Products tagged with History

A harrowing account of how one of America's most Iconic television show was exported to Russia in the post-Soviet tumultuous 90s.

William Craft Brumfield explores the architecture and landscape of Imperial Russia through the photography of Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky and "restored" realities.

National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson delivers a brilliant and riveting account of the Siege of Leningrad and the role played by Soviet Russian composer DmitriHI Shostakovich and his Leningrad Symphony

The Story of a Life beings from Paustovsky’s Ukrainian youth, as his family is destitute, to his time as a World War I paramedic , then a journalist during the Russia revolution, His prose are energetic and lyrical filled with love of the natural world

An enthralling, definitive new history of the Bolshoi Ballet, where visionary performances onstage compete with political machinations backstage.

American Girls in Red Russia recounts the experiences of women who saved starving children from the Russian famine, worked on rural communes in Siberia, wrote for Moscow or New York newspapers, or performed on Soviet stages.

From Sputnik to Gorbachev: an intricately detailed graphic exploration of Russian history that only you can complete

An unforgettable journey through Central Asia -- one of the most mysterious and history-laden regions of the world.

This vibrant visual history of Western astrology is the first ever compendium of its kind, exploring the symbolic meaning behind more than 400 images -- from Egyptian temples and illuminated manuscripts to contemporary art from across the globe.

Anna Reid combines research and her own experiences to chart Ukraine's tragic past

Lydia Black presents a comprehensive story of the Russian presence in America from the point of view of social anthropology and ethnohistory.

On the centenary of the Russian Revolution comes a classic history of the Soviet era, from 1917 to its fall.