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    • Moscow: Treasures and Traditions (Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service). W. Bruce Lincoln, Olga Gordeeva, John Bowlt, other authors. The rich Moscow artistic legacy and the effects of various political, social and religious changes on the city's creative climate over the past 500 years are recorded here in 12 essays by primarily Russian curators and academics. Topics include the capital's cultural heritage from the 1300s, the influence of European and Oriental styles on the traditional clothing of Moscow, Russian art from 1910 onward, painting, metalwork, jewelry, porcelain and armor.

      Moscow: Treasures and Traditions [ppbk]

      Moscow: Treasures and Traditions. (Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service). W. Bruce Lincoln, Olga Gordeeva, John Bowlt, other authors. The rich Moscow artistic legacy and the effects of various political, social and religious changes...
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    • The Last Act of a Tragedy: New Documents about the Execution of the Last Russian Emperor Nicholas II. Veniamin Vasilievich Alekseyev is a prominent historian and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated to English from Russian. Alekseyev's work is considered an "invaluable documentary resource" for historians researching the final days of the Romanov dynasty. It's a documentary collection featuring archival materials related to the imprisonment and execution of the Romanov family. Documents include guard duty books from the Ipatiev House guards, detailing daily security operations during the family's final weeks. Detailed accounts and "confessions" from the executioners, most notably the full report by Yakov Yurovsky, the commandant who led the death squad. Telegram correspondence between local Bolsheviks in Yekaterinburg and central leadership in Moscow (Lenin and Sverdlov) regarding the family's status and the eventual news of the shooting. Documentation of the Imperial family's belongings and the discovery of hidden Romanov jewels. Materials from the early White Guard investigations into the murders.

      Last Act of a Tragedy [Alekseyev] 1996

      The Last Act of a Tragedy: New Documents about the Execution of the Last Russian Emperor Nicholas II.Veniamin Vasilievich Alekseyev is a prominent historian and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated to English from Russian. Alekseyev's...
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    • Memoirs of Nicky and Alix. Translations from the Russian by Sergei Viatchanin. A free-wheeling, non-chronological compilation of letters and diary entries that allows readers a rare opportunity to view the incredible historical events from two different vantage points. A call and response, if you will. If you're up-to-date on Romanov history, this will be an interesting read.

      Memoirs of Nicky and Alix [2016]

      Memoirs of Nicky and Alix. Translations from the Russian by Sergei Viatchanin. A free-wheeling, non-chronological compilation of letters and diary entries that allows readers a rare opportunity to view the incredible historical events from two different...
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    • Bookplates and Their Owners in Imperial Russia: An Illustrated Survey of Holdings at Stanford University. Marguerite Studemeister. 1990. Softcover. From the back cover: "Book ownership marks first appeared in Russia in the XVI century, and during the next 350 years they developed into a unique art form. This study offers two hundred illustrations, which have been found in books at Stanford University's Cecil H. Green Library and the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. Along with each photo is information about the book mark's owner as well as a bibliography for further studies.

      Bookplates and Their Owners in Imperial Russia

      Bookplates and Their Owners in Imperial Russia: An Illustrated Survey of Holdings at Stanford University. Marguerite Studemeister. 1990. Softcover. From the back cover: "Book ownership marks first appeared in Russia in the XVI century, and during the...
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    • Victor Vasnetsov. Victor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1848–1926) is one of Russia's finest painters and draughtsman who specialised in mythological and historical subjects. He is considered a co-founder of Russian folklorist and romantic nationalistic painting and key in the Russian Revivalist movement. Among the many of his works, several stand out, including The Knight at the Crossroads (1878), The Bogatyrs (1898), Ivan Tsarevich riding the Gray Wolf (1889), and Alyonushka (1881). Some of his other accomplishments include working on the mosaics for the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Warsaw; he was also involved in the design of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Moscow. In 1912, he was given a noble title by Czar Nicholas II. In 1914, he designed a revenue stamp intended for voluntary collection for victims of World War I. USSR (Leningrad): Aurora Art Publishers, 1979. English text. 131 pages.

      Victor Vasnetsov

      Victor Vasnetsov. Victor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1848–1926) is one of Russia's finest painters and draughtsman who specialised in mythological and historical subjects. He is considered a co-founder of Russian folklorist and romantic nationalistic...
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    • Fine Arts of Soviet Kazakhstan (Кеңестік Қазақстанның бейнелеу өнері). I. P. Iuferova. Traces Kazakh painting and sculpture in the 20th century, beginning with N.G.Khludov and Alma-Ata to the final years of the USSR. Tri-lingual text in Russian, English, and Kazakh. Kazakhstan: Alma Ata, Oner, 1990. 1st edition, 263 pages with 303 color illustrations, and an index. Hardcover (quarto) with multi-color illustrated boards with the publisher's clear plastic dust jacket cover with titles on the front. Sewn binding.

      Fine Arts of Soviet Kazakhstan

      Fine Arts of Soviet Kazakhstan (Кеңестік Қазақстанның бейнелеу өнері). I. P. Iuferova. Traces Kazakh painting and sculpture in the 20th century, beginning with N.G.Khludov and Alma-Ata to the final years of the USSR. Tri-lingual text in Russian, English,...
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    • The Russian Peasantry: Their Agrarian Condition, Social Life & Religion. S. Stepniak. Sergei Mikhailovich Stepniak-Kravchinskii (Сергей Михайлович Степняк-Кравчинский) (1851-1895) went by Sergius Stepniak in 19th-century London revolutionary circles. He is known for assassinating General Nikolai Mezentsov, chief of Russia's Gendarme corps and head of secret police in 1878. There is a comprehensive biography of him on Wikipedia under Sergei Stepniak. London: George Routledge and Sons Ltd., 1905. New edition. 651 pages, index. Hardcover, gilt titles on spine, blindstamped title, eagle and author. Small stain upper spine and lighter on front cover. Former owner name inside front cover. Good solid binding with clean text. Overall VG. Some tanning and mild foxing.

      The Russian Peasantry. Stepniak [1905]

      The Russian Peasantry: Their Agrarian Condition, Social Life & Religion. S. Stepniak. Sergei Mikhailovich Stepniak-Kravchinskii (Сергей Михайлович Степняк-Кравчинский) (1851-1895) went by Sergius Stepniak in 19th-century London revolutionary circles...
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    • Western European Drawings: Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Западноевропейский Рисунок: Государственный музей изобразительных искусств имени А.С.Пушкина). Evgeny Semenovich Levitan (Е.С. Левитан). Large format dives into the graphic collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, presenting the significant schools and masters of drawing in Western Europe from the 15th century to the present day. The works of many outstanding masters are reproduced and described in this collection. Moscow: Изобразительное искусство, 1991. RUSSiAN LANGUAGE EDITION. Oversize hardcover with dustjacket. 376 pages with many plates of black and white and full color reproductions.

      Western European Drawings: Pushkin State Museum

      Western European Drawings: Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Западноевропейский Рисунок: Государственный музей изобразительных искусств имени А.С.Пушкина). Evgeny Semenovich Levitan (Е.С. Левитан). Large format dive into the graphic collection of the...
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    • When Lovers Ruled Russia. V. Poliakoff. NY: D. Appleton, 1928. 284 pages. Hardcover, purple linen cloth covers, gold embossed titles and eagle.12 illustrations, index. Historical non-fiction on the lives and romantic entanglements of powerful couples in Russian history, including Catherine the Great and her lovers, Alexander II and his wife, and Nicholas II and Alexandra. Others included are Anna Mons, Catherine I, Menshikov, Biron, Elizabeth, Orlov, and Potemkin. Vladimir Poliakoff (1864-1939), aka "Augur", was a Russian-born journalist and author who fled to Britain after the Bolshevik Revolution and became known for his popular historical books on the Russian Empire.

      When Lovers Ruled Russia {1928]

      When Lovers Ruled Russia. V. Poliakoff. NY: D. Appleton, 1928. 284 pages. Hardcover, purple linen cloth covers, gold embossed titles and eagle.12 illustrations, index. Text is unmarked, no ownership marks. Some foxing to paper. 1 copy only. Historical...
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    • Memoirs of the Pages to the Tsars. Thomas E. Berry, translator and editor. The history of the Corps des Pages in Russia dates back to the days of Peter the Great. Included are remembrances from during the reigns of Paul I (1754-1801) through to Nicholas II (1868-1918). The Corps des Pages was both a military and a Court institution which prepared young men to serve the Tsar and his family at Court. Many would also go on to serve in the military or enter into the diplomatic or civil service of the Russian Empire. The Tsarina and each member of the Imperial Household had a Page of the Chamber assigned to them, as did all the Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses. These memoirs provide eyewitness accounts of their education and training at the Vorontsov Palace in St. Petersburg. Their recollections of the elegance of the Russian Court, as well as intimate details of Tsar Nicholas II, provide a rare glimpse into his private world.

      Memoirs of the Pages to the Tsars

      Memoirs of the Pages to the Tsars. Thomas E. Berry, translator and editor. The history of the Corps des Pages in Russia dates back to the days of Peter the Great. Included are remembrances from during the reigns of Paul I (1754-1801) through to Nicholas...
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    • The Many Deaths of Tsar Nicholas II: Relics, Remains and the Romanovs. Wendy Slater. A fully researched and careful retelling of the gruesome deaths and subsequent rediscovery of Russia's royal family. Includes a series of essays on the myths surrounding them. Much has been written over the last century, Slater's book is one of the best.  UK: Routledge, 2007. 204 pages. Small hardcover, 1st edition. 9 illustrations. Notes, bibliography and index. Part of the Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe series.

