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  • Catherine the Great. A biography of the woman who became Empress of all the Russias. Zoé Oldenbourg. Catherine the Great (Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg) was born in 1729 in Stettin, Pomerania, then Germany. She reigned as Empress of Russia from 1762 until 1796. Under her, the Russian Empire expanded, improved its administration, and continued to modernize along Western European lines. One of the better bios of the many devoted to Catherine.  NY: Pantheon Books, 1965. Second printing. 378 pages. Introduction, notes, references, chronological tables, index. Hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover.

    Catherine the Great [1963] Zoe Oldenbourg

    Catherine the Great. A biography of the woman who became Empress of all the Russias. Zoé Oldenbourg. Catherine the Great (Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg) was born in 1729 in Stettin, Pomerania, then Germany. She reigned as...
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  • Mikhail Lermontov. Mtsyri (Мцыри). "The Novice" is a poem Lermontov (1814-1841) wrote in 1839 and first published in 1840. It was hailed as "one of the last examples of the classic Russian romantic poetry," according to the Lermontov Encyclopedia.   Introduction, commentary, bibliography. Illustrated. An elegant miniature (4" x 2¾") hardcover edition with dustjacket, decorative endpapers, ribbon marker and gilt top edge. Published in 1989 in Moscow by "Kniga". IN RUSSIAN.

    Lermontov Mtsyri (Мцыри) deluxe miniature edition

    Mikhail Lermontov. Mtsyri (Мцыри). "The Novice" is a poem Lermontov (1814-1841) wrote in 1839 and first published in 1840. It was hailed as "one of the last examples of the classic Russian romantic poetry," according to the Lermontov Encyclopedia...
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  • Винники, Звенигород, Унів. (Wynnyki, Zvenyhorod, Univ and Villages in Vicinity: A historical and memoiristical (sic) collection.) (Alternate title: Vynnyky, Zvenyhorod, Univ ta dovkil'ni sela.) IN UKRAINIAN. Michael Wloch wrote and self-published this memoir and historical collection in 1970 about the regional histories of Vynnyky, Zvenykhorod, Univ and the surrounding villages. 527 pages with black and white photos, fold-out maps, map endpapers, deluxe binding with gilt titles, two pages in English titled "To Our English-Speaking Readers" and some additional reading in English.

    Ukraine History Memoir 1970 Vynnyky, Zvenyhorod Scarce

    Винники, Звенигород, Унів. (Wynnyki, Zvenyhorod, Univ and Villages in Vicinity: A historical and memoiristical (sic) collection.) (Alternate title: Vynnyky, Zvenyhorod, Univ ta dovkil'ni sela.) IN UKRAINIAN. Michael Wloch wrote and self-published this...
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  • Early Russian icon, 11th-16th centuries (Икона древней Руси XI-XVI вв). Book is structured around three thematic cycles: Christ, Mother of God, and Ecclesiastical History. Includes (in Russian), a prominent work by theologian and iconographer Leonid Uspensky (1902-1987) titled "The Icon in Contemporary World (1977). Profusely illustrated in color.

    Early Russian Icon, 11th-16th centuries [In Russian]

    Early Russian icon, 11th-16th centuries (Икона древней Руси XI-XVI вв). Book is structured around three thematic cycles: Christ, Mother of God, and Ecclesiastical History. Includes (in Russian), a prominent work by theologian and iconographer Leonid...
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  • Oleg Tarasov. Icon and Devotion: Sacred Spaces in Imperial Russia. In this well-researched book, the author tackles the meaning of the Russian icon, which is a tall subject indeed. He approaches the craft of icon-making by setting into context the forms of worship that emerged in the Russian Orthodox Church in the mid-seventeenth century. Wonder-working saints and the leaders of religious schisms, such as the Old Believers, are covered extensively. He traces the artistic vocabulary, techniques and working methods of icon painters.

    Icon and Devotion: Sacred Spaces in Imperial Russia

    Oleg Tarasov. Icon and Devotion: Sacred Spaces in Imperial Russia. In this well-researched book, the author tackles the meaning of the Russian icon, which is a tall subject indeed. He approaches the craft of icon-making by setting into context the forms...
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  • Harriet Beecher Stowe (Харриет Бичер-Стоу) Uncle Tom's Cabin (Хижина дяди Тома). Classic about the horrors of the American slave system. IN RUSSIAN. USSR: Minsk, Мастацкая Литература, 1977. Illustrations by Zaitsev.

