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Between Shades of Gray Between Shades of Gray (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as soviets)
avg rating 4.36 — 284,048 ratings — published 2011
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Cigarettes and Soviets: Smoking in the USSR Cigarettes and Soviets: Smoking in the USSR (Unknown Binding)
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God and the Soviets : How Christianity & Communism Exist Side by Side in the U.S.S.R. God and the Soviets : How Christianity & Communism Exist Side by Side in the U.S.S.R. (Hardcover)
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Workers control and socialist democracy: The Soviet experience Workers control and socialist democracy: The Soviet experience (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 5 ratings — published
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The Soviet Century: Archaeology of a Lost World The Soviet Century: Archaeology of a Lost World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 393 ratings — published 2014
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Classics for the Masses: Shaping Soviet Musical Identity under Lenin and Stalin Classics for the Masses: Shaping Soviet Musical Identity under Lenin and Stalin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published 2016
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The Soviet Union: Socialist or Social-Imperialist? (Part II: The Question Is Joined) The Soviet Union: Socialist or Social-Imperialist? (Part II: The Question Is Joined)
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avg rating 3.83 — 12 ratings — published 1983
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Stalin's Music Prize: Soviet Culture and Politics Stalin's Music Prize: Soviet Culture and Politics (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 13 ratings — published 2016
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The Destruction of the Soviet Economic System: An Insider's History: An Insider's History The Destruction of the Soviet Economic System: An Insider's History: An Insider's History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.00 — 6 ratings — published 1998
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Eastern Europe 1945-1969 (Seminar Studies) Eastern Europe 1945-1969 (Seminar Studies)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.70 — 10 ratings — published 2000
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Socialism in the Soviet Union Socialism in the Soviet Union (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.44 — 9 ratings — published 1977
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Leon Trotsky and the Organizational Principles of the Revolutionary Party (International Socialism) Leon Trotsky and the Organizational Principles of the Revolutionary Party (International Socialism)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.91 — 22 ratings — published 2014
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Restoration of Capitalism in the USSR Restoration of Capitalism in the USSR (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.12 — 8 ratings — published 1975
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The Romanovs, 1613-1918 The Romanovs, 1613-1918 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.02 — 16,798 ratings — published 2016
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The Sound of Utopia: Musicians in the Time of Stalin The Sound of Utopia: Musicians in the Time of Stalin (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.07 — 104 ratings — published 2021
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Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,601 ratings — published 2021
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The Shortest History of the Soviet Union The Shortest History of the Soviet Union (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.82 — 1,714 ratings — published 2022
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Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.35 — 6,654 ratings — published 2015
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Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.02 — 52 ratings — published
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Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.57 — 1,894 ratings — published 2021
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Late Stalinism: The Aesthetics of Politics Late Stalinism: The Aesthetics of Politics (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 8 ratings — published
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Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945 Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,037 ratings — published 2005
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Red Star Over the Third World Red Star Over the Third World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.22 — 952 ratings — published 2017
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The Soviet Sixties The Soviet Sixties (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.33 — 126 ratings — published
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Building a Ruin: The Cold War Politics of Soviet Economic Reform Building a Ruin: The Cold War Politics of Soviet Economic Reform (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 25 ratings — published
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Football in the Land of the Soviets Football in the Land of the Soviets (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.28 — 133 ratings — published 2019
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Red Closet: The Hidden History of Gay Oppression in the USSR Red Closet: The Hidden History of Gay Oppression in the USSR (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.20 — 310 ratings — published 2023
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Conversations with Stalin Conversations with Stalin (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.87 — 833 ratings — published 1962
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Afgantsy: The Russians In Afghanistan, 1979-1989 Afgantsy: The Russians In Afghanistan, 1979-1989 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,358 ratings — published 2011
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On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet Politics On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet Politics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.01 — 310 ratings — published 2015
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Music of the Soviet Era: 1917-1991 Music of the Soviet Era: 1917-1991 (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published 1988
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Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.30 — 12,564 ratings — published 1989
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Lenin on the Train Lenin on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.62 — 1,693 ratings — published 2016
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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.36 — 68,698 ratings — published 2019
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East of The Axis: Movie Screenplay East of The Axis: Movie Screenplay (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published
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Ten Days that Shook the World Ten Days that Shook the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.94 — 8,081 ratings — published 1919
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Humanism and Terror: An Essay on the Communist Problem Humanism and Terror: An Essay on the Communist Problem (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.73 — 144 ratings — published 1947
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.98 — 127,609 ratings — published 1962
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Nested Nationalism: Making and Unmaking Nations in the Soviet Union Nested Nationalism: Making and Unmaking Nations in the Soviet Union (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.67 — 12 ratings — published 2020
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Founding the Communist International, Proceedings and Documents of the First Congress, March 1919 Founding the Communist International, Proceedings and Documents of the First Congress, March 1919 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.70 — 10 ratings — published 1987
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And Quiet Flows the Don And Quiet Flows the Don (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.12 — 13,457 ratings — published 1928
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Critical Lives: Lenin Critical Lives: Lenin (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.02 — 311 ratings — published 2011
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The Lost Daughters of Ukraine The Lost Daughters of Ukraine (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,486 ratings — published 2023
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The Snow Hare The Snow Hare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,758 ratings — published 2023
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Leninism Under Lenin Leninism Under Lenin (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.23 — 104 ratings — published
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Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.50 — 10,061 ratings — published 1985
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Svetlana Alexievich
“It's certainly true that Chernobyl, while an accident in the sense that no one intentionally set it off, was also the deliberate product of a culture of cronyism, laziness, and a deep-seated indifference toward the general population. The literature on the subject is pretty unanimous in its opinion that the Soviet system had taken a poorly designed reactor and then staffed it with a group of incompetents. It then proceeded, as the interviews in this book attest, to lie about the disaster in the most criminal way. In the crucial first ten days, when the reactor core was burning and releasing a steady stream of highly radioactive material into the surrounding areas, the authorities repeatedly claimed that the situation was under control. . . In the week after the accident, while refusing to admit to the world that anything really serious had gone wrong, the Soviets poured thousands of men into the breach. . . The machines they brought broke down because of the radiation. The humans wouldn't break down until weeks or months later, at which point they'd die horribly.”
Svetlana Alexievich, Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Vladimir Lenin
“Creative activity at the grassroots is the basic factor of the new public life. Let the workers set up workers' control at their factories. Let them supply the villages with manufactures in exchange for grain […] Socialism cannot be decreed from above. Its spirit rejects the mechanical bureaucratic approach: living creative socialism is the product of the masses themselves.”
Vladimir Lenin, Collected Works, Volume 26: September 1917-February 1918

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