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Little did newly-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin know that, as soon as he came to power, he would be sharing th......more
Little did newly-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin know that, as soon as he came to power, he would be sharing th......more
Russian dissident, former world chess champion and human rights activist Garry Kasparov argues that the invasion of Ukra......more
Beginning with the 1881 Itinerant Art Exhibition, this book examines the history of modern Russia through the paintings ......more
Beginning with the 1881 Itinerant Art Exhibition, this book examines the history of modern Russia through the paintings ......more
Charlotte Alston’s important new study explores the relationship between Russian anti-state activists and western public......more
Foreign Policy Best Book of 2023 Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2023 The "riveting" (The Economist), secret story of the h......more
The astonishing inside story of the Wagner Group, the world’s deadliest militia. In July 2023, the Wagner Group assemble......more
In April 1986 a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Flames lit up the sky and radiation escaped to......more
A New Imperial History of Northern Eurasia, 1700-1918 proposes a new language for studying and conceptualizing the space......more
This book draws on the latest scholarship and archival research to examine the story of the Soviet Union and race. It lo......more
This book draws on the latest scholarship and archival research to examine the story of the Soviet Union and race. It lo......more
Between 1970 and 1986, countries around the world expelled hundreds of Soviet officials and personnel for espionage or o......more
An intriguing journey that encompasses travelogue, history and detective story....more
Paris has long been the world’s most popular destination and, in the view of many, the world’s most beautiful city - the......more
The Armenian world was shattered by the 1915 genocide. Not only were thousands of lives lost but families were displaced......more
The Civil War and early Soviet food policies left millions of children homeless and starving in Russia in the first half......more
During the first decade of the 20th century, France led the way in aircraft design and achievements. After the outbreak ......more
A poignant and deeply researched history of gay oppression in the USSR. In 1934, Joseph Stalin enacted sodomy laws, unle......more
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Cold has long been a fixture of Russian identity both within and beyond the borders of Russia and the Soviet Union, even......more
With the Russian annexation of Crimea in March 2014 - 160 years after the Crimean War - the peninsula has come to the ge......more
With the Russian annexation of Crimea in March 2014 - 160 years after the Crimean War - the peninsula has come to the ge......more
Through 30 interpretative essays, The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Russian Revolution sees an international team of leadin......more
Putin’s war has meant the return of the Russian intelligentsia-a concept that was all but dead in the first decade of th......more
Putin’s war has meant the return of the Russian intelligentsia-a concept that was all but dead in the first decade of th......more
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Nobility Lost is a cultural history of the Seven Years’ War in French-claimed North America, focused on the meanings of ......more
Much has been written to try to understand the ideological characteristics of the current Russian government, as well as......more
Much has been written to try to understand the ideological characteristics of the current Russian government, as well as......more
Between the end of WWII and the end of the Cold War, the international roles of France and Great Britain changed dramati......more
If America’s attempt to push back communism in Vietnam is undoubtedly the most well-known of Asian wars, it was preceded......more
This monograph provides the first substantial analysis of the visual arts commissioned by Scots in France prior to Mary ......more
- A new English-language contribution to Moscow’s architectural history, newly researched and detailing the history of o......more
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The paradoxes of nineteenth-century colonialism in the Middle East revealed through the accounts of three working class ......more
Murder in a cathedral, horrific illnesses and deformities, narrow escapes from injury and death, a vengeful dragon, a wa......more
Matchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France uncovers the unexplored history of matrimonial agents, t......more
Murder in a cathedral, horrific illnesses and deformities, narrow escapes from injury and death, a vengeful dragon, a wa......more
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This timely text charts the metamorphosis of Russian media and culture in the 21st century. It considers how, when Vladi......more
This timely text charts the metamorphosis of Russian media and culture in the 21st century. It considers how, when Vladi......more
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When Ukrainian journalist Iuliia Mendel got the call she had been hired to work for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, she h......more
A sweeping history of intimacy and family life in France during the age of revolution The French Revolution and Napoleon......more
When a Parisian crowd stormed the Bastille in July 1789, it triggered an event of global consequence: the overthrow of t......more
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The complete war memoirs of the resistance leader Charles de Gaulle, who led France out of its darkest hour during the N......more
How do ordinary people navigate the intense uncertainty of the onset of war? Different individuals mobilize in different......more
Stalin’s Quest for Gold tells the story of Torgsin, a chain of retail shops established in 1930 with the aim of raising ......more
The French countryside is as beloved by the many millions of tourists who visit it each year as it is of French people t......more
This unique exploration of Russian prose fiction about the Soviet labour camp system since the Stalin era compares repre......more
This unique exploration of Russian prose fiction about the Soviet labour camp system since the Stalin era compares repre......more
From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Gates of Europe, "a singularly fascinating account of Russian national......more
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"Armchair historians in particular will appreciate McAuliffe’s readable yet detailed history supplemented with illustrat......more
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A ground-breaking new study that transforms our understanding of one of the most famous battles of the Second World War,......more
The education and technological centre of Russia, Akademgorodok in Siberia is home to the state university, 35 research ......more
An exploration of the pivotal shift on the Eastern Front during World War II, highlighting how the Red Army’s mechanized......more
In 1991, the Cold War ended in a bloodless victory for NATO. After 70 years of a grueling, nuclear-tinged Cold War, comm......more
The first English-language biography of Henri Bergson, the French philosopher who defined individual creativity and tran......more
Sure to appeal to all students of medieval warfare, this book describes and illustrates the French armies fighting Engla......more
A fascinating analysis of the battle between Great Britain and France to ensure French ships were kept out of German han......more
From the award-winning author of The Island of Extraordinary Captives, the riveting, untold true story of the botanists ......more
Desiring Whiteness uncovers the intertwined histories of commercial sex and racial politics in France and the French Emp......more
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This book delves into the representation of the indigenous "Peoples of the North" in Soviet cinema and TV from the 1920s......more
An accessible and expansive introduction to Ukraine that addresses the country’s relations with the West and Russia, as ......more
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A timely and deeply moving memoir of a Ukrainian family and the country’s tumultuous history In the Ukrainian city of Po......more
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The People’s Revolution of 1789 analyzes the historic events that unleashed a vast panoply of anarchic, destructive, and......more
"Tropical Despotisms examines efforts to cultivate a new patriotic community rooted in the Enlightenment principles of h......more
"Examines the origins, development, and impact of the French Army’s strategy of Pacification during the Algerian War of ......more
In Louis XIV’s New France, colonial authorities attempted to reproduce French regal authority in novel ways, often by pe......more
In Louis XIV’s New France, colonial authorities attempted to reproduce French regal authority in novel ways, often by pe......more
A delicious invitation into one of the largest Médoc vineyards owned by the Rothschild family Château Clarke, a vast est......more
In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not a ’riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma’: we......more
From the summer of 1870 to the spring of 1871, Paris and its people were forced into surrender by Germans and imperiled ......more
An illustrated account of one of the most pivotal events in modern history - the Russian revolution of 1917. In the earl......more