    Uncle Tom's Cabin (Хижина дяди Тома) IN RUSSIAN

    Harriet Beecher Stowe (Харриет Бичер-Стоу) Uncle Tom's Cabin (Хижина дяди Тома). Classic about the horrors of the American slave system. IN RUSSIAN. USSR: Minsk, Мастацкая Литература, 1977. Illustrations by Zaitsev. 270 pages. Hardcover, printed boards...
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  • The Golovlyov Family (Господа Головлёвы).  Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (Михаил Евграфович Салтыков), first published in 1880. It is regarded as a classic of Russian literature, considered to be "the gloomiest book in all Russian literature" [D. S. Mirsky] making it very Russian indeed.  London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1962. Translated by Natalie Duddington, introduction by Edward Garnett.

    The Golovlyov Family [Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin]

    The Golovlyov Family (Господа Головлёвы).  Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (Михаил Евграфович Салтыков) (1826-1889), first published in 1880. It is regarded as a classic of Russian literature, considered to be "the gloomiest book in all Russian...
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  • Elizaveta Shelaeva. Photographs from Imperial St. Petersburg.  Russia (St. Petersburg): Unicorn Publishing Group, 2013. 160 pages. English translation edition. Large softcover printed on high quality with 120 crisp and clear blue sepia tone fully captioned photograph. Collected from the Central State Archive of Film and Photo Documents of St. Petersburg.

    Photographs from Imperial St. Petersburg

    Elizaveta Shelaeva. Photographs from Imperial St. Petersburg.  A richly illustrated photographic journey of old St. Petersburg, which, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was the capital of Imperial Russia. The Russia of the Tsars is on...
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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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  • GA (Athens}: Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 2013. 230 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover. Royal purple illustrated endpapers, many full color and black and white illustrations.

    Art Patronage of Catherine the Great (1762-1796)

    Exuberance of Meaning: The Art Patronage of Catherine the Great (1762-1796). Asen Kirin (curator), et al. This companion book to an exhibition in 2013-2014 at the Georgia Musuem of Art catalogues more than 60 works of art and books, most of which...
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  • О воззрениях русского народа. Марина Михайловна Громыко, Александр Викторович Буганов. (Gromyko, Buganov: On the views of the Russian people.) Паломник, 2007. 528 pages, black and white illustrations. IN RUSSIAN.

    On the views of the Russian people IN RUSSIAN

    О воззрениях русского народа. Марина Михайловна Громыко, Александр Викторович Буганов. (Gromyko, Buganov: On the views of the Russian people.) Паломник, 2007. 528 pages, black and white illustrations. IN RUSSIAN. Hardcover, decorative endpapers. In near...
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  • Russian Art at Hillwood. Katrina V. H. Taylor. The book is a concise and clearly-written presentationof the material found at Hillwood Museum. Majorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Post Cereal fortune, owned many extraordinary and world-class items. The chapters cover the following categories: painting, Faberge, Faberge's contemporaries, gold boxes, niello, kovschi (distinctively Russian decorative drinking vessels), chalices, porcelain from the Imperial Factory and private factories, glass and ivory.

    Russian Art at Hillwood

    Russian Art at Hillwood. Katrina V. H. Taylor. The book is a concise and clearly-written presentationof the material found at Hillwood Museum. Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887-1973), heiress to the Post Cereal fortune, owned many extraordinary and...
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  • Anna Benn and Rosamund Bartlett. Literary Russia. A Guide to the authors, characters, scenes and streets. NY: Overlook Duckworth Press, 2007. List of authors and an index. Illustrated.

    Literary Russia. A Guide.

    Literary Russia. A Guide to the authors, characters, scenes and streets. Anna Benn and Rosamund Bartlett. The authors trace the lives and legacies of some of Russia's foremost writers, and discusses their roles in the spiritual, political, and...
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  • Andrei Maylunas and Sergei Mironenko, editors. A Lifelong Passion: Nicolas and Alexandra, Their Own Story. Translated from original documents by Darya Galy. British edition.

    A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra [UK edition]

    Andrei Maylunas and Sergei Mironenko, editors. A Lifelong Passion: Nicolas and Alexandra, Their Own Story. Translated from original documents by Darya Galy. British edition. A Lifelong Passion begins in 1884 with the couple's first childhood meeting...
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  • Pavlovsk Palace & Park. USSR (Leningrad): Aurora Art Publishers, 1975. 1st edition. Over 300 pages, profusely illustrated in color together with an historically informative and fascinating text in English. Index, bibliography, and floor plans. The Palace of Pavlovsk is one of the finest structures in St. Petersburg and it houses an extraordinary collection of art treasures.

    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...
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