Sovietica and Political Science

How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin

How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin: The Untold Story of a Noisy Revolution. Leslie Woodhead. NY: Bloomsbury USA; 2013. 1st edition. Hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover. 304 pages. Revolution. Leslie Woodhead. NY: Bloomsbury USA;...

Ten Days That Shook the World [ML #215, c. 1953].

John Reed. Ten Days That Shook the World. (The Modern Library, No. 215). Foreword by V.I. Lenin, introduction by Granville Hicks. Now classic account of the Russian revolution. Reed, immortalized on the silver screen by Warren Beatty in 1981 (Reds), was...

Two Vintage Russian Dictionaries [1953] Ozhegov, Muller

Dictionary of the Russian Language (Словарь Русского Языка).  Sergei Ivanovich Ozhegov (1900-1964) (Сергей Иванович Ожегов) version. Moscow, 1953. State Publishing House of Foreign and National Dictionaries (Государственное Издательство...

The Compatriots: The Brutal and Chaotic History of Russia's Exiles [2019]

The Compatriots: The Brutal and Chaotic History of Russia's Exiles, Émigrés, and Agents Abroad. Andrei Soldatov, Irina Borogan. NY: Public Affairs, 2019. 384 pages. Hardcover, dustjacket, brand new. 1 copy only. A frank look at the bloody...

Inside Russia Today J. Gunther [1958]

John Gunther. Inside Russia. John Gunther (1901–1970) wrote a series of sociopolitical works, known as the "Inside" books, of which this is one. He grew up on the North Side of Chicago, was awarded a Bachelor of Philosophy from the University of...

Contact on Gorky Street [Espionage]

Contact on Gorky Street. Greville Wynne. NY: Atheneum, 1968. 222 pages. Illustrated. BOMC hardcover in dustjacket in clear Mylar protective cover. Mild edge wear to dj, text about fine. 1 copy only. Greville Maynard Wynne (1919-1990) was a British...

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...

History of Russian-Soviet Journalism. 1917-1932 [RUSSIAN]

Institut mirovoi literatury imeni A.M. Gorkogo. Aleksandr Grigorevich Dementev (editor). Essays on the History of Russian-Soviet Journalism. 1917-1932. (Очерки Истории Русской Советской Журналистики).[Russian Edition] Extensively researched history of...

On the "Slava" in the Gulf of Riga [1949] RUSSIAN

On the "Slava" in the Gulf of Riga (На «Славе» в Рижском заливе.) K.I. Mazurenko (Мазуренко, К.И.). NY (Jordanville): 1949. Softcover, 72 pages. Illustrated. Good condition. Ex-parish library copy. Writing on cover, stamp on title page...

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...