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  • Boris Godounov. Alexander Pushkin. Boris Zworykin. Introduction by Peter Ustinov. An exquisite fusion of the epic drama written by Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), Modest Mussorgsky's (1839-1881) epic operatic composition, and Boris Zvorykin's (1872-1942) stunning five-color full page illustrations. Additionally, the translation here is by Alfred Hayes (1857-1936), and English poet, who rendered Pushkin's verse into English verse.

    Boris Godunov [Pushkin, Zworykin & Ustinov]

    Boris Godounov. Alexander Pushkin. Boris Zworykin. Introduction by Peter Ustinov. An exquisite fusion of the epic drama written by Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), Modest Mussorgsky's (1839-1881) epic operatic composition, and Boris Zvorykin's (1872-1942)...
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  • AIVAZOVSKY 1817-1900 (АЙВАЗОВСКИЙ 1817-1900). Valery Pilipenko (Валерей Пилипенко). Folio art book with excellent color reproductions of Russian marine painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky. Monograph essay details Aivazovsky's connections with contemporary artists and certain historical figures.  USSR (Leningrad): Khudozhnik RFSFR (Художник РСФСР), 1983. 180+ pages. IN RUSSIAN. Folio hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover.

    Aivazovsky 1817-1900 [IN RUSSIAN]

    AIVAZOVSKY 1817-1900 (АЙВАЗОВСКИЙ 1817-1900). Valery Pilipenko (Валерей Пилипенко). Folio art book with excellent color reproductions of Russian marine painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky. Monograph essay details Aivazovsky's connections with...
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  • Avant-Garde Art of the 20s-30s [IN RUSSIAN]

    Avant-Garde Art of the 20s-30s [IN RUSSIAN]

    Painting of 1920s-1930s (Живопись 20-30х Годов).  A.M. Muratov (А. М. Муратов).superb collection of previously little-known and interesting works collected in the largest regional museums of Russia, as well as those in the storerooms of the State...
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  • The Last Tsar. Larissa Yermilova. Considered a major pictorial presentation of the Romanovs, including Nicholas I, Alexander II and his family, Alexander III and his family, but overall emphasis is on Nicholas II and his family. Many photos were, at the time, unseen. Text in the beginning puts the Romanovs into historical context. London: Sirocco, 2002. 256 pages, profusely illustrated. English edition, translated from the Russian.

    The Last Tsar [Yermilova]

    The Last Tsar. Larissa Yermilova. Considered a major pictorial presentation of the Romanovs, including Nicholas I, Alexander II and his family, Alexander III and his family, but overall emphasis is on Nicholas II and his family. Many photos were, at the...
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  • A Merry Journey (Веселое путешествие). Victor Pekelis (Виктор Давыдович Пекелис) (1921-1997). Illustrations by Dmitry Spiridonovich Bisti (Дмитрий Спиридонович Бисти) (1925-1990) throughout. A collection of 16 short stories in Russian, including "Smart Cars", "Foam Houses", "On the Moon", "City in the Sky", and more prescient stories. Detgiz, 1961. 56 pages. Pictorial stiff cardboard covers. Raspberry red endpapers.

    A Merry Journey (Веселое путешествие) 1961 [IN RUSSIAN]

    A Merry Journey (Веселое путешествие). Victor Pekelis (Виктор Давыдович Пекелис) (1921-1997). Illustrations by Dmitry Spiridonovich Bisti (Дмитрий Спиридонович Бисти) (1925-1990) throughout. A collection of 16 short stories in Russian, including "Smart...
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  • Monasteries and Convents of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad: An Historical Review. George Seide. English translation by Theophilos Lasswell. Munich: Monastery of Saint Job of Pochaev. 210 pages. Standard paperback in very good condition. illustrations and a bibliography.

    Monasteries and Convents of ROCOR [1990]

    Monasteries and Convents of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad: An Historical Review. George Seide. English translation by Theophilos Lasswell. Munich: Monastery of Saint Job of Pochaev. 210 pages. Standard paperback in very good condition. illustrations...
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    Kremlin Gold: 1000 Years of Russian Gems and Jewels. Joel A. Bartsch. With forewords by Irina Rodimtseva, Truett Latimer, and John W. McCarter, Jr.  NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2000. 1st edition. 310 illustrations, 244 in full color, quarto hardcover, pictorial covers.

    Kremlin Gold: 1000 Years of Russian Gems and Jewels

    Kremlin Gold: 1000 Years of Russian Gems and Jewels. Joel A. Bartsch. With forewords by Irina Rodimtseva, Truett Latimer, and John W. McCarter, Jr. The sumptuous book published by the king of art books (Abrams) is a companion volume to a major American...
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  • Victoria Lebedeva. Boris Kustodiev: The Artist and His Work. Translated from the Russian by Christopher English. Boris Mikhaylovich Kustodiev (1878-1927) was born on Shrove Tuesday, in Astrakhan. "Maslenitsa", or "Shrovetide", became one of his favorite themes, and one of his more well-known paintings. This, as well as other paintings, including the “Russian types " series, "Vegetables Merchant", "Baker" ("Булочник"), "Sailor and His Girl" ("Матрос и милая"), "Mashka. Merchant's Daughter" ("Машка. Купеческая дочь"), "Merchant's Wife Drinking Tea" ("Купчиха, пьющая чай), the last another popular theme of his. Other works depicted here include theatre costume sketches, book illustrations, and prints.

Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1981. 211 pages, 165 illustrations, many in color. Hardcover, pictorial covers.

    Boris Kustodiev: The Artist and His Work

    Victoria Lebedeva. Boris Kustodiev: The Artist and His Work. Translated from the Russian by Christopher English. Boris Mikhaylovich Kustodiev (1878-1927) was born on Shrove Tuesday, in Astrakhan. "Maslenitsa", or "Shrovetide", became one of his favorite...
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  • FL: Dramco, 1992. 1st edition. 700 pages. Russian Heraldry and Nobility. Donald Mandich and Joseph Placek. Russian heraldry appeared much later than in most other European countries and by the late 17th century, it achieved great significance. This ambitious and comprehensive tome uses as its primary source the "General Armorial of the Noble Families of the Russian Empire" (Общий Гербовник Дворянских Родов Всеросийской Империи), originally published from 1797 to 1840 serially in 10 volumes by the Russian Government. Included is a History of Russian Heraldry and its structure, a comprehensive accounting of blazons of family arms and their colors, and peculiarities and differences compared to the West.

    Russian Heraldry and Nobility

    Russian Heraldry and Nobility. Donald Mandich and Joseph Placek. Russian heraldry appeared much later than in most other European countries and by the late 17th century, it achieved great significance. This ambitious and comprehensive tome uses as its...
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  • Н. Славина (N. Slavina). I. B. Chizhova. (И. Б. Чихова) USSR:‎ Khudozhnik RSFSR", 1988. IN RUSSIAN. 179 pages. Many color and black and white illustrations.

    Lomonosov Artist Nina Slavina [RUSSIAN]

    Н. Славина (N. Slavina). I. B. Chizhova. (И. Б. Чихова). Nina Pavlovna Slavina (1928-2000) worked at the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory as a celebrated artist as well as an art critic. She studied at the Leningrad Higher School of Art and Industry named...
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  • NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 529 pages. 1st edition. Notes, selective bibliography, index. Illustrated. 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, science, economics, and politic with emphasis on famous exiles, from the well-known€ (”Dostoyevsky, Lenin, Stalin) to the lesser known (like Natalie Lopukhin, banished by the empress for copying her dresses), the Decembrists and the Mongols, and more. An interesting and compelling journey.

    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,...
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  • NY: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 1st edition. 270 pages. Notes, bibliography, index.  Russian popular folk beliefs and culture were a central theme in Dostoevsky's works, and folklore imagery is diffused througout his fiction. Dostoevsky and the Russian People is an extensive study and Linda Ivanits investigates the integration of Dostoevsky's religious ideas and popular folklore. She surveys the shifts in Dostoevsky's thinking about the Russian people throughout his lifetime and studies it in Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Devils, and The Brothers Karamazov.

