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1) Russia
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Description
"Explores the geography, history, government, economy, people, and culture of Russia"--Provided by publisher.
2) The Italian
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After discovering his mother is still alive, a six-year-old Russian boy runs away from his orphanage and sets out on a perilous journey to find her. Pursued by orphanage staff and the police, Vanya Solntsev must now face the most difficult challenges of his young life in this story inspired by true events.
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2004], c2002.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the true story of Russian business tycoon Boris A. Berezovsky. During the Gorbachev years, Platon Makovski and his four buddies are university students who jump on the private capitalism movement. Fast-forward 20 years, Platon finds himself the richest man in Russia, having sacrificed his friends to get to the top. But with this cynical rise, comes a brutal fall.
4) 12
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 160 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in contemporary Moscow where 12 men must decide the fate of a young man accused of murdering his step-father. Consigned to a makeshift jury room, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.
6) Russia
Series
Publisher
Lonely Planet Publications
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
v. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 20 cm.
7) Russia
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2013-
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations (chiefly colored), colored maps ; 23 cm
Description
Russia, a new title in the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel guidebook series, showcases the best of this diverse country, from the majestic cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg to the sandy beaches of the Baltic Coast and from the lush Volga delta to the snow-capped Caucasus Mountains.
Author
Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 23
Description
"Legendary art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon joins forces with a brilliant and beautiful master-thief to track down the world's most valuable missing painting but soon finds himself in a desperate race to prevent an unthinkable conflict between Russia and the West"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
vii, 445 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
The raging question in the world today is who is the real Vladimir Putin and what are his intentions. Karen Dawisha's brilliant work provides an answer, describing how Putin got to power, the cabal he brought with him, the billions they have looted, and his plan to restore the Greater Russia.
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Focuses on the author's years as a journalist in Russia and personal stories by everyday people to examine the forces that have shaped the Russian character for centuries, offering insight into apparent paradoxes in Russian culture, policies, and politics.
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
ix, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Description
Based on interviews with Putin's friends, foes, and colleagues; government officials; business tycoons; mobsters; and ordinary citizens, offers an account of the Russian president's rule and the impending crisis that threatens his regime.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xxv, 661 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm
Description
"La Nijinska is the first biography of twentieth-century ballet's premier female choreographer. Overshadowed in life and legend by her brother Vaslav Nijinsky, Bronislava Nijinska had a far longer and more productive career. An architect of twentieth-century neoclassicism, she experienced the transformative power of the Russian Revolution and created her greatest work--Les noces--under the influence of its avant-garde. Many of her ballets rested on...
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Description
"Politicians and pundits on both sides of the aisle have accused Russia of interfering with our elections and our intelligence agencies. But the war Russia is waging against America is very different from anything you have heard in the press, as Russian-born U.S. intelligence expert Rebekah Koffler reveals. In her new book, Koffler details how Vladimir Putin is orchestrating a wide-ranging, multi-faceted campaign to retake his country's role as a...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xii, 515 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Hailed for her "fearless indictment of the most powerful man in Russia" (The Wall Street Journal), award-winning journalist Masha Gessen is unparalleled in her understanding of the events and forces that have wracked her native country in recent times. In The Future Is History, she follows the lives of four people born at what promised to be the dawn of democracy. Each of them came of age with unprecedented expectations, some as the children and grandchildren...
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