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Code: 017994
Sotsiologicheskie Organizatsii Sankt-Peterburga i Severo-Zapada
Spravochnik
[ Sotsiologicheskie Organizatsii Sankt-Peterburga i Severo-Zapada : Spravochnik ]
St. Petersburg: Aleteiia, 2003
Language: Russian

Price: $ 16.50

This handbook includes information about 60 sociological organizations of St.-Petersburg and the North-East region: Apatity, Arkhangelsk, Velikii Novgorod, Vologda, Kaliningrad, Murmansk, Pskov, Suktyvkar.

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Code: 024169
Bogemskaia, Kseniia
Naivnye Khudozhniki Rossii
Leksikon Kollektsionera
[ Naivnye Khudozhniki Rossii : Leksikon Kollektsionera ]
St. Petersburg: Aleteiia, 2009
Language: Russian

Price: $ 42.00

This dictionary-guide is the first biobibliographical handbook on Russian Naive and Outsider painters. Most of them were participants in All-Russian, foreign and personal exhibitions. The biographical articles also include information about the genre and artistic individuality of each painter.

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Code: 015910
Gosudarstvennye i Titul`nye Iazyki Rossii
Entsiklopedicheskii Slovar`-Spravochnik
[ Gosudarstvennye i Titul`nye Iazyki Rossii : Entsiklopedicheskii Slovar`-Spravochnik ]
Moscow: Academia, 2002
Language: Russian

Price: $ 37.50

This is one of the first handbooks on the state and title languages of post-soviet Russia. Under the state language this book understands the official language of government acts, laws and courts. A title language is the language of the main ethnos on the territory.

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Code: 017455
Grinberg, M., Grinberg, E
Kembridzh
Putevoditel` po Dostoprimechatel`nym Mestam, Vkliuchaia Garvardskii Universitet i MIT
[ Kembridzh : Putevoditel` po Dostoprimechatel`nym Mestam, Vkliuchaia Garvardskii Universitet i MIT ]
Moscow: [n/p], [2003]
Language: Russian

Price: $ 15.00

This guide to sightseeing in Cambridge (Massachusetts) is compiled by two Russian ?migr?s, father and son. 46 illustrations. Bibliography.

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Code: 015410
Illiustrirovannyi Entsiklopedicheskii Slovar`

[ Illiustrirovannyi Entsiklopedicheskii Slovar` : ]
Moscow: The Readers Digest, 2002
Language: Russian

Price: $ 79.00

This new dictionary is a combination of articles translated from the world famous The Readers Digest Illustrated Dictionary and of original articles by Russian authors about Russia. The translated articles are adopted for the Russian reader.

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Code: 010282E-03
Russia in Figures. 2003
Concise Statistical Handbook
[ Russia in Figures. 2003 : Concise Statistical Handbook ]
: GosKomStat Rossii, 2003
Language: Russian

Price: $ 59.00

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Code: 014686
Luchshee v Moskve 2001

[ Luchshee v Moskve 2001 : ]
Moscow: InfoServices Intl, 2001
Language: Russian

Price: $ 22.50

This guide contains information about the best Russian stores, restaurants, hotels, medical centers, services, car stations, tourist agencies, museums, theaters, and more.

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Code: 002055-1
Central Asia Papers
Demographic Situation in Kazakhstan
[ Central Asia Papers : Demographic Situation in Kazakhstan ]
Moscow: Panorama, 1995
Language: English

Price: $ 20.00

Analyzes the changes in the population of Kazakhstan during its independence period. Special attention is paid to changes of nationality and age structure, as well as changes in the territorial distribution of population.

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Code: 020868
Stadnikov, V. and Fedorov, O
Samara: 81 Arkhitekturnyi Shedevr 1917-2006
Putevoditel` po Sovremennoi Arkhitekture
[ Samara: 81 Arkhitekturnyi Shedevr 1917-2006 : Putevoditel` po Sovremennoi Arkhitekture ]
Moscow: Zhiraf, 2006
Language: Russian

Price: $ 42.00

The first guide-album to the architecture of city of Samara (also known as Kuibyshev) founded in 1586 on the bank of Volga river. It presents an overview of town planning development from 1917-2006 and describes 81 architectural building and complexes.

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Code: 005261
Russia and the Post Soviet Republics
Atlas
[ Russia and the Post Soviet Republics : Atlas ]
Moscow: ATKAR - AiF, 1993
Language: English

Price: $ 45.00

The events of August 1991 turned the USSR, the largest country in the world, into 16 new states. The independent states have emerged with newly renamed cities, towns, and villages. This atlas shows most of these changes.

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Code: 013013
Kostiukovskii, V., Mazaev, V
El`dorado v Sibiri. Znakom`tes`: Kuzbass

[ El`dorado v Sibiri. Znakom`tes`: Kuzbass : ]
Kemerovo: Sibirskii Biznes, 1992
Language: Russian and English

Price: $ 24.00

This book is a guide to the history, population, economy and resources, culture and nature of the Kuzbass territory in Siberia. Richly illustrated.

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Code: 013127
Chibisov, V., Dozhina, V., et al
Tour of Moscow, A : City, History, People
A Guide
[ Tour of Moscow, A : City, History, People : A Guide ]
Moscow: Cultural Traditions, 1997
Language: English

Price: $ 39.00

This guide contains chapters on the history and the current state of the Russian capital Moscow, its populations, streets, squares, museums, architectural ensembles, sights and entertainments, as well as other useful information.

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Code: 006007
Venger, N. and Reizner, G. and M
Film, TV, Video in Russia, Ukraine, Byelarus, Other CIS Countries, Baltics 95

[ Film, TV, Video in Russia, Ukraine, Byelarus, Other CIS Countries, Baltics 95 : ]
Moscow: Doubl D, 1995
Language: English

Price: $ 45.00

This book is the latest edition covering one of the world`s largest, but least known film industries. The handbook presents an accurate and complete picture of the whole process of film production and distribution in Russia and the CIS.

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Code: 015635
111 Uvertiur, Simfonicheskikh Poem, Siuit i Kartin
Spravochnik-Putevoditel`
[ 111 overtures, symphonic poems, and suites : Guide ]
: Kul`t-Inform-Press, 2002
Language: Russian

Price: $ 25.50

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Code: 002089
600 Ekspertov: Politika. Ekonomika. Kul`tura.
Spravochnik
[ 600 Experts: Politics. Economics. Culture : Handbook ]
Moscow: Panorama, 1996 (June)
Language: Russian

Price: $ 60.00

This handbook includes the leading scientists and other experts in culture, politics and economics. Includes name index.

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Code: 012660
Molokova, T.A., Frolov, V.P
850 Moskovskikh Znamenitostei
Slovar`-Spravochnik
[ 850 notable Moscovites : Slovar`-Spravochnik ]
Moscow: Moskovskii Litsei, 1997
Language: Russian

Price: $ 25.00

This dictionary-handbook includes information about 850 well known Muscovites, whose names became part of Moscow place names: street, squares, buildings, monuments and memorials. Bibliographic references.

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Code: 001224
Kolesnikova, V.S
Kratkaia Entsiklopediia Pravoslaviia
Put` k Khramu
[ A Concise encyclopedia of Russian Orthodoxy : The Road to Church ]
Moscow: Tsentropoligraf, 2001
Language: Russian

Price: $ 27.00

This encyclopedia includes information about Russian Orthodoxy: its history, Church hierarchy, liturgy, sacraments, saints, composition of the Church, its decoration and dress code, history of the best known icons and icon veneration, Christian morality, prayer, holidays and rituals, Easter calendar for 2001-2015, and a short dictionary.

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Code: 029939
Berkhin, Efim
Lekarstva bez Retseptov
Spravochnik
[ A Guide to Over-the Counter Medications : Spravochnik ]
New York: MIF Collection, 2002
Language: Russian

Price: $ 19.00

A Guide to over-the counter medications.

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Code: 011102
Garmash, Petr
Putevoditel` po Krymu

[ A Guide to the Crimea : ]
Simferopol’ (Ukraine): Argus, 1966
Language: Russian

Price: $ 37.00

This illustrated guide describes the nature, history, towns and resorts, and places of interest, many of which are of the world-wide significance of Crimea. The book is provided with maps and town plans, contains all the information that may prove useful during a Crimean vacation.

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Code: 011737
Batorevich, N. I., Kozhintseva, T.D
Malaia Arkhitekturnaia Entsiklopediia

[ A Small architectural encyclopedia : ]
St. Petersburg: Dmitrii Bulanin, 2004
Language: Russian

Price: $ 49.00

This is a unique architectural encyclopedia that includes a dictionary of over 1,700 of the most used architectural concepts and several appendices: dictionary of construction terms, biographical sketches of architects, list of color illustrations.

