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D.V. Chernov is an award-winning author of historical and crime fiction. His debut novel Commissar was named Finalist for the prestigious Hemingway International Book Award. D.V. Chernov was born in Omsk, Russia and grew up in the Soviet Union during the final decades of the Cold War before immigrating to the US in 1991. For his crime fiction, Chernov derives inspiration from his 20-year career in the high-tech industry, with his extensive experience lending his thrillers a level of authenticity that is rare in the genre.

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	Commissar: A Novel of Civil War Russia 4.26 avg rating — 42 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Bullitt Mission to Russia: A Forgotten Chapter of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference

Commissar: War and Peace shines light on one of the forgotten “side quests” of the Paris Peace Conference — the secretive US diplomatic mission that both succeeded and failed beyond anyone’s wildest expectations, and shaped Russia’s relationship with the West for over a century, continuing to this day. At the end of February of 1919, […]

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