Politicians and Statesmen

Code: 008581
Vzgliad v Nastoiashchee Proshloe
Fragmenty Semeinoi Khroniki Nikolaia Ivanovicha Bukharina
[ A Look to the real past : Fragments of the family chronicles of Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin ]
: AIRO -XXI, 2010
Language: Russian

Price: $ 30.00

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Code: 023106
Cherkasov, P.P
Russkii Agent vo Frantsii
Iakov Nikolaevich Tolstoi (1791-1867 gg.)
[ A Russian Agent in France : Iakov Nikolaevich Tolstoi (1791-1867 gg.) ]
Moscow: Tovarishchestvo nauchnykh izdanii KMK, 2008
Language: Russian

Price: $ 42.00

This book is about Iakov Nikolaevich Tolstoi (1791-1867), a Russian noble, and a participant in the National war of 1812, a Decembrist, ?migr?, and later the agent of the Third Secret department in France.

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Code: 024682
Bibikov, G.N
A.Kh. Benkendorf i Politika Imperatora Nikolaia I

[ A.Kh. Benkendorf and the policy of Emperor Nikolai I : ]
Moscow: Tri Kvadrata, 2009
Language: Russian

Price: $ 32.00

This book is about life and career of Aleksandr Benkendorf (1783-1844), hero of the Patriotic War against La Grande Armee of Napoleon I (Bonaparte), during the reign of Nicholas I who was one of his close friends.

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Code: 029817
Mel`nikov, N.M
A.M. Kaledin - Geroi Lutskogo Proryva i Donskoi Ataman

[ A.M. Kaledin - Hero of the Lutsk breakthrough and ataman of the Don : ]
Moscow: Knigovek, 2013
Language: Russian

Price: $ 29.00

This is a collection of materials about Russian general A.M. Kaledin (1861-1918), the Don Cossack army ataman, his role in the Civil war of 1918, and his personal tragedy. The author, Nikolai Mikhailovich Mel`nikov (1882-1972), also a member of the White Cause, collected memoirs and poems about him, Kaledin`s biography, and his letters.

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Code: 007222
Protasova, O.L
A.V. Peshekhonov: Chelovek i Epokha

[ A.V. Peshekhonov: A Man and an epoch : ]
Moscow: ROSSPEN, 2004
Language: Russian

Price: $ 31.50

This is the first academic biography of A. Peshekhonov (1867-1933), leader of the Labor-Peoples-Socialist (Trudovaia Narodno-Sotsialisticheskaia) party, minister of the Provisional government in 1917. The book reflects his political and social views, his position on the Civil War and forced emigration.

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Code: 022924
A.V. Suvorov: Imia Rossiia
Istoricheskii Vybor
[ A.V. Suvorov: The name of Russia : Historical choice ]
Moscow: AST, Astrel`, 2008
Language: Russian

Price: $ 15.00

The TV channel "Russia", Institute of History of Russia, and the fund "Public Opinion" conducted the Internet-project "Name of Russia" in 2008. One of the Russian choices was Count Field Marshal General.

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Code: 003703
Makhno, Nestor (Mikhnenko, Nestor)
Azbuka Anarkhista

[ ABC of an anarchist : ]
Moscow: Vagrius, 2005
Language: Russian

Price: $ 29.00

This is the memoirs of Nestor Makhno (Mikhnenko, 1889-1934), one of the most popular leaders of peasant opposition to the revolution of 1917. Under the anarchist flag he fought sequentially with the Austrian-German army, the Hetman, the White, and the Red armies.

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Code: 027858
Butsinskii, P.N
O Bogdane Khmel`nitskom
Issledovanie na Osnovanii Arkhivnykh Materialov
[ About Bohdan Khmelnytsky : Research based on of archive materials ]
Moscow: LIBROKOM, 2011
Language: Russian

Price: $ 26.00

This book is about Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky (1595-1657), a hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate of the Polish-Lithuanian kingdom. It comprises archive materials, including Bohdan Khmelnytsky`s correspondence with the Turks, Poles and Tatars.