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Code: 005446
Akademiki-Ekonomisty Rossii: K 275-letiiu Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk

[ Academicians economists of Russia: On the 275th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences : ]
Moscow: Institut Ekonomiki RAN, 1999
Language: Russian

Price: $ 19.50

This handbook contain biographical sketches of 23 Russian academician economists who passed away within the last 70 years. The main stress is on their contribution to national and world economics and adjacent fields.

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Code: 002058-97
Organy Vlasti Moskvy i Moskovskoi Oblasti
Telefonnyi Spravochnik
[ Administration of Moscow and of the Moscow Oblast : Phone book ]
Moscow: Panorama, 1997, November
Language: Russian

Price: ~~$ 37.50~~
Special price: $ 33.75

Describes the executive and legislative authorities; biographies of the Moscow city and oblast governments, the mayor and his staff, and the deputies of the legislative branch

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Code: 020965
Ryzhov, Konstantin
Vse Monarkhi Rossii
600 Kratkikh Zhizneopisanii
[ All the Monarchs of Russia : 600 brief biographies ]
Moscow: Veche, 2006
Language: Russian

Price: $ 32.00

This is the first complete encyclopedia of all the rulers of Russia: from the first legendary princes to the Romanov dynasty. Profusely illustrated.

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Code: 008944
Estri, Sergei (Safro, Sergei)
Entsiklopediia Chastnostei

[ An Encyclopedia of details : ]
Boston (MA): by author, 2008
Language: Russian

Price: $ 16.00

This encyclopedia is a rather unusual one. It includes very interesting and little known details about popular people of many countries and epochs.

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Code: 001325
Androsov, S.O
Antichnye Mify v Kamne i Bronze
Peterburgskaia Gorodskaia Skul`ptura: Spravochnik-Putevoditel`
[ Ancient myths in stone and bronze : St. Petersburg sculpture: Handbook-guide ]
St. Petersburg: Lik, 2004
Language: Russian

Price: $ 19.00

This guide describes about 200 monumental and decorative sculptures located in squares, parks, streets and buildings of the city of St. Petersburg that personify characters of ancient mythology.

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Code: 002516B
Bol`shaia Kniga Aforizmov
Po Russkim i Inostrannym Istochnikam
[ Anthology of aphorisms : Based on Russian and foreign sources ]
Moscow: Eksmo, 2006
Language: Russian

Price: $ 23.00

A collection of thousands of aphorisms of all times and peoples, which sound very modern. They were taken from Russian and foreign sources of the 17th-20th centuries and organized by subject. It does not have bibliographic references but has a bibliography of sources and a subject index.

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Code: 003837
Kisilev, Igor`
Arkhitekturnye Detali v Russkom Zodchestve XVIII-XIX Vekov
Spravochnik Arkhitektora-Restavratora
[ Architectural details in Russian buildings of the 18th-19th centuries : Handbook of an architect-restorer ]
Moscow: Academia, 2005
Language: Russian

Price: $ 32.00

This handbook may be recommended as a textbook on the history of Russian architecture of the 18th-19th centuries. It contains answers to many questions about the details of Russian constructions, distribution of specific architectural details, their correlations with styles, forms and functions of buildings.

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Code: 004695-1
Pod"iapol`skaia, E.N
Pamiatniki Arkhitektury Moskovskoi Oblasti: Illiustrirovannyi Nauchnyi Katalog
Vypusk 1
[ Architectural monuments of the Moscow Oblast: Illustrated catalog : Volume one ]
Moscow: Stroiizdat, 1999
Language: Russian

Price: $ 25.00

This is the first volume in the series. The catalog includes the architectural monuments which have either historical or artistic value. The first volume covers the following towns and their neighborhoods of the Moscow region: Bakashikha, Volokolam, Voskresensk, Dmitrov, Domodevo, Dolgoprudnyi, Dubna.

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Code: 021353
Armeniia, Armeniia...

[ Armenia, Armenia... : ]
Moscow: Golos-Press, Kul`turnaia Revoliutsiia, 2006
Language: Russian

Price: $ 7.00

This is a short handbook on the history and population of Armenia from biblical times to the present. It is arranged as 200 questions and answers.

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Code: 015790
Gazenko, V.N
Bronetransportery i Bronemashiny Rossii
Illiustrirovannyi Spravochnik
[ Armored troop carriers and cars : Illustrated handbook ]
Moscow: Astrel`, AST, 2001
Language: Russian

Price: $ 24.00

This handbook includes information about all armored troop carriers and cars of Russia from the beginning to the present. The author tells the story of every model and their main design characteristics.

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