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Pris: 427,-	Makarychev, Andrey Boris Nemtsov and Russian Politics ? Power and Resistance In post-Soviet Russian politics, Boris Nemtsov is one of the most tragic figuresand not only because he was shot dead, at the age of 56, in close vicinity to the Kremlin, the locus of Russias power. The transparency of…	Pris: 353,-	Petersson, Bo The Putin Predicament ? Problems of Legitimacy and Succession in Using the Russian presidents major public addresses as the main source, Bo Petersson analyses the legitimization strategies employed during Vladimir Putins third and fourth terms in office. The argument is that these…
Pris: 823,-	Warner, Elizabeth We Remember, We Love, We Grieve (0299330702) This is a book about death, comprehensive in its discussion of strategies for coping with loss and grief in rural northern Russia. Elizabeth Warner and Svetlana Adonyeva bring forth the voices of those for whom caring…	Pris: 568,-	Ward, Christopher J. Russia (0367858878) This lucid account of Russian and Soviet history presents major trends and events from Kievan Rus? to Vladimir Putin?s presidency in the twenty-first century. Directly addressing controversial topics, this…
Pris: 1 065,-	Tsygankov, Andrei P. Russia's Foreign Policy (1538124068) Now fully updated and revised, this clear and comprehensive text explores the past thirty years of Soviet/ Russian international relations, comparing foreign policy formation under Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Medvedev, and…	Pris: 353,-	Suslov, Mikhail Russia's Ideology of Authenticity ? Varieties of Conservatism in In his timely book, Mikhail Suslov discusses contemporary Russian geopolitical culture and argues that a better knowledge of geopolitical concepts and fantasies is instrumental for understanding Russias policies.…
Pris: 157,-	Mountain of the Dead - The Dyatlov Pass Incident In January 1959, ten experienced young skiers set out for Mount Otorten in the far north of Russia. While one of the skiers fell ill and returned., the remaining nine lost their way and ended up on another mountain slope…	Pris: 693,-	Scott Leonard, Carol Privatization and Transition in Russia in the Early 1990s Few economic events have caused such controversy as the privatization process in Russia. Some see it as the foundation of political and economic freedom. For others it was economics gone wrong, and ended in 'Russians…
Pris: 488,-	Moser, Nat Oil and the Economy of Russia (0367884569) This book examines the development of the Russian economy from tsarist times to the present through the lens of the oil industry. It considers the role of the state, business-state relations,…	Pris: 349,-	Russia'S Dead End
Pris: 200,-	Russia'S Dead End - An Insider's Testimony from Gorbachev to An insider's account of Soviet and Russian politics from Gorbachev's democratizing reforms in the 1980s to the current authoritarian Russia of Putin.	Pris: 313,-	Khodarkovsky, Michael Russia's 20th Century (1350091421) Michael Khodarkovsky?s innovative exploration of Russia's 20th century, through 100 carefully selected vignettes that span the century, offers a fascinating prism through which to view Russian history. Each chosen…
Pris: 278,-	Galeotti, Mark A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country A Library Journal 2020 Title to Watch 'Terrific - and an amazing achievement to cover so much ground in such a short and wonderfully readable book.'	Pris: 130,-	The Tzar's Curious Runaways St Petersburg, Russia 1725. Katinka, a dazzling ballerina with a hunched back, and her friends Alexei the Giant and Nikolai the dwarf are different. That's why they are part of the Tzar's Circus of Curiosities. But the…
Pris: 381,-	Zigon, Jarrett Multiple Moralities and Religions in Post-Soviet Russia In the post-Soviet period morality became a debatable concept, open to a multitude of expressions and performances. From Russian Orthodoxy to Islam, from shamanism to Protestantism, religions of various kinds…	Pris: 279,-	Mad Love - Three Films By Evgenii Bauer (UK-import) Three short films by Evgenii Bauer, one of pre-Soviet Russia's most significant film pioneers. 'Twilight of a Woman's Soul' (1913) demonstrates the director's instinctive mastery of depth composition and his use of…
Pris: 435,-	Weiner, Tim The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare From Tim Weiner, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, an urgent and gripping account of the 75-year battle between the US and Russia that led to the election and impeachment of an American…	Pris: 87,-	Dead Souls Chichikov is willing to relieve their owners of the tax burden by buying the titles for a song. What he does not say is that he then proposes to take out a huge mortgage against these fictitious citizens and buy himself…
Pris: 274,-	Lonely Planet Russia (1786573628) Lonely Planet: The world?s leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Russia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden…	Pris: 1 038,-	Osipian, Ararat The Political Economy of Corporate Raiding in Russia Corporate raiding ? the shocking phenomenon whereby criminals, business rivals and even state bureaucrats visit business headquarters and force owners or staff to transfer business assets, land or property ? is an…
Pris: 343,-	Belton, Catherine Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took on A Sunday Times bestseller A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Named a best book of the year by The Economist Financial Times New Statesman The	Pris: 426,-	Keller, Shoshana Russia and Central Asia (1487594348) Russia and Central Asia provides an overview of the relationship between two dynamic regions, highlighting the ways in which Russia and Central Asia have influenced and been influenced by Europe, Asia, and the Middle…
