Russian History

Russian Imperial Style [Cerwinske, 1990]

Laura Cerwinske. Russian Imperial Style.  An elegant and beautifully illustrated, full-color paean to the lost world of 19th century Russia's aristocratic opulence melded with formal design. Cerwinske (1948-) focuses on eye-catching object d'art,...

Nicholas & Alexandra: The Last Imperial Family of Russia [MM]

Nicholas & Alexandra: The Last Imperial Family of Tsarist Russia. This ambitious and comprehensive book was published to accompany a landmark exhibition - "Nicholas and Alexandra: The Last Imperial Family of Russia" - held in Wilmington,...

New Russia: Between the First and Second Five Year Plans [1933]

Jerome Davis, editor. Introduction by Edward M. House. The New Russia: Between the First and Second Five Year Plans. NY: John Day, 1933. First edition. Bibliography, glossary. 265 pages. An attempt on the part of a group of sociologists and economists to...

In the Russian Style [J. Onassis]

Jacqueline Onassis, editor. With the Cooperation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Introduction by Audrey Kennett. In the Russian Style.  NY: Viking Press (A Studio Book): 1976. Hardcover, 184 pages. Illustrated in black and white and color. In...

Black Night, White Snow: Russia's Revolutions 1905-1917.

Harrison Salisbury. Black Night, White Snow: Russia's Revolutions 1905-1917. NY: Doubleday, 1978. 769 pages. Hardcover with deckle-edges. BOMC edition. A fast-paced narrative captures the rich drama of the most crucial political/historical event of the...

Rude and Barbarous Kingdom: Russia in the Accounts of Sixteenth-Century English Voyagers

Rude and Barbarous Kingdom: Russia in the Accounts of Sixteenth-Century English Voyagers. Lloyd E. Berry (Editor), Robert O. Crummey (Editor). WI (Madison): University of Wisconsin Press, 1968. Softcover, 1st edition. 391 pages, illustrations. Index,...

The Russian Worker [Illustrated]

The Russian Worker. Victoria E. Bonnell (Editor). English translation edition of contemporary accounts of working-class life during the final decades of the Russian Empire. Written by workers and other close observers of their milieu, these five...

Empire of the Czar: Journey Through Russia

Marquis De Custine. Empire of the Czar. An excellent travelogue by the French aristocrat Marquis de Custine (1790-1857) who,  in the 1830's, traveled throughout Russia. He details the personalities and workings of society and the court at...