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  • Sincerity after Communism

    A Cultural History

    by Ellen Rutten ...
    Series series Eurasia Past and Present
    A compelling study of “new sincerity” as a powerful cultural practice, born in perestroika-era Russia, and how it interconnects with global social and media flowsThe global cultural practice of a “new sincerity” in literature, media, art, design, fashion, film, and architecture grew steadily in the wake of the Soviet collapse. Cultural historian Ellen Rutten traces the rise and proliferation of a ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Memory, Conflict and New Media

    Web Wars in Post-Socialist States

    Edited by Ellen Rutten, Julie Fedor, Vera Zvereva ...
    Series series Media, War and Security
    This book examines the online memory wars in post-Soviet states – where political conflicts take the shape of heated debates about the recent past, and especially World War II and Soviet socialism.To this day, former socialist states face the challenge of constructing national identities, producing national memories, and relating to the Soviet legacy. Their pasts are principally intertwined: ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

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  • Lost Years

    Memories of my forgotten homeland

    by Margarete G. Mueller ...
    Margarete traces her long journey from childhood in East Prussia, to the years in Russian prison camps, and her new beginning in Canada. A remarkable story of insight, courage, inspiration, love and forgiveness."I believe that you must have an understanding of the past to make sense of the present. We are truly the sum of all our experiences, good and bad. Everything that I have experienced has ... Read more

    $7.27 USD

  • Emigration to and from the German-Russian Volga Colonies

    by D. Philipp Kaiser ...
    'Emigration to and from the German-Russian Volga Colonies' covers the emigration of the "Catherine the Great" Germans into the Volga River area in the mid to late 1700's, the movement of the Volga German-Russians further east of the Volga River into Russia's Steppes, the western exodus of the Volga German-Russians to the United States, Canada, Germany, Brazil and Argentina in the late 1800's and ... Read more

    $1.49 USD

  • The Albanians

    A Modern History

    by Miranda Vickers ...
    This is the first full account of a country that, following decades of isolation, has undergone unprecedented changes to its political system: the collapse of communism, the progression to multi-party elections and the upheaval that followed the March 1997 uprising. Miranda Vickers traces the history of the Albanian people from the Ottoman period to the formation of the Albanian Communist Party. ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • A Physician Under the Nazis

    Memoirs of Henry Glenwick

    Edited by David Glenwick ...
    A Physician Under the Nazis are the memoirs of the first forty years (1909-1948) of the life of Henry Glenwick. It focuses on his experiences as a physician in Russian-occupied Ukraine after the outbreak of World War II, his return to the Warsaw ghetto, and his subsequent journey through labor and concentration camps in Poland and Germany. Following a post-war period in Displaced Persons camps in ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • Gorbachev-The Rise and Fall of a Hero

    by I D Oppenhiem ...
    From the author of Gulf-Diary of the Microchip War.This concise history, also re-edited by the author of the original 1991 paperback, whilst not intended as a biography, charts the meteoric rise of Mikhail Gorbachev through the ranks of the Communist Party but primarily covers events during the 1991 August coup that shook the world, and the follow on effects this had on the USSR.The title ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Melchior Wankowicz

    Poland’s Master of the Written Word

    by Aleksandra Ziólkowska-Boehm ...
    In Melchior Wankowicz: Poland’s Master of the Written Word, Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm examines the life and writing of famous Polish writer Melchior Wankowicz, author of legendary work “The Battle of Monte Cassino”.Acclaimed by his readers and critics alike, Melchior Wankowicz was famous for creating his theory of reportage, i.e. the “mosaic method” where the events of many people were implanted ... Read more

    $49.39 USD

  • IGOR

    by Anthony Wayman ...
    The portrayal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War period was usually unflattering yet, following the death of Joseph Stalin, the Cold War might not have been quite so cold had a more balanced approach been adopted by the West as there was a genuine desire by the new administration for a better relationship.IGOR is an account of the experiences of a uniquely talented young Russian which the ... Read more

    $5.36 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Women in Russia

    From Earliest Times to the Present

    by Barbara Evans Clements ...
    A survey of the key political, economic, social, and cultural developments in Russian women's history from 900 to 2010, and their impact on the nation.Synthesizing several decades of scholarship by historians East and West, Barbara Evans Clements traces the major developments in the history of women in Russia and their impact on the history of the nation. Sketching lived experiences across the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tanks and Combat Vehicles of the Warsaw Pact

    Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact, #1

    by Russell Phillips ...
    Series Book 1 - Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact
    When East and West survived on a knife-edge between peace and war, both sides were busy preparing themselves for military action. But what exactly would NATO's troops have faced if the Cold War had suddenly turned hot?Tanks and Combat Vehicles of the Warsaw Pact is a fascinating reference book looking at the wide variety of combat vehicles which were poised and ready for action throughout the long ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Book Without Photographs

    by Sergei Shargunov ...
    Sergei Shargunov's A Book Without Photographs follows the young journalist and activist through selected snapshots from different periods of his remarkable life. Through memories both sharp and vague, we see scenes from Shargunov's Soviet childhood, his upbringing in the family of a priest; his experience of growing up during the fall of empire and studying journalism at Moscow State University; ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus