The Age of Assassins describes in gripping detail Vladimir Putins ruthless rise to power in Russia from his earliest rise to power in 1991 as an insignificant former KGB officer in Berlin. He gained power over the entire country and its economy by determining elections through business deals and criminal intervention -- from sophisticated ......
My Incredible True Story of Gangsters, Oligarchs, and Pop Stars in Putin's Russia
Rockin the Kremlin is the wild true story of the first CEO of Universal Music Russia and his quest to bring Western popular music to post-Soviet Russia. With many twists-from political chaos and gang violence to the launch of Russians most successful pop act of all time-it shows how an American built cultural bridges with long-lasting impacts.
The Hermitage Musuem in St Petersburg is possibly the greatest museum in the world. It began as a showcase for the art treasures of the Tsars and reflects their legendary extravagance. Imperial romances, marriages and murders all had an impact on the collection, as did the byzantine bartering of international politics. Nationalised by the ......
The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
fter the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, the timing appeared perfect to bring Sesame Street to millions of children living in the former Soviet Union. With the Muppets envisioned as ideal ambassadors of Western values, no one anticipated just how challenging and dangerous this would prove to be.
War, Conquest, and Catastrophe, 1939-1945, Volume 3
Provides a comprehensive history of Soviet Jewry during World War II At the beginning of the twentieth century, more Jews lived in the Russian Empire than anywhere else in the world. After the Holocaust, the USSR remained one of the