The Body Outside The Kremlin

Author : James May
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1883285976

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The Body Outside the Kremlin by James May Pdf

Solovetsky occupies the island site of a former monastery in the White Sea. Here, hundreds of miles from civilization, and with a skeleton crew of secret-policemen in charge, some prisoners are consigned to all kinds of forced labor and others sit at comfortable desks in administrative or cultural positions. With the brutal winter fast approaching, Tolya Bogomolov, a young mathematician serving a three-year sentence, hopes an acquaintance he's been cultivating will lead to a less brutal work assignment, maybe even a little more bread in his ration. Knowing Gennady Antonov holds a privileged position restoring the monks' seized collection of icons ought to improve Tolya's odds of reassignment. But when Antonov's body is discovered floating frozen in the bay, their connection turns dangerous. At first the authorities question Tolya, but then he's mystified when they assign him to assist the elderly detective investigating the case--but better to find the real killer than have the murder pinned on him. Digging into Antonov's secrets turns up strange expropriations of the museum's icons, rumors of an escape conspiracy among White Army officers, and an illicit affair with a female prisoner who won't tell all she knows. To avoid becoming the murderer's next victim, Tolya must defy Solovetsky's unforgiving regime and make ruthless use of his fellow prisoners. Putting his story to paper at last means reckoning the true cost of his survival.

Author : Stephen Barber
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781909923065

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The Magadan Massacres by Stephen Barber Pdf

From 1931 to 1953 Josef Stalin, the Soviet dictator, instigated a complex of sub-zero death camps at Magadan on the isolated Far Eastern Pacific coast, where thirty million Soviet citizens were gratuitously and systematically massacred on his perverse whim, leaving mountains of human ashes in one of the largest covert extermination programs in history. THE MAGADAN MASSACRES exposes the full extent and horror of Stalin’s death camp atrocities, as well as the details of the dictator’s cruel and sexually delinquent reign until his eventual death.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 962 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : HARVARD:HL1GI0

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USSR Information Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bill Browder
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982153281

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Freezing Order by Bill Browder Pdf

At once a financial caper, an international adventure, and a passionate plea for justice, Freezing Order is a stirring morality tale about how one man can take on one of the most dangerous and ruthless villains in the world.

Author : Mark Galeotti
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472845504

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The Moscow Kremlin by Mark Galeotti Pdf

An illustrated study of the history of the Moscow Kremlin, a metaphor for Russia, a symbol for its government and an enduring icon of the country. A fortified complex covering 70 acres at the heart of Moscow, behind walls up to 18m high and watched over by 20 towers, the Kremlin houses everything from Russia's seat of political power to glittering churches. This is a fortress that has evolved over time, from the original wooden guard tower built in the 11th century to the current stone and brick complex, over the years having been built, burnt, besieged and rebuilt. Starting with the initial building of a wooden watch tower on the banks of the Moskva river in the 11th century, this book follows the Kremlin's tumultuous history through rises and falls and various iterations to today, supported by photographs, specially commissioned artwork and maps. In the process, it tells a story of Russia, and also unveils a range of mysteries around the fortress, from the 14th-century underground tunnels built to permit spies to enter and leave it covertly through to today's invisible defences such as it GPS spoofing field (switch on your phone inside the walls and it may well tell you you're at Vnukovo airport, 30km away) and drone jammers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UCAL:$C239100

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USSR Information Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stephen K. Wegren,Dale R. Herspring
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780742557864

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After Putin's Russia by Stephen K. Wegren,Dale R. Herspring Pdf

A fifth edition of this book is now available. Now in a thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated edition, this classic text provides the most authoritative and current analysis available of contemporary Russia and the challenges facing Vladimir Putin and his successor, Dmitri Medvedev. Leading scholars discuss the social, political, and security issues that confronted Putin, as well as his successes and failures in dealing with them. The contributors conclude that Putin's influence will continue to be felt for years to come, not only because he remains powerful in his new post as prime minister but because he laid the groundwork for dealing with the many problems still confronting Russia. Clearly written and organized, this text is an indispensable guide for anyone wanting to understand Russia today.

Author : Richard Overy
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1998-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101503188

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Russia's War by Richard Overy Pdf

"A penetrating and compassionate book on the most gigantic military struggle in world history."--The New York Times Book Review "An extraordinary tale... Overy's engrossing book provides extensive details of teh slaughter, brutality, bitterness and destruction on the massive front from the White Sea to the flank of Asia."--Chicago Tribune The Russian war effort to defeat invading Axis powers, an effort that assembled the largest military force in recorded history and that cost the lives of more than 25 million Soviet soldiers and civilians, was the decisive factor for securing an Allied victory. Now with access to the wealth of film archives and interview material from Russia used to produce the ten-hour television documentary Russia's War, Richard Overy tackles the many persuasive questions surrounding this conflict. Was Stalin a military genius? Was the defense of Mother Russia a product of something greater than numbers of tanks and planes--of something deep within the Russian soul?

