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“vadim volkov”

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  • Violent Entrepreneurs

    The Use of Force in the Making of Russian Capitalism

    by Vadim Volkov ...
    Entering the shady world of what he calls "violent entrepreneurship," Vadim Volkov explores the economic uses of violence and coercion in Russia in the 1990s. Violence has played, he shows, a crucial role in creating the institutions of a new market economy. The core of his work is competition among so-called violence-managing agencies—criminal groups, private security services, private protection ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

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    The First In-depth Biography Based on Explosive New Documents from Russia's Secr

    by Edvard Radzinsky ...
    From the author of The Last Tsar, the first full-scale life of Stalin to have what no previous biography has fully obtained: the facts. Granted privileged access to Russia's secret archives, Edvard Radzinsky paints a picture of the Soviet strongman as more calculating, ruthless, and blood-crazed than has ever been described or imagined. Stalin was a man for whom power was all, terror a useful ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • To the Edge of the World

    The Story of the Trans-Siberian Express, the World's Greatest Railroad

    by Christian Wolmar ...
    To the Edge of the World is an adventure in travel -- full of extraordinary personalities, more than a century of explosive political, economic, and cultural events, and almost inconceivable feats of engineering. Christian Wolmar passionately recounts the improbable origins of the Trans-Siberian railroad, the vital artery for Russian expansion that spans almost 6,000 miles and seven time zones ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters

    Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters

    by Kate Brown ...
    While many transnational histories of the nuclear arms race have been written, Kate Brown provides the first definitive account of the great plutonium disasters of the United States and the Soviet Union. In Plutopia, Brown draws on official records and dozens of interviews to tell the extraordinary stories of Richland, Washington and Ozersk, Russia-the first two cities in the world to produce ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • In the Enemy's House

    The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies

    by Howard Blum ...
    The New York Times bestselling author of Dark Invasion and The Last Goodnight once again illuminates the lives of little-known individuals who played a significant role in America's history as he chronicles the incredible true story of a critical, recently declassified counterintelligence mission and two remarkable agents whose story has been called "the greatest secret of the Cold War."In 1946, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Wheel of Fortune

    The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia

    by Thane Gustafson ...
    The Russian oil industry—which vies with Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer and exporter of oil, providing nearly 12 percent of the global supply—is facing mounting problems that could send shock waves through the Russian economy and worldwide. Wheel of Fortune provides an authoritative account of this vital industry from the last years of communism to its uncertain future. Tracking the ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Operation Barbarossa

    The German Invasion of Soviet Russia

    by Robert Kirchubel ...
    A detailed and comprehensive examination of the Barbarossa campaign of June to December 1941.When Hitler ordered the start of Operation Barbarossa, millions of German soldiers flooded into Russia, believing that their rapid blitzkrieg tactics would result in an easy victory similar to the ones enjoyed by the Wehrmacht over Poland and France.But the huge human resources at the disposal of the ... Read more

    $24.09 USD

  • Russia

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    by Timothy J. Colton ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    Today's Russia, also known as the Russian Federation, is often viewed as less powerful than the Soviet Union of the past. When stacked against other major nations in the present, however, the new Russia is a formidable if flawed player. Russia: What Everyone Needs to Know® provides fundamental information about the origins, evolution, and current affairs of the Russian state and society. The story ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

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  • Zhukov

    by Otto Preston Chaney ...
    Marshal Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov, hero of Leningrad, defender of Moscow and Stalingrad, commander of the victorious Red Army at Berlin, was the most decorated soldier in Soviet history. Yet for many years Zhukov was relegated to the status of "unperson" in his homeland. Now, following glasnost and the fall of the Soviet Union, Zhukov is being restored to his rightful place in history. In this ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Russia's Security Policy under Putin

    A critical perspective

    by Aglaya Snetkov ...
    Series series CSS Studies in Security and International Relations
    This book examines the evolution of Russia’s security policy under Putin in the 21st century, using a critical security studies approach.Drawing on critical approaches to security the book investigates the interrelationship between the internal-external nexus and the politics of (in)security and regime-building in Putin’s Russia. In so doing, it evaluates the way that this evolving relationship ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Russia's People of Empire

    Life Stories from Eurasia, 1500 to the Present

    by Stephen M. Norris, Willard Sunderland ...
    "A fresh and lively approach to understanding how the various Russian empires have worked." — Slavic ReviewA fundamental dimension of the Russian historical experience has been the diversity of its people and cultures, religions and languages, landscapes and economies. For six centuries this diversity was contained within the sprawling territories of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, and it ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Kazakhstan - Ethnicity, Language and Power

    by Bhavna Dave ...
    Series series Central Asian Studies
    Kazakhstan is emerging as the most dynamic economic and political actor in Central Asia. It is the second largest country of the former Soviet Union, after the Russian Federation, and has rich natural resources, particularly oil, which is being exploited through massive US investment. Kazakhstan has an impressive record of economic growth under the leadership of President Nursultan Nazarbaev, and ... Read more

    $77.99 USD