigates Mafia-organized crime, prostitution (which does not "officially" exist), corrupt special shops for the party elite, and...

The book titled Utopia in Power: History of the U.S.S.R. from 1917 to the Present by the author Mikhail Geller. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

The book titled The Future Belongs to Freedom by the author Eduard Shevardnadze. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This important book presents Professor Rigby's key writings on the creation of elites in the Soviet Union. It shows how the nomenclature system evolved as a key instrument for directing...

The book titled Stalin: The Glasnost Revelations by the author Walter Laqueur (Center for Strategic and International Studies). This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Sunday Times * Irish Times * Spectator * Financial Times * Telegraph * Aspects of History 'The history book you need if you...

Vitali's fearless journalism made him a national hero in the USSR, as well as a sitting target for the criminals he has helped to convict. In this book he investigates...

Thubron learnt Russian and entered the then Soviet Union in an old Morris Marina in which he camped and drove for almost 10,000 miles between the Baltic and Caucasus. This...

The Soviet Union was founded on a fairytale. It was built on 20th century magic called 'the planned economy', which was going to gush forth an abundance of good things...

The book titled A History of the Russian Secret Service by the author Richard Deacon. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Lenin: The Man Behind the Mask by the author Ronald W. Clark. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A crashed plane becomes a case for a civil servant turned detective, in a classic Cold War thriller A missing plane resurfaces - and so do long-submerged secrets... An RAF...

The most secret of agents are those known as "illegals", the committed professionals who adopt a carefully-crafted false identity and live in a host community as an unsuspected mole, often...

The astonishing inside story of the Wagner Group, the world's deadliest militia " Putin's Sledgehammer provides an in-depth account of, and essential political and economic background to, the story of...

From humble origins, the eminent Russian scientist Nicholas Borodin forged a career in microbiology in the era of Stalin. Pragmatic and dedicated to his work, he accepted the Soviet regime,...

When did Russia lose its chance of freedom? 1990: As a new openness sweeps Russia, a talented young physicist, Boris Nemtsov, begins his career in politics. Charismatic, confident, liberal and...

CNN and TASS, the Soviet news agency, have reached an historic agreement to publish a book of photos and text about the recent coup attempt in the Soviet Union. The...

The book titled Gorbachev by the author Dev Murarka. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Exploring never-before-seen images from the Russian State Film and Photo Archive.