Pris: 113,-	Foul Play: Dead Ball Russian billionaire Dmitri Tupolev and a mystery Englishman agree to fix an important match in Russia's favour by intimidating the England goalie, Alex Finn. But Alex goes against their wishes. Something is going on with…	Pris: 99,-	Hooligan Escape: The Russian Job (UK-import) Five English football fans have a violent encounter with a group of Russian hooligans at the European Cup. Their fight leaves one man dead and a vengeful Russian with an axe to grind. Two years later, former SAS man Ed…
Pris: 1 166,-	Leigh, Allison Picturing Russia?s Men (1501341790) Winner of the Heldt Prize for Best Book in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Women's and Gender Studies 2021 There was a discontent among Russian men in the nineteenth century that sometimes did not stem from poverty,…	Pris: 301,-	Fuller, William C. Strategy and Power in Russia 1600-1914 (0684863820) ?A pioneering effort to trace the evolution of military power and military strategy of tsarist Russia during the rule of the Romanov dynasty.? ?Richard Pipes, Baird Professor of History, Harvard University
Pris: 269,-	Buckley Christopher Make Russia Great Again (1982157461) The award-winning and bestselling author of Thank You for Smoking delivers a hilarious and whipsmart fake memoir by Herb Nutterman?Donald Trump?s seventh chief of staff?who has written the ultimate tell-all…	Pris: 357,-	Clements, Barbara Evans Russia's Women (0520070240) By ignoring gender issues, historians have failed to understand how efforts to control women - and women's reactions to these efforts - have shaped political and social institutions and thus influenced the course of…
Pris: 691,-	Kagan, F. The Military History of Tsarist Russia (0230602584) The Military History of Tsarist Russia examines Russian military history from the rise of the Muscovite state to the present, even peeking briefly into the future. The volume covers Russia's land forces extensively, but…	Pris: 442,-	Dogangun, Gokten Huriye Gender Politics in Turkey and Russia Both Russia and Turkey were pioneering examples of feminism in the early 20th Century, when the Bolshevik and Republican states embraced an ideology of women?s equality. Yet now these countries have drifted towards…
Pris: 371,-	Dugin, A Civics. for Citizens of the New Russia (5519547645) Russian society has created the Russians, and they will develop, improve it, make happy, harmonious, spiritual, purer. But this is impossible without an understanding of its essence, the stages of its development, the…	Pris: 354,-	The Wehrmacht Experience in Russia (1781581177)
Pris: 507,-	Copleston, Frederick Philosophy in Russia (0855325771) Philosophy in Russia covers its subject broadly and in detail from the eighteenth century to Lenin and beyond into the post-Stalin period. It offers a continuous history of the development of philosophical thought in…	Pris: 259,-	Figes, Orlando Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia The author of A People's Tragedy turns his attention to the culture of Russia, using the lives of writers, artists, and musicians to show how Russia has struggled to define its own soul in the twentieth century. Reprint.…
Pris: 1 368,-	Balci, Bayram Turkey, Russia and Iran in the Middle East (3030802906) This book explores the complexity of the Syrian question and its effects on the foreign policies of Russia, Iran, and Turkey. The Syrian crisis has had a major effect on the regional order in the Middle East. Syria has…	Pris: 338,-	Kolsto, Pal Russia Before and After Crimea (1474433898) Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 brought East West relations to a low. But, by selling the annexation in starkly nationalist terms to grassroots nationalists, Putin's popularity reached record heights. This volume…
Pris: 476,-	Lieven Dominic The Cambridge History of Russia: Volume 2, Imperial Russia, The second volume of The Cambridge History of Russia covers the imperial period (1689?1917). It encompasses political, economic, social, cultural, diplomatic, and military history. All the major Russian social groups…	Pris: 556,-	Tolz Vera Russia (0340677058) The question of national identity is central to the future of Russia. This extensive analysis, spans three centuries of Russian cultural history to place post-communist Russia within a broad historical background. The…
Pris: 377,-	Dunayevskaya Raya Russia: From Proletarian Revolution To State-capitalist From her prominent role as Leon Trotsky's secretary, to the agitational and educational work conducted by her organisation News and Letters, the impact of Raya Dunayevskaya's thinking on the Left in the United States was…	Pris: 268,-	Witte, Vladimir von The Witte System in Russia (9529428308) The Witte System in Russia - Airline Baron and Railway Count Vladimir von Witte toimi Finnairin Moskovan ja Leningradin toimistojen johtajana eri vakansseilla. Tältä ajalta von Witte kertoo mieleenpainuvimpia…
Pris: 401,-	Christian, David A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia, Volume II This is Volume One of 'A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia', covering from the time of the first inhabitants in the region right up to the Mongol Empire in the 13th century of the modern era. Inner Eurasia, as…	Pris: 314,-	Bolan, Paul Thieves in Law: Organized Crime in Post-Soviet Russia Organized crime in Russia began in the imperial period of the Tsars, but it was not until the Soviet era that vory v zakone ('thieves-in-law') emerged as leaders of prison groups in gulags, and their honor code became…
Pris: 347,-	Graney, Katherine Russia, the Former Soviet Republics, and Europe Since 1989 Nearly three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, early hopes for the integration of the post-Soviet states into a 'Europe whole and free' seem to have been decisively dashed. Europe itself is in the midst of a…	Pris: 490,-	A Comparative Analysis of Business Corruption in Russia and China