    Dostoevsky and the Russian People

    Dostoevsky and the Russian People. Linda Ivanits. Russian popular folk beliefs and culture were a central theme in Dostoevsky's works, and folklore imagery is diffused througout his fiction. Dostoevsky and the Russian People is an extensive study and...
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  • UK/US: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. 1st edition, 256 pages. Illustrated. Translator's notes, preface, notes, bibliograpy. Anton Chekhov: A Brother's Memoir. Mikhail Chekhov shares his memories and insights, while transporting readers into the world of the Chekhov family. He visits the places where his brother lived and worked and introduces the people he knew and loved, such as Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky.

    Anton Chekhov: A Brother's Memoir

    Anton Chekhov: A Brother's Memoir. Mikhail Chekhov shares his memories and insights, while transporting readers into the world of the Chekhov family. He visits the places where his brother lived and worked and introduces the people he knew and loved,...
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  • Vladimir Soloukin. Winter Day (Зимный День). IN RUSSIAN. Includes Black Boards (Notes of a Beginning Collector) (Черные Доски) along with several other tales. Moscow: Советский Писатель, 1967. 287 pages.

    Winter Day IN RUSSIAN [V. Soloukhin]

    Vladimir Soloukin. Winter Day (Зимный День). IN RUSSIAN. Includes Black Boards (Notes of a Beginning Collector) (Черные Доски) along with several other tales (see pic of table of contents). Moscow: Советский Писатель, 1967. 287 pages. Small hardcover...
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  • Pushkin's Prose. Abram Zakharovich Lezhnev. Translated by Roberta Reeder with an introduction by Paul Debreczeny. Lezhnev ((1893-1938) was a Russian author, literary critic and writer. This is a translation of Проза Пушкина which was originally published in 1937.

    Pushkin's Prose [Abram Lezhnev]

    Pushkin's Prose. Abram Zakharovich Lezhnev. Translated by Roberta Reeder with an introduction by Paul Debreczeny. Lezhnev ((1893-1938) was a Russian author, literary critic and writer. This is a translation of Проза Пушкина which was originally...
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  • A.N. Afanasyev. Russian folk tales. IN RUSSIAN. Goslitizdat, 1957. Volume 2 only. 510 pages. Editor, preface and notes by V. Ya. Propp. Classic collection of over 100 tales in Russian. (See pics of index.)

    Russian Folk Tales, Afanasyev [IN RUSSIAN]

    A.N. Afanasyev. Russian folk tales. IN RUSSIAN. Goslitizdat, 1957. Volume 2 only. 510 pages. Editor, preface and notes by V. Ya. Propp. Classic collection of over 100 tales in Russian. (See pics of index.) Vintage printing. Hardcover, spine repaired with...
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  • The Complete Tales of Nikolai Gogol. Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1809-1852). IL: (University of Chicago Press), 1985 (revised edition). 259 pages and 352 pages. Translations by Constance Garnett, updated and revised by Leonard Kent, with notes and introduction. This set brings all of Gogol's fiction (except his novel Dead Souls) together in paperback. With these two volumes and a copy of Dead Souls, you will have all of Gogol's fiction.

    Gogol: Complete Tales [English]

    The Complete Tales of Nikolai Gogol. Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1809-1852). IL: (University of Chicago Press), 1985 (revised edition). 259 pages and 352 pages. Translations by Constance Garnett, updated and revised by Leonard Kent, with notes and...
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  • Edvard Radzinsky. The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II.  Russian historian and author Radzinsky mines sources never before available to create a fascinating portrait of the last Tsar of Russia, and sets out a minute-by-minute account, in detective-like fashion, of his last days. One of the most compelling books on the subject and a best seller.

    The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II

    Edvard Radzinsky. The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II.  Russian historian and author Radzinsky mines sources never before available to create a fascinating portrait of the last Tsar of Russia, and sets out a minute-by-minute...
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  • Orthodox America 1794-1976: Development of the Orthodox Church in America. Constance J. Tarasar, John H. Erickson, editors. NY: Syosset, The Orthodox Church in America, Department of History and Archives.

    Orthodox America 1794-1976

    Orthodox America 1794-1976: Development of the Orthodox Church in America. Constance J. Tarasar, John H. Erickson, editors. A history of the Orthodox Church in America, with photographs and accounts of the growth of the churches in the United States. NY:...
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