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Travels in Siberia [Ian Frazier]

Travels in Siberia. Ian Frazier. A sparkling travelogue from the bestselling author of Great Plains. Ian Frazier (1951-) is an American writer who turns his perceptive eye on Siberia in this non-fiction travel bestseller. He writes about its history,...

My Ringside Seat in Moscow [1952]

My Ringside Seat in Moscow. Nicholas Nyaradi. The author was Minister of Finance for Hungary and spent time in the Soviet Union when Hungary was coming under the influence of Communism. An insightful and engaging book.  NY: Thomas Crowell, 1952...

Russian Journey by William O. Douglas [1956]

Russian Journey. William O. Douglas. The Supreme Court Justice reported on his visit to the Soviet Union in 1955, two years after the death of Stalin. He traveled from Pahlevi and Baku on the Caspian to Tashkent, Novosibirsk, then across the Urals to...

Journey Among Warriors [Eve Curie]

Journey Among Warriors [Eve Curie]. Eve Curie was the daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie, the discoverers of radium and Nobel Prize winners. As a news correspondent, her journey begins as the world is mired in war for just over two years, during which...

Galicia and Moldavia Travel Letters [Kelsiev] IN RUSSIAN

Galicia (Galichina) and Moldavia (Moldova). Travel Letters. (Галичина и Молдавия. Путевые письма.) Vasily Ivanovich Kelsiev. (Василий Иванович Кельсиев.) IN RUSSIAN. Originally published in St. Petersburg in 1868 by V.I. Golovin. Reprinted by The...

Russia of My Experience [M. V. Pylee]

Russia of My Experience: An Intimate Portrait of the Soviet Union. India (Cochin): East West Publications, 1979. 2nd revised edition. Signed and dedicated by the author on first page to Chicago-born Philip S. Harper, Jr., a Chicago business...

Offbeat in Asia: A Journey Along the Russian Frontier [1960]

Offbeat in Asia: A Journey Along the Russian Frontier. Michael Alexander. NY: David McKay Co., Inc., 1960. 1st American edition. 180 pages, photos and maps. Good hardcover in good dustjacket now in a protective clear Mylar jacket cover. Jacket not price...