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Code: 011944
Iushenkov, Sergei
O Politike i Politikakh
Sub"ektivnye Zametki Deputata VI Gosudarstvennoi Dumy
[ About politics and politicians : Subjective notes of a Fourth Gosudarstvennaia Duma deputy ]
Moscow: Evraziia, 1997
Language: Russian

Price: $ 16.50

Sergei Iushenkov (1950-2003), a politician of the new generation, was assassinated last week in Moscow. He was formerly a vice-chairman of the party "Demokraticheskii Vybor Rossii", the editor of the newspaper "Demokraticheskii Vybor", and one co-chairmen of the new party Liberal Russia.

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Code: 029104-1
Souchastniki: Arkhiv Kozlova T. 1

[ Accessories: The Kozlov Archive: Volume 1 : ]
Moscow: Vozvrashchenie, 2012
Language: Russian

Price: $ 40.00

This is a new book published by the Moscow Historical and Literary Society Vozvrashchenie (Return) founded in 1962 by the surviving political prisoners from the camp at Kolyma island. It is the first society in Russia that documents the testimony of Russian resistance to the totalitarian society who were repressed in the 1920-50s.

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Code: 024777
Usyskin, L.B
Admiral Vasilii Chichagov
Rassuzhdeniia o Morskikh Delakh Doblestnogo Admirala Ekateriny Velikoi, Slavnoi Rossiiskoi Imperatritsy
[ Admiral Vasilii Chichagov : The debate about the naval actions of the brave admiral of Catherine the Great, the glorious Russian Empress ]
Moscow: OGI, 2009
Language: Russian

Price: $ 22.00

This is the first biography of naval admiral V.Ia. Chichagov (1726-1809), an explorer of the Arctic and the naval commander in the Russian Swedish war 1788-90. (0.295 kg.)

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Code: 009278
Afganistan... Kreml`... Lefortovo..?
Epizody Politicheskoi Biografii Aleksandra Rutskogo
[ Afganistan... Kremlin... Lefortovo..? : Episodes in the political biography of Alexander Rutskoi ]
Moscow: Lada-M, 1994
Language: Russian

Price: $ 18.00

This book is the political biography of the former Russian vice-president Aleksandr Rutskoi. Ten of the twelve chapters were written before the October 1993 political crisis. The book is meant to be a guide to the corridors of power in the Russian government.

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Code: 024253
Savich, N.V
Posle Iskhoda
Parizhskii Dnevnik. 1921-1923
[ After the exodus : Paris diary. 1921-1923 ]
Moscow: Russkii put`, 2008
Language: Russian

Price: $ 32.00

The diary of the political figure, deputy of State Duma (1907 - 1917) N. V. Savich is a unique historical testimony. It is published for the first time. The appendix includes the correspondence between the author of the diary and General P.

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Code: 011585
Aleksandr Ivanovich Guchkov

[ Aleksandr Ivanovich Guchkov : ]
: Skriptorii, 1996
Language: Russian

Price: $ 27.00

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Code: 018106B
Strongin, V.L
Aleksandr Kerenskii: Demokrat vo Glave Rossii

[ Aleksandr Kerenskii: A democrat at the head of Russia : ]
Moscow, Vladimir: AST, Zebra E, VKT, 2010
Language: Russian

Price: $ 38.00

The personality of the minister of jurisprudence, later the head of the Interim Russian government of 1917 and the commander in chief Aleksandr Kerenskii (1881-1970) has been misrepresented in Russian literature for many years.

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Code: 029646
Mlechin, Leonid
Aleksandra Mikhailovna Kollontai

[ Aleksandra Mikhailovna Kollontai : ]
Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 2013
Language: Russian

Price: $ 39.00

This is the biography of the first Russian woman diplomat, minister and writer Aleksandra Domontovich (Kollontai) (1872-1952). Kollontai was an extraordinary woman in many ways. Born into an old Ukrainian noble family, she joined the Bolshevik movement and worked with many leaders of the Bolshevik revolution and government, first as a commissar of Social Security (Sotsial`noe Obespechenie), then as ambassador to Mexico, Norway, and Sweden.

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Code: 028457
Vasil`eva, Vera
Aleksei Pichugin - Puti i Pereput`ia: Biograficheskii Ocherk

[ Aleksei Pichugin - Ways and crossroads: Biographical essay : ]
Prague: Human Rights Publishers, 2011
Language: Russian

Price: $ 19.00

Vera Vasil`eva is a well known criminal journalist who covered the cases about IuKOS: Leonid Nevzlin, M. Khodorkovskii, etc. This book is about the first victim of the current Russian repressive machine, almost forgotten and overshadowed by his boss, who became a hostage of the "big game".

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Code: 026157
Siniukov, V.V
Aleksandr Vasil`evich Kolchak: Uchenyi i Patriot: v 2 Ch.
Chast` 1: Nachalo Zhiznennogo Puti i Arkticheskie Issledovaniia. Chast` 2: Komanduiushchii Chernomorskim Flotom i Verkhovnyi Pravitel` Rossii
[ Alexander Kolchak: Scientist and patriot: In 2 parts : Part 1: The beginning of life and Arctic explorations. Part 2: Commander of the Black Sea Fleet and Supreme Ruler of Russia ]
Moscow: Nauka, 2009
Language: Russian

Price: $ 59.00

The book is the most complete biography of the outstanding Russian naval commander, polar explorer and head of the anti-Bolshevik White forces Alexander Kolchak. He was a participant in three Arctic expeditions, defended the Russian port of Port Arthur, led the Black Sea fleet in WWI.

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Code: 030994
Cherniavskii, Stanislav
Aleksei Komnin - Spasitel` Vizantiiskoi Imperii

[ Alexios Komnenos - savior of the Byzantine Empire : ]
St. Petersburg: Dmitrii Bulanin, 2013
Language: Russian

Price: $ 45.00

This is a new biography of Byzantine emperor Alexios Komnenos (1048-1118). The author tried to present the Byzantine civilization not only as part of the European one, but also as an independent phenomenon.

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Code: 028578
Topchibash, A.M., Rasulzadze, M.E
A.M. Topchibashi i M.E. Rasulzadze: Perepiska. 1923-1926 gg.

[ Ali Mardan Topchibashi and Mammad Amin Rasulzade. Correspondence. 1923-1926. : ]
Moscow: Sotsial`no-politicheskaia MYSL`, 2012
Language: Russian

Price: $ 24.00

This book includes letters of two outstanding Azerbaijani politicians of the early 20th century - Ali Mardan Topchibashi (1865-) and Mammad Amin Rasulzadze (1884-). It sheds light on the life of Azerbaijani, Muslim and Caucasian emigrants of the 1920s and the history of international relations in the first quarter of the 20th century in Europe and the East.

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Code: 017770
Lubchenkov, Iurii
Vse Polkovodtsy Mira: Rossiiskaia Imperiia

[ All the military leaders of the world: the Russian Empire : ]
Moscow: Veche, 2003
Language: Russian

Price: $ 27.00

This is a collection of 130 biographies of the known Russian military leaders of the 18th-19th centuries. This epoch especially rich in wars, conflicts and these military events produced several generations of outstanding Russian generals.

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Code: 030591
Rutchenko-Rutych, N.N
Sred` Zemnykh Trevog: Vospominaniia

[ Among mundane concerns: Memoirs : ]
Moscow: Russkii put`, RITs "Sobranie", 2012
Language: Russian

Price: $ 42.00

This is a memoir of N.N. Rutych (Rutchenko, b. 1916), a professional historian, who emigrated to France after the end of WWII. He undertook an unprecedented effort to compile the first handbook of all the top officers of the White Movement and the Volunteer Army.

