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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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Lists

A People's Tragedy by Orlando FigesThe Russian Revolution by Richard PipesMemoirs of a Revolutionary by Victor SergeThe Whisperers by Orlando FigesRevolutionary Russia, 1891 - 1991 by Orlando Figes
Russian Revolution 1917
46 books — 12 voters
The Trigger by Tim ButcherDestiny of the Republic by Candice MillardCase Closed by Gerald PosnerHellhound on His Trail by Hampton SidesI Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Assassination
170 books — 53 voters

The Lost Crown by Sarah MillerAnastasia by Carolyn MeyerThe Diary of Olga Romanov by Helen AzarThe Romanov Sisters by Helen RappaportAnastasia's Album by Hugh Brewster
Best Books of the Romanov Sisters
20 books — 50 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

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
Программируем на Python в Minecraft by Roman GurbanovThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovWhite Shanghai by Elvira BaryakinaThe Twelve Chairs by Ilya IlfОтцы и дети by Ivan Turgenev
Books in Russian
93 books — 26 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Russian History”

Andrew D. Kaufman
“ Dostoyevsky’s widow insisted that her husband was to literature what the physicist-founder of the X-ray was to the human body: the inventor of a wholly new means of peering inside the human soul. ”
― Andrew D. Kaufman, The Gambler Wife: A True Story of Love, Risk, and the Woman Who Saved Dostoyevsky
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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”

Birth of the Cold War: The Rise of the Nuclear Superpowers
Birth of the Cold War: The Rise of the Nuclear Superpowers
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Talk on his book "Khrushchev Lied"
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