Published in the series 'Unofficial History of Russia,' this book covers the period of Russian history from 1825-1870. The author weaves many different sources into a rich and original interpretation of Russia. The critical years in this book see both a consolidation of political power and the first real attempts at reform.

1956 is the middle of the Soviet era. Thirty-four years separate it from the creation of the USSR, thirty-four - from its collapse. The history of 1956 itself, even taken out of historical context, is plot-wise complete - it begins with the 20th Congress, ends with the resolution on the fight against the enemy's tail; begins with the liberation of the camps, ends with the appearance of new...

The author details in his book the little studied southern front in the early days of the Russian Civil War and the tragic destiny of the military commander I L Sorokin. Sorokin, who was the Commander in Chief of the Red Army in the Northern Caucasus would end up deleted from Soviet history or painted as a traitor to the revolution.

The authors of this book examine the historic period of the late 1980s and early 1990s, which saw the Communist regimes of Central and SE Europe being overthrown.

The book, a collection of scholarly articles, edited by Russia's leading demographer, is the first major demographic history of Russia in the 20th century. The articles are based on a vast statistical database and the books offers many tables and graphs.

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From Publishers Weekly. A lively, fact-packed account of China's spectacular, 30-year transformation from economic shambles following Mao's Cultural Revolution to burgeoning market superpower, this book offers a torrent of statistics, case studies and anecdotes to tell a by now familiar but still worrisome story succinctly.

The book recounts the confrontation between the German air force and the air defense system of the Volga region during the Great Patriotic War. Based on numerous previously inaccessible archival materials, eyewitness accounts, and other documentary sources, the authors recreate a comprehensive panorama of events that took place in this region from 1941 to 1944.