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Aug 14, 2023 · Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition and Compromise in Putin’s Russia by Joshua Yaffa. Granta Books, 368pp, £12.99. A fascinating character study of life in contemporary Russia under Putin, this work uncovers the trade-offs and compromises that individuals make under authoritarian rule.
Mark Galeotti shares the 5 best books on understand today’s Russia. Have you read Putin Mystique Inside Russia's Power Cult?
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- Stalin, Vol. II: Waiting for Hitler, 1928-1941 by Stephen Kotkin: £35, Allen Lane. Recommended. 9 best popular science books. 10 best economics books. 7 best political biographies.
- A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891-1924 by Orlando Figes: £20, Bodley Head. Orlando Figes’s chronicle of the final days of Tsarism and the violent Bolshevism that arose from its ruins is an epic in size, scope and insight, and a classic in its genre.
- Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum: £25, Allen Lane. Anne Applebaum is a historian and journalist who has already published two exquisite books on Stalinism: Gulag, a history of the work camps in which millions perished, and Iron Curtain, which recounts the spread of Stalinism through Central and Eastern Europe following the Soviet conquest.
- The Last of the Tsars by Robert Service: £25, Macmillan. Given his ample bibliography – brimming with histories and lengthy biographies of Bolshevik luminaries – Robert Service is something of a titan in the world of Soviet historiography.
Sep 7, 2024 · The former BBC Moscow correspondent and author Martin Sixsmith chooses five great works on Russia’s doomed democracies. The best books on Russian politics, Russian history and Russian literature from before the Russian Revolution to modern-day Russia and the Putin era.
Aug 21, 2024 · Archie Brown chooses his best books on the Cold War and Stephen Lucas considers Soviet Law. We have a selection of recommended books about Mikhail Gorbachev , the final leader of the Soviet Union.
The Pushkin House Book Prize. 1 Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin and Russia’s War Against Ukraine by Owen Matthews. 2 Russia's War by Jade McGlynn. 3 Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia by Natasha Lance Rogoff.
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Jan 12, 2024 · What to Read to Understand Russia. Anastasia Edel, a Russian-born American social historian, recommends books about the country as the war in Ukraine continues. By Maya Chung.