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Code: 001291
Sirotkin, Vladlen
Anatolii Chubais
Velikii Inkvizitor
[ Anatolii Chubais : Grand inquisitor ]
Moscow: Algoritm, 2006
Language: Russian

Price: $ 14.00

Anatolii Chubais left public service for business (RAO EES) in 1998, but he is still blamed by many publicists and public figures for all the current Russian troubles. This is a new book about the negative role of Chubais in the years of "perestroika` and the El`tsin era.

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Code: 023491
Filiushkin, A.I
Andrei Kurbskii

[ Andrei Kurbskii : ]
Moscow: Molodaia Gvardiia, 2008
Language: Russian

Price: $ 29.00

The biography of the Prince Andrei Mikhailovich Kurbskii (1528-1583), the accuser of the Tsar Ivan the Terrible, boyar and voivode, the first Russian political emigrant and even dissident. This book is about the true role of the prince in the dramatic events of the reign of Ivan the Terrible.

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Code: 014316
Filiushkin, A.I
Andrei Mikhailovich Kurbskii
Prosopograficheskoe Issledovanie i Germenevticheskii Kommentarii k Poslaniiu Andreia Kurbskogo
[ Andrei Mikhailovich Kurbskii : Prosopographic studies and a hermeneutic commentary to Kurbskii`s letters ]
St. Petersburg: Izd-vo S.-Peterburgskogo God. Un-ta, 2007
Language: Russian

Price: $ 39.00

A. Kurbskii (1528-1583), Russian general, writer, and statesman, commander under Ivan the Terrible, and his governor in Iuriev/Tartu, fled to Poland in 1564. From his self-imposed exile, he wrote several messages to his former sovereign, blaming him for the misfortunes of Russia.

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Code: 021970
Teshkin, Iu.V
Andropov i Drugie
Roman v Dvukh Chastiakh
[ Andropov and others : Novel in two parts ]
Iaroslavl`: Verkhniaia Volga, 1998
Language: Russian

Price: $ 16.00

This is a documentary novel about Andropov (1914-1984), the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1982-84) and KGB chief from 1967-82.

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Code: 019420B
Sinitsyn, Igor`
Andropov Vblizi
Vospominaniia o Vremenakh Ottepeli i Zastoia
[ Andropov nearby : Memoirs of the times of the thaw and stagnation ]
Moscow: Tsentrpoligraf, 2015
Language: Russian

Price: $ 19.00

This is a new edition of the political biography of Andropov (1914-1984), the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1982-84) and KGB chief from 1967-82, called by the author "the last Bolshevik".

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Code: 028848
Mikhnik, Adam
Antisovetskii Rusofil

[ Anti-soviet Russophiile : ]
Moskva, Wroclaw: Letnii sad, Kollegium Vostochnoi Evropy im. Iana Novaka Ezeranskogo, 2011
Language: Russian

Price: $ 35.00

This is a collection of works by Polish politician, the chief editor of "Gazeta Vyborcha", a leader of anticommunist opposition in the 1970-1980s. This book is about various aspects of the transition to democracy, its rocks and ethical problems.

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Code: 018320
Kozlov, A.I
Anton Ivanovich Denikin

[ Anton Ivanovich Denikin : ]
Moscow: Sobranie, 2004
Language: Russian

Price: $ 25.50

This is an academic biography of a leader of the White Cause General Anton Denikin (1872-1947). The General distinguished himself in the First World War and the Russo-Japanese War. After the defeat of the White Army he emigrated in 1920 and started a new life as a writer and journalist, first in France and then in the USA.

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Code: 011189
Nekrasov, Sergei
Apostol Dobra
Povestvovanie o N.I. Novikove
[ Apostle of good deed : Narrative about N.I. Novikov ]
Moscow: Russkii Put`, 1994
Language: Russian

Price: $ 21.00

Nikolai I. Novikov, an oustanding figure of the Russian Enlightment of the 17th century, a writer, journalist, and the publisher of about one third of the books of this period, was imprisoned by the order of Catherine The Great for the important role he played in Russian masonry.

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