Eastern Europe Books


Nicholas and AlexandraNicholas and Alexandra
Best Price: $10.69
In 2000, there was much talk about the "most important person of the 20th Century." My...
Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet EmpireLenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire
Best Price: $4.64
This book is a fascinating exploration of the last days of the Soviet Union, providing a...
Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968
Best Price: $11.01
I read this about 6 years ago when it was assigned in one of my undergrad classes. There are...
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891-1924A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891-1924
Best Price: $13.50
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891-1924 A People's Tragedy Orlando Figes...
The Thirteenth TribeThe Thirteenth Tribe
Best Price: $7.93
Koestler, and other Khazars, who have the courage to come forward and expose the fraud...


Catherine the GreatCatherine the Great
Best Price: $6.84
i hard to believe a little german priness would become the most powerful woman in europe.but...
Russia : A Concise HistoryRussia : A Concise History
Best Price: $8.98
Very disappointing work Not updated to reflect current changes affected well before the book's...
Three " Whys" of the Russian RevolutionThree " Whys" of the Russian Revolution
Best Price: $5.98
When was the Russian Revolution? The conventional answer would be October 1917. After all,...
Behind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia's City of SteelBehind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia's City of Steel
Best Price: $5.00
A very good account of life in 1930s Russia under the Bolshevik regime led by Lenin and then...
Great Catherine: The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of RussiaGreat Catherine: The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia
Best Price: $10.77
Great Catherine by the prolific biographer Carolly Erickson tells the story of a little German...


The Russian Question at the End of the Twentieth Century: Toward the End of the Twentieth CenturyThe Russian Question at the End of the Twentieth Century: Toward the End of the Twentieth Century
Best Price: $14.25
Solzhenitsyn's writing is interesting and cohesive, but his conclusion is unclear. He leaves no...
Contemporary Europe: A History (10th Edition)Contemporary Europe: A History (10th Edition)
Best Price: $66.34
This textbook provides an adequate overview of the period with orthodox interpretations about...
The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Best Price: $6.69
To understand the history and complexity of the Russian Revolution requires a book of over a...
From Nyet to Da: Understanding the Russians (Interact Series)From Nyet to Da: Understanding the Russians (Interact Series)
Best Price: $14.87
In my opinion an accurate explanation of working with people, from a man experienced in Russia....
Rasputin: The Saint Who SinnedRasputin: The Saint Who Sinned
Best Price: $8.88
Instead of a book that is only re-telling really what we know or have heard of Rasputin, this is...

Black SeaBlack Sea
Best Price: $8.49
Black Sea is a gem of a book: it is a wonderfully written, sophisticated combination of...
Peter the GreatPeter the Great
Best Price: $83.90
In short, I am an amateur historian of Russian history and found this biography to be very...
Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War IIReturn to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II
Best Price: $28.21
Highly acclaimed and thoroughly updated, Return to Diversity, Fourth Edition, provides a...
The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas IIThe Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II
Best Price: $3.99
A man is sitting at a book-covered table in the Central State Archive of the October (1917)...
A History of Russia, the Soviet Union, and Beyond (with InfoTrac )A History of Russia, the Soviet Union, and Beyond (with InfoTrac )
Best Price: $74.94
This is a required textbook for a Russian History class I am taking and so far the book is a...

Imperial Russia: A Source Book, 1700-1917Imperial Russia: A Source Book, 1700-1917The First Socialist Society: A History of the Soviet Union from Within, Second EditionThe First Socialist Society: A History of the Soviet Union from Within, Second Edition
Best Price: $18.88
This was the first book I read about Russian history, at all. I would recommend that anyone...
Cultural Atlas of Russia and the Former Soviet Union (Cultural Atlas of)Cultural Atlas of Russia and the Former Soviet Union (Cultural Atlas of)
Best Price: $31.50
The information presented in this book is fabulous. I love the pictures as well. It's a great...
ResurrectionResurrection
Best Price: $4.28
I had to get this for school but it's actually kind of interesting.
Major Problems In The History Of Imperial Russia (Major Problems in European History Series)Major Problems In The History Of Imperial Russia (Major Problems in European History Series)
Best Price: $33.92
I am currently taking a class by Professor Cracraft and used this book. It was a good read...

A Concise History of Hungary (Cambridge Concise Histories)A Concise History of Hungary (Cambridge Concise Histories)
Best Price: $17.69
This is a surprisingly fine book. It is lively and concise. It is efficient, covering all major...
The Russian RevolutionThe Russian Revolution
Best Price: $15.99
This is a great history written by a person whose opinions of the indisputable events of the...
The Golden Tradition: Jewish Life and Thought in Eastern Europe (Modern Jewish History)The Golden Tradition: Jewish Life and Thought in Eastern Europe (Modern Jewish History)
Best Price: $13.21
The best available and reader friendly book regarding Jews and Judaism in Eastern Europe before ...
Transylvania: A land beyond fiction and mythTransylvania: A land beyond fiction and myth
Best Price: $16.13
This is the best tourist guide I've seen so far. It has very detailed information about sights,...
The Russian RevolutionThe Russian Revolution
Best Price: $2.75
I am enjoying this book immensely. I was looking for a good intermediate source to transition...