Author : Richard Sakwa
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Presidents
ISBN : 0415296633

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Putin by Richard Sakwa Pdf

The first study of Putin and his politics, providing the biographical and political context needed to explain his astonishing rise from anonymous KGB apparatchik to leader of one of the world's most significant and fascinating countries.

Author : Geraldine Fagan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780415490023

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Believing in Russia by Geraldine Fagan Pdf

As unease mounts over Russia's direction under Presidents Putin and Medvedev, how free are her faith communities? Drawing upon hundreds of interviews with religious and state representatives across Russia, this book explores religious policy as both a gauge of Kremlin commitment to democratic values and a reflection of national identity.

Author : Peter Baker,Susan Glasser
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780743281799

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Kremlin Rising by Peter Baker,Susan Glasser Pdf

In the tradition of Hedrick Smith's The Russians, Robert G. Kaiser's Russia: The People and the Power, and David Remnick's Lenin's Tomb comes an eloquent and eye-opening chronicle of Vladimir Putin's Russia, from this generation's leading Moscow correspondents. With the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia launched itself on a fitful transition to Western-style democracy. But a decade later, Boris Yeltsin's handpicked successor, Vladimir Putin, a childhood hooligan turned KGB officer who rose from nowhere determined to restore the order of the Soviet past, resolved to bring an end to the revolution. Kremlin Rising goes behind the scenes of contemporary Russia to reveal the culmination of Project Putin, the secret plot to reconsolidate power in the Kremlin. During their four years as Moscow bureau chiefs for The Washington Post, Peter Baker and Susan Glasser witnessed firsthand the methodical campaign to reverse the post-Soviet revolution and transform Russia back into an authoritarian state. Their gripping narrative moves from the unlikely rise of Putin through the key moments of his tenure that re-centralized power into his hands, from his decision to take over Russia's only independent television network to the Moscow theater siege of 2002 to the "managed democracy" elections of 2003 and 2004 to the horrific slaughter of Beslan's schoolchildren in 2004, recounting a four-year period that has changed the direction of modern Russia. But the authors also go beyond the politics to draw a moving and vivid portrait of the Russian people they encountered -- both those who have prospered and those barely surviving -- and show how the political flux has shaped individual lives. Opening a window to a country on the brink, where behind the gleaming new shopping malls all things Soviet are chic again and even high school students wonder if Lenin was right after all, Kremlin Rising features the personal stories of Russians at all levels of society, including frightened army deserters, an imprisoned oil billionaire, Chechen villagers, a trendy Moscow restaurant king, a reluctant underwear salesman, and anguished AIDS patients in Siberia. With shrewd reporting and unprecedented access to Putin's insiders, Kremlin Rising offers both unsettling new revelations about Russia's leader and a compelling inside look at life in the land that he is building. As the first major book on Russia in years, it is an extraordinary contribution to our understanding of the country and promises to shape the debate about Russia, its uncertain future, and its relationship with the United States.

Author : Edward Lucas
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230620476

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The New Cold War by Edward Lucas Pdf

The first edition of The New Cold War was published to great critical acclaim and Edward Lucas has established himself as a top expert in the field, appearing on numerous programs, including Lou Dobbs, MSNBC, NBC Nightly News, CNN, and NPR. In this new revised and updated edition for 2009, Lucas reveals: -The truth about the corrupt elections that made Dmitri Medvedev President of Russia -How, as prime minister, Vladimir Putin remains the de facto leader of Russia -The Kremlin's real goals in waging war in Georgia; -How the conflict might soon spill into other former Soviet republics. Hard-hitting and powerful, The New Cold War is a sobering look at Russia's current aggression and what it means for the world.

Author : Elizabeth Jane Brabazon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Russia
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036788193

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Russia and Her Czars by Elizabeth Jane Brabazon Pdf

Author : Ian Fleming
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547194439

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From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "From Russia With Love" by Ian Fleming. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Marcel Theroux
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571279814

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Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux Pdf

Nicholas Slopen has been dead for months. So when a man claiming to be Nicholas turns up to visit an old girlfriend, deception seems the only possible motive. Yet nothing can make him change his story. From the secure unit of a notorious psychiatric hospital, he begins to tell his tale: an account of attempted forgery that draws the reader towards an extraordinary truth - a metaphysical conspiracy that lies on the other side of madness and death. Strange Bodies takes the reader on a dizzying speculative journey that poses questions about identity, authenticity, and what it means to be truly human.