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Condition remarks: **RUSSIAN TEXT ONLY** Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: No issues noted. Usual shelf-wear. At...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew cities on earth carry the weight of history as visibly as Moscow, where every façade, tower, and spire tells the story of a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew cultural institutions rival the splendour of the Moscow Kremlin, a fortress-palace that has served as the beating heart of Russian power and artistry for...

Author: Karl Schloegel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 928 An encyclopedic and richly detailed history of everyday life in the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union is gone, but its ghostly...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed work of architectural history, this volume chronicles the remarkable built heritage of Moscow spanning nearly a century...

The Secret Museum is a unique treasure trove of the most intriguing artifacts hidden away in museum archives from all over the world - curated, brought to light, and brought...

In this elegant gothic horror tale set in post-revolutionary Russia, two formerly aristocratic sisters race to uncover their family's long-buried secrets in a house haunted by a past dangerous -...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodStep inside one of the world's greatest repositories of Russian art — the legendary Tretyakov Gallery in the heart of Moscow. The Tretyakov Gallery...

The Russian Revolution seized a backward, violent, peasant country and turned it into the world's first "worker's state". This book utilizes newly-opened files in Moscow and other cities to find...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: good. Page Condition: good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible. A landmark work of first-hand historical testimony, Moscow Under Lenin...

Author: Warren PerryBinding: HardbackPublished: Science Museum of Victoria, 1972Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the first hundred years of the Science Museum of Victoria, detailing...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Good. Few civilisations have endured as much turbulence, transformation, and triumph as Russia,...

The definitive history, now revised and updated with a new final chapter covering Russia's role in the world in 2020 Russia's recent past has encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Poor. Jacket: Damaged: Chipped and worn with some moderate damage — dust jacket is heavily worn, chipped at edges, torn and fragile, with significant yellowing...

Author: Calvin TomkinsBinding: HardbackPublished: LONGMAN, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling non-fiction work chronicles the fascinating genesis and evolution of one of the world's most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the smoky factories and cramped tenements of late nineteenth-century Moscow, a profound human transformation was underway — one that would reshape the destiny...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsA rigorous work of Cold War historiography, Contemporary History in the Soviet Mirror examines how Soviet...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA foundational reference work in the field of archival science and Soviet studies, Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the USSR: Moscow and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly curated art reference volume, Claude Monet: Paintings In Soviet Museums presents a comprehensive survey of the Impressionist master's...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some minor wear to edges and corners. Page Condition: yellowed with age. Markings: No markings. Binding: intact. A comprehensive work of...

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From the Carpathians in the west to the Greater Khingan range in the east, a huge, flat expanse dominates the Eurasian continent. Here, over more than a thousand years, the...

Through the centuries, Russia has swung sharply between successful expansionism, catastrophic collapse, and spectacular recovery. This illuminating history traces these dramatic cycles of boom and bust from the late Neolithic...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt the height of Stalin's transformative grip on the Soviet Union, Maurice Hindus — one...

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'A gripping thriller and Belkin is a character many readers will want to encounter again' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Remarkable ... If only all first novels were as enthralling as this'...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of Soviet-era dissident literature, Red Square at Noon chronicles the extraordinary act of protest carried out on August...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A (paperback/pamphlet with card covers). Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good — spine intact, no loose pages. A remarkable piece of anarchist...

Author: David PiperBinding: PaperbackPublished: Cambridge, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis comprehensive guide, Fitzwilliam: Handbook To The Fitzwilliam Museum, presents...

Tells a highly visual and accessible story of Virginia, and its importance in the history of America, from the late 1500s to the early 21st century. The story of Virginia...

This collection by Australia's leading writers, scholars and activists discuss the ways in which we record, preserve and sometimes re-create our histories and how the power of memory and the...

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'A gripping thriller and Belkin is a character many readers will want to encounter again' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Remarkable ... If only all first novels were as enthralling as this'...

The Berlin Blockade has begun and Soviet aggression threatens to ignite a new conflict. Auguste Duchene finds himself part of a Cold War that is on the brink of turning...

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Thank the stars for the world's eccentric collectors; hoarders of objects beautiful, strange or downright odd. It is these documentors of the great and trivial - who want to show...

Author: Calvin TomkinsBinding: HardbackPublished: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has minor wear and tear along some edges, page...

A dramatic, minute-by-minute account of one of the most shattering events of the Cold War, from an award-winning historian On the morning of 26 April 1986 Europe witnessed the worst...

Author: Victor KomissarzhevskyBinding: HardbackPublished: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1959Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn, faded and discoloured DJ. Tanning and...

Michael Calvey's story starts with a dawn raid on his Moscow apartment by armed FSB agents, following accusations of embezzlement relating to a commercial deal turned sour. In truth, no...