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Brodsky's Significance
Brodsky's Significance
The significance of Brodsky's trial for the development of the Soviet dissident movement.
Wikipedia Biography
Wikipedia Biography
Wikipedia entry on Joseph Brodsky
Brodsky's Poems - II
Brodsky's Poems - II
Some of the poet's works, in English.
Brodsky's Poems - II
Brodsky's Poems - II
Some more of the poet's works, in English.
Brodsky Trial Transcript
Brodsky Trial Transcript
The transcript, in Russian, of Brodsky's 1964 trial.
Brodsky's arrest
Brodsky's arrest
An account of Brodsky's arrest and trial by Efim Etkind.
Rein interviews Brodsky
Rein interviews Brodsky
The poet Yevgeny Rein interviews Joseph Brodsky. An incredible meeting of the minds (in Russian).
The Press Under Fire in Russia
The Press Under Fire in Russia
Report on press freedom in Russia by the IPI.
Rossiya Hotel
Rossiya Hotel
A nice article on the history of this hotel, which is finally being torn down.
Tretyakov Official Site
Tretyakov Official Site
Official website of the Tretyakov Gallery.
Schiffer Publishing
Schiffer Publishing
A link to purchase the book of James Sinclair's Soviet-era military uniforms.
Russian NGOs: It's not so simple
Russian NGOs: It's not so simple
A nice "reality check" editorial from the IHT on how the West should be reacting to the new NGO law.
Tales of Old Odessa: Crime and Civility in a City of Thieves
Tales of Old Odessa: Crime and Civility in a City of Thieves
Russia in a Box: Art and Identity in an Age of Revolution
Russia in a Box: Art and Identity in an Age of Revolution
The People's Act of Love
The People's Act of Love
Russian Conservatism and Its Critics: A Study in Political Culture
Russian Conservatism and Its Critics: A Study in Political Culture
The Third Shore: East Central European Women's Writing
The Third Shore: East Central European Women's Writing
Memoirs of a Muse
Memoirs of a Muse
The Elagin Affair: And Other Stories
The Elagin Affair: And Other Stories
Collected Poems in English
Collected Poems in English
A 1992 collection of Brodsky's poems.

 

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Murder at the Dacha

Murder at the Dacha

Senior Lieutenant Pavel Matyushkin has a problem. Several, actually. Not the least of them is the fact that a powerful Soviet boss has been murdered, and Matyushkin's surly commander has given him an unreasonably short time frame to close the case.
Steppe / Степь

Steppe / Степь

This is the work that made Chekhov, launching his career as a writer and playwright of national and international renown. Retranslated and updated, this new bilingual edition is a super way to improve your Russian.
Marooned in Moscow

Marooned in Moscow

This gripping autobiography plays out against the backdrop of Russia's bloody Civil War, and was one of the first Western eyewitness accounts of life in post-revolutionary Russia. Marooned in Moscow provides a fascinating account of one woman's entry into war-torn Russia in early 1920, first-person impressions of many in the top Soviet leadership, and accounts of the author's increasingly dangerous work as a journalist and spy, to say nothing of her work on behalf of prisoners, her two arrests, and her eventual ten-month-long imprisonment, including in the infamous Lubyanka prison. It is a veritable encyclopedia of life in Russia in the early 1920s.
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Davai! The Russians and Their Vodka

In this comprehensive, quixotic and addictive book, Edwin Trommelen explores all facets of the Russian obsession with vodka. Peering chiefly through the lenses of history and literature, Trommelen offers up an appropriately complex, rich and bittersweet portrait, based on great respect for Russian culture.
The Latchkey Murders

The Latchkey Murders

Senior Lieutenant Pavel Matyushkin is back on the case in this prequel to the popular mystery Murder at the Dacha, in which a serial killer is on the loose in Khrushchev’s Moscow...
The Little Humpbacked Horse

The Little Humpbacked Horse

A beloved Russian classic about a resourceful Russian peasant, Vanya, and his miracle-working horse, who together undergo various trials, exploits and adventures at the whim of a laughable tsar, told in rich, narrative poetry.
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22 Russian Crosswords

Test your knowledge of the Russian language, Russian history and society with these 22 challenging puzzles taken from the pages of Russian Life magazine. Most all the clues are in English, but you must fill in the answers in Russian. If you get stumped, of course all the puzzles have answers printed at the back of the book.
Russian Rules

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Fish: A History of One Migration

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