Russian History

Pavlovsk Palace & Park

Anatoly M. Kuchumov (Author), A. Travlinsky (Translator), J. Hine (Translator). Pavlovsk Palace & Park. USSR (Leningrad): Aurora Art Publishers, 1975. 1st edition. Over 300 pages, profusely illustrated in color together with an historically...

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...

Russian Blood [Memoir]

CYBER MONDAY WEEK SPECIAL! Russian Blood. In the early 1980s, Alex Shoumatoff became curious about the history of his family. At that time, both his grandmothers were in their 90s. With a heightened sense of urgency, Shoumatoff collected their stories...

The Holy Place: Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow

The Holy Place: Architecture, Ideology, and History in Russia. K. Akinsha, G. Kozlov & S. Hochfield. CT (New Haven): Yale University Press, 2007. 60 illustrations. Hardcover, 224 pages.   The authors examine the extraordinary two-century...

White Road: A Russian Odyssey, 1919-1923

CYBER MONDAY WEEK SPECIAL! White Road: A Russian Odyssey, 1919-1923. Olga Illyn. A gripping and enthralling memoir of the onset of the Russian Revolution and the path of defeat for the White Army. Illyn was a young bride and her husband, a White Army...