      The Many Deaths of Tsar Nicholas II [Slater]

      The Many Deaths of Tsar Nicholas II: Relics, Remains and the Romanovs. Wendy Slater. A fully researched and careful retelling of the gruesome deaths and subsequent rediscovery of Russia's royal family. Includes a series of essays on the myths surrounding...
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    • The Pskov Icon of the 13th-16th Century (Псковская Икона XIII-XVII Веков). Leningrad: Aurora, 1990. 323 pages. First edition. TEXT IN RUSSIAN.  Pskov, one of the oldest cities in Russia, is mentioned in 903, when Igor of Kiev married St. Olga. The first prince of Pskov was Vladimir the Great's youngest son Sudislav. In the 12th-13th centuries, Pskov aligned with the Novgorod Republic. In 1241, it was taken by the Teutonic Knights, but Alexander Nevsky recaptured it. The Pskov school of painting icons began in the 13th century by preserving Novgorod artistic traditions. It flourished in the late 14th-early 15th centuries. Pskov icon painters developed their own iconography, distinguished by the prevalence of dark-green and white-pink colors. Few from that time have survived today. Military conflicts and foreign threats helped determine the special tonality of the Pskov school, this being stronger expressions, inner dynamics, and strained images. Pskov icon painting waned after the beginning of the 17th century.

      Pskov Icon of the 13th-16th Century [IN RUSSIAN]

      The Pskov Icon of the 13th-16th Century (Псковская Икона XIII-XVII Веков). TEXT IN RUSSIAN. By Mikhail Vladimirovich Alpatov and others. Pskov, one of the oldest cities in Russia, is mentioned in 903, when Igor of Kiev married St. Olga...
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    • Russian Court at Sea. Francis Welch. On 11th April 1919, less than a year after the murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, the British battleship HMS Marlborough left Yalta carrying twenty members of the Russian Imperial Family into perpetual exile. They included the Tsar's mother, the Dowager Empress Marie, and his sister, the Grand Duchess Xenia, Prince Felix Youssupov (the murderer of Rasputin), and Grand Duke Nicholas, once Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armies. As the ship prepared to set sail, a British sloop carrying 400 White Russian soldiers drew up alongside. The soldiers stood on deck and sang the Russian National Anthem. Poingnantly, the Dowager Empress stood on deck alone. According to the HMS Marlborough's First Lieutenant, nobody dared to approach her. The Russian Court at Sea vividly recreates this unlikely voyage, with its bizarre assortment of warring characters and its priceless cargo of treasures including rolled-up Rembrandts and Faberge eggs.

      Russian Court at Sea

      Russian Court at Sea. Francis Welch. On 11th April 1919, less than a year after the murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, the British battleship HMS Marlborough left Yalta carrying twenty members of the Russian Imperial Family into perpetual...
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    • Tolstoy: The Making Of A Novelist. Edward Crankshaw. Crankshaw (1909-1984) was a British author who is best known for his works on Soviet history. This book on Tolstoy is one of his few titles that doesn't involve politics. Illustrated by a wealth of portraits, prints, drawings, photographs and documents. NY: Viking (Studio Press), 1974. 276 pages. First edition.

      Tolstoy: The Making Of A Novelist [Crankshaw]

      Tolstoy: The Making Of A Novelist. Edward Crankshaw. Crankshaw (1909-1984) was a British author who is best known for his works on Soviet history. This book on Tolstoy is one of his few titles that doesn't involve politics. Illustrated by a wealth of...
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      Reference Guide to Russian Literature. Neil Cornwell, editor. London and Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1998. First edition pre-Routledge printing. 974 pages. Hardcover, printed boards. Ex-libris sticker of L.Nelson Bell Library inside front cover. Overall near fine. Books weighs 7 pounds.

      Reference Guide to Russian Literature [Cromwell, 1994]

      Reference Guide to Russian Literature. Neil Cornwell, editor. London and Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1998. First edition pre-Routledge printing. 974 pages. Hardcover, printed boards. Ex-libris sticker of L.Nelson Bell Library inside front cover...
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      Set of Three Fairy  and Folk Tale Books. Includes Tale of Tsar Saltan, The Turnip, and The Wild Geese. Each book is fully illustrated in color on each page. About 14 pages each. Approximately 8"x 10". In English. Published in 1992.

      Russian Fairy Tales Book Set

      Set of Three Fairy  and Folk Tale Books. Includes Tale of Tsar Saltan, The Turnip, and The Wild Geese. Each book is fully illustrated in color on each page. About 14 pages each. Approximately 8"x 10". In English. Published in 1992 by a matryoshka...
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