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Russian History

The history of Russia begins with that of the Eastern Slavs and the Finno-Ugric peoples.

Various states have existed in this region, including the Garðaríki ("the realm of towns"), Kievan Rus', Muscovy, Russia, the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Federation. ...more

Most Read This Week Tagged "Russian History"

Patriot: A Memoir
The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West
Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union
The Story of Russia
The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962
The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History
The Shortest History of the Soviet Union
The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War
Stalin's War: A New History of World War II
Killer in the Kremlin: The Explosive Account of Putin's Reign of Terror
Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921
Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West
Putin: His Life and Times
Hitler and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War
New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
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Russian History Books

A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
The Romanovs, 1613-1918
Peter the Great: His Life and World
Gulag: A History
The Romanovs: The Final Chapter
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire
Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine
Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia
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I Love My Doctor, But... by Lawrence W. GoldPerestroika by Harpal BrarAnother View of Stalin by Ludo MartensEconomic Problems of Socialism in the U.S.S.R. by Joseph StalinSoviet Democracy by Pat Sloan
The Stalin Society
14 books — 8 voters
Catherine the Great by Robert K. MassieSophie - A Most Unlikely Empress by Jacqueline HinesMen on White Horses by Annette MotleyEmpress of the Night by Eva Stachniak
Catherine the Great
4 books — 6 voters

The Kitchen Boy by Robert AlexanderRomanov by Nadine BrandesThe Lost Crown by Sarah MillerAnastasia and Her Sisters by Carolyn MeyerLast Waltz by Judith Welsh
Romanov Fiction that Should be Made into Movies
11 books — 11 voters
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve BrusatteI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraFascism by Madeleine K. AlbrightEnlightenment Now by Steven PinkerChildren of Nazis by Tania Crasnianski
Historical Nonfiction 2018
217 books — 51 voters

The Wars of the Roses by Dan JonesIsabella by Kirstin DowneyEveryday Life in Medieval London by Toni MountNapoleon by Andrew RobertsBlood Royal by Eric Jager
History Books 2014
129 books — 141 voters
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking by Anya von BremzenThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovNatasha's Dance by Orlando FigesEastern Approaches by Fitzroy MacleanMoscow, 1937 by Karl Schlögel
America and Russia 1937
23 books — 3 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Russian History”

Henri Troyat
“ نخستین اشعه ی روز همیشه او را آماده برای پذیرفتن خوشبختی و کار می یابد، که اولی بدون دومی برایش میسر نیست. ”
― Henri Troyat, Catherine the Great
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“ Румыны, португальцы и другие спорные участники победы раздирали трупы трех павших империй. Приходили на ум знаменитые слова Бисмарка: «Румыны это не нация, а профессия». ”
― Александр Михайлович Романов, Великий князь Александр Михайлович: Воспоминания. Мемуары.
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Videos Tagged “Russian History”

The Venona Project: How the US Cracked an "Unbreakable" Soviet Cipher
The Venona Project: How the US Cracked an "Unbreakable" Soviet Cipher
Stalin: the Making of the Man of Steel
Stalin: the Making of the Man of Steel
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