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What happened when the terrifying Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin, suddenly died?
Everyone remembers the bumbling characters around Stalin's deathbed in Armando Iannucci's film ...
'A terrific book about a terrifying subject by the best historian of Russia working today' - Michael Burleigh, author of The Third Reich
In Blood on ...
A 50th anniversary edition of the book that brought down the Soviet Union - now with an introduction from Solzhenitsyn's widow detailing the dramatic story ...
'What a wonderful book! The storytelling, the research, the deep love of her subject -- this must be the climax of Rappaport's long and illustrious ...
From Peter the Great to Putin, a biography of the city Hitler tried to wipe off the map
Built by slave labour in the early ...
A gripping history of the Soviet dissident movement, which hastened the end of the USSR and still provides a model of opposition in Putin's ...
A HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Certain to become the definitive work' DOUGLAS SMITH
'Elegantly written and magisterially researched' ROBERT SERVICE
'Masterful . . . a chilling ...
'Chillingly original' Max Hastings
'Brilliantly depicts a disastrous failure' Antony Beevor
'Witty and elegant . . . Excellent background to today's events' Anne Applebaum
'Britain's most ...
'A masterpiece of history'
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Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many ...
The definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research.
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The Race to Save the Romanovs is an incredible detective story that uncovers the truth behind the secret plans to rescue Russia's Imperial family ...
The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined ...
When Stalin came to power, making music in Russia became dangerous. Composers now had to create work that served the socialist state, and all artistic ...
A masterful history of how war and insecurity, both real and perceived, have driven Russia's destiny for centuries, including the disastrous invasion of Ukraine ...
A poignant and deeply researched history of gay oppression in the USSR.
In 1934, Joseph Stalin enacted sodomy laws, unleashing a wave of brutal detentions ...
