The author examines the little researched workers protests and strikes that occured during the first decades of the USSR up until the Stalinst industrialization efforts and the beginnings of World War Two.

The first of its kind book, offers Russian speakers a detailed introduction to their new country. The book acts as a guide to practical life in the United States for new immigrants, exchange students or those working in the USA. Each chapter addresses a specific concern or element of daily life: driving rules and regulations, how to open a bank account, how and where to shop and how to invite...

This textbook describes the evolution of the Russian literature from 1960s to 1980s. The first part is about arguments on a hero-figure, the second is about Perestroika in the dramatic arts and theatre, and the third part is about the new names and tendencies.

Illustrated with multiple black and white photographs this book reveals the history fo Petrograd's criminalily in 1917-1922. Author provides much of evidence to suggest that the Red Terror came as a result of fighting criminality.

The book represents a collection of memoirs about Lermontov from his family and friends. Many points of view help to recreate the personality of a great poet.

Mass literature of XX century (from Verbitskaia and Artsybashev to Akunin and Marinina). Development and reflection of social problems.

A collection of essays devoted to narrating and comprehension of historic processes.

The author is a well-known literary critic and his book represents a cycle of the sketches showing the dramatic nature of creative destiny of the largest Russian writers, whose peak creativity was during the Soviet era. The author includes examples of their best writings. He includes discussions of Mayakovsky, Babel, Mandelshtam, Akhmatova, Sholokov, Pasternak and others. The book is written...