Russian Federation

Russia (Росси́я), officially known as the Russian Federation (Росси́йская Федера́ция), is a sovereign state in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic. At 17,125,200 square kilometres (6,612,100 sq mi), it is the largest country in the world, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Russia is the world's ninth most populous country with over 144 million people at the end of 2015. Extending across the entirety of northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms. From ...more

Suffering Victory: Soviet Liberals and the Failure of Democracy in Russia, 1987–1993
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Marlène Laruelle
Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance from Syria to Ukraine
Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation
The Return of Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin
Le Mage du Kremlin
Russia and the Russians: A History
Russia: A History
Russia Under Putin: Fragile State and Revisionist Power
A Time to Die: The Untold Story of the Kursk Tragedy
Who Lost Russia?: How the World Entered a New Cold War
Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare
Goodbye to Russia: A Personal Reckoning from the Ruins of War
Intent to Destroy: Russia’s Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine
Overreach
Into Siberia by Gregory J. WallanceBaboushka and the Three Kings by Ruth RobbinsThe Endless Steppe by Esther HautzigThe Tale of Tsar Saltan by Alexander PushkinThe Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Arthur Ransome
Tour of Russia
92 books — 23 voters
The Bronze Horseman by Paullina SimonsTatiana and Alexander by Paullina SimonsAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoySwan Song by Katy RegneryMeredith by Charlene Raddon
Romance: Novels Set in Russia
78 books — 3 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyLolita by Vladimir NabokovCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyDoctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Authors Born in Russia
6 books — 4 voters
Sovietistan by Erika FatlandThe Third Rome by Mikhail AgurskyThe Invention of Russia by Arkady OstrovskyNo Place for Russia by William H. HillZhirinovsky by Vladimir I. Solovyov
Understanding contemporary Russia
32 books — 3 voters


William Gibson
“ You’re too young to remember it,” Verity's mother said, “but we were expecting nuclear war all the time, really, up into my early thirties. Later, all of that felt unreal. But the feeling that things became basically okay turns out to have actually been what was unreal. ...more ”
― William Gibson, Agency

Clark Zlotchew
“ The door suddenly opened. A leggy young brunette took two steps into the office and stopped short. Her brown eyes widened, she hastily excused herself and turned to leave. Pérez’s jaw dropped as he looked up at her high heels and ankles. He crawled out from under the desk and turned questioningly to his partner. Thorne didn't hesitate. He took one swift stride from behind, clamped a hand tightly over her mouth, and pulled her back into the room, disregarding her wildly flailing legs and frantic ...more ”
― Clark Zlotchew, The Caucasian Menace

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