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1) 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.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Formats
Description
"A real-life political thriller about an American financier in the Wild East of Russia, the murder of his principled young tax attorney, and his dangerous mission to expose the Kremlin's corruption"--Amazon.com.
A reaHife political thriller about an American-born financier in the Wild East of Russia, the murder of his principled young attorney, and his dangerous mission to expose the people responsible in the Kremlin. Bill Browder started out his...
4) 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
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
vii, 398 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Description
A study of the origins and evolution of modern Russia traces the tumultuous history of the region through the rise and fall of four consecutive empires--Kievan, Muscovite, Romanov, and Soviet.
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
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 23 cm
Description
CNN's Chief National Security Correspondent reveals the less-recognized fronts of twenty-first-century warfare, identifying ongoing battles currently being waged, from disinformation campaigns to advanced satellite weaponry, often without public awareness.
Author
Publisher
Regnery Gateway
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xlvii, 410 pages ; 24 cm
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...
12) The Collector
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
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xi, 370 pages ; 25 cm
Description
From Soviet-era research laboratories to the present, traces the history of Russian intelligence and surveillance systems, and looks at technology's potential for both good and evil under Vladimir Putin's regime.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
ix, 301 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Overview: The security services have played a central- and often mysterious- role at key turning points in Russia during the tumultuous years following the Soviet collapse: from the Moscow apartment house bombings and theater siege, to the war in Chechnya and the Beslan school massacre. In this riveting investigation, two intrepid journalists penetrate the secret world of the FSB and illustrate how the security services have evolved into a ruthless,...
Author
Formats
Description
Sophie Smith is a teenage orphan stuck in a boarding school in London, but at night she dreams of Russia and wolves--then, on a class trip to St. Petersburg, she finds herself and her two friends deliberately separated from the group and whisked off intothe silver forest of her dreams, where a mystery awaits.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022.
Formats
Description
"In the West's collective imagination, Vladimir Putin is a devious cartoon villain, constantly plotting and scheming to destroy his enemies around the globe and in Ukraine. But how did an undistinguished mid-level KGB officer become one of the most powerful leaders in Russian history? And how much of Putin's tough-guy persona is a calculated performance?"--
Author
Publisher
Harper Design, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
234 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Description
An illustrated travelogue that brilliantly captures artist and illustrator's Emma Fick's epic train journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway--from Beijing through Mongolia to Moscow--including more than 200 watercolor illustrations and handwritten text that includes cultural and historical information as well as invaluable travel tips.
19) Putin
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Description
"Vladimir Putin is the world's most dangerous man. Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so. He invades his neighbors, most recently Ukraine, meddles inwestern elections, and orders assassinations inside and outside Russia. His regime is autocratic and deeply corrupt. But that is only half the story. Unflinching, hard-hitting, and objective, Philip...
20) A darker place
Author
Series
Sean Dillon thrillers volume 16
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
337 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Alexander Kurbsky, a famous Russian writer and ex-paratrooper, fakes his escape from Russia and infiltrates British and American intelligence at the highest levels. He has his own motivations for doing the most effective job possible, which entails murdering anyone in his way--including Charles Ferguson, Sean Dillon and the rest of the group known informally as the "Prime Minister's private army."
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