From Russia to USSR and BeyondFrom Russia to USSR and BeyondThe Magic Circle of Rudolf II: Alchemy and Astrology in Renaissance PragueThe Magic Circle of Rudolf II: Alchemy and Astrology in Renaissance Prague
Best Price: $13.84
How do you judge a ruler? Henry VIII and Louis XIV are judged Great, but did they manage to...
The Thaw Generation: Coming of Age in the Post-Stalin Era (Pitt Russian East European)The Thaw Generation: Coming of Age in the Post-Stalin Era (Pitt Russian East European)
Best Price: $6.39
Alexeyeva has done a marvelous job of combining personal tales with Soviet political history in...
A History of RussiaA History of Russia
Best Price: $49.87
This is a good book for those who prefer an easy-to-read book on history... or for those who are...
The Memoirs of Princess DashkovaThe Memoirs of Princess Dashkova
Best Price: $18.17
The Memoirs of Princess Dashkova are unique in that they are a first hand account of eighteenth...

Russian Rebels, 1600-1800: Four Great Rebellions Which Shook the Russian State in the Seventeenth (The Norton Library ; N836)Russian Rebels, 1600-1800: Four Great Rebellions Which Shook the Russian State in the Seventeenth (The Norton Library ; N836)
Best Price: $16.13
Bolotnikov, Razin, Bulavin and Pugachev are all names lost to history yet these were leaders of...
Russia's Chechen Wars 1994-2000: Lessons from the Urban CombatRussia's Chechen Wars 1994-2000: Lessons from the Urban Combat
Best Price: $17.79
Good overall acct of the Chechen War, particularly how the Russians were so unprepared for it. ...
Growing Up in Moscow: Memories of a Soviet GirlhoodGrowing Up in Moscow: Memories of a Soviet Girlhood
Best Price: $13.00
It is a shame this book went out of print so quickly. The author was a fresh, naive immigrant...
Culture and Customs of Russia (Culture and Customs of Europe)Culture and Customs of Russia (Culture and Customs of Europe)
Best Price: $51.49
This book provides an excellent overview of Russian culture. However, the reader must have...
Why Lenin? Why Stalin? Why Gorbachev?: The Rise and Fall of the Soviet System (3rd Edition) (Critical Periods of History)Why Lenin? Why Stalin? Why Gorbachev?: The Rise and Fall of the Soviet System (3rd Edition) (Critical Periods of History)
Best Price: $35.00
Von Laue's short history and analysis of the USSR is an unusually insightful, critical and...

Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700A Concise History of the Russian RevolutionA Concise History of the Russian Revolution
Best Price: $6.75
To read this book you have to understand what was happening around the world at that time and if...
Prague Then and Now (Then & Now Thunder Bay)Prague Then and Now (Then & Now Thunder Bay)
Best Price: $11.70
As a resident of Prague for many years, this book won me over as a rare find, especially for...
A Vision Unfulfilled: Russia and the Soviet Union in the Twentieth CenturyA Vision Unfulfilled: Russia and the Soviet Union in the Twentieth Century
Best Price: $45.04
Unlike most Soviet-centered histories, A Vision Unfulfilled begins with a chapter summarizing...
The History of Eastern Europe for Beginners (Writers and Readers)The History of Eastern Europe for Beginners (Writers and Readers)
Best Price: $41.75
This is a great quick read that covers a lot of detail and history in a humorous and easy way. ...

Lenin's Revolution: Russia, 1917-1921 (Seminar Studies in History Series)Lenin's Revolution: Russia, 1917-1921 (Seminar Studies in History Series)
Best Price: $15.77
This is an essential short guide to the Russian Revolution . Books in this Seminar Studies in...
Medieval Russia: A source book, 850-1700Medieval Russia: A source book, 850-1700
Best Price: $25.00
The Early Slavs : Culture and Society in Early Medieval Eastern EuropeThe Early Slavs : Culture and Society in Early Medieval Eastern Europe
Best Price: $28.87
"The Early Slavs" by P.M. Barford is probably the best non-fiction book about Ancient...
Russia and the USSR in the Twentieth Century (with InfoTrac )Russia and the USSR in the Twentieth Century (with InfoTrac )
Best Price: $69.64
In this revision of their best-selling text, MacKenzie and Curran present a succinct, updated...
Rebirth of East Europe, The (4th Edition)Rebirth of East Europe, The (4th Edition)
Best Price: $43.05
I must confess that the strength of this book is its organization. For education purposes may...

The Russian Revolution And Bolshevik Victory: Visions and Revisions (Problems in European Civilization)The Russian Revolution And Bolshevik Victory: Visions and Revisions (Problems in European Civilization)
Best Price: $35.58
"The Russian Revolution and Bolshevik Victory:Third Edition," edited and introduced by...
Mad Dreams, Saving Graces: Poland : A Nation in ConspiracyMad Dreams, Saving Graces: Poland : A Nation in Conspiracy
Best Price: $4.45
Imperial Russia: A source book, 1700-1917 (The Russian series)Imperial Russia: A source book, 1700-1917 (The Russian series)
Best Price: $39.95
Scandinavia Since 1500Scandinavia Since 1500
Best Price: $28.60
Scandinavia, an often overlooked and opaque faction of affluent modern countries that never seem...
A History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and RussiaA History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and Russia
Best Price: $29.90
This is an excellent overview and introduction to the traumatic history of the Gypsy, or Roma,...

Estonia and the Estonians (Studies of Nationalities)Estonia and the Estonians (Studies of Nationalities)
Best Price: $16.16
In this comprehensive survey of Estonian history, Toivo Raun places recent events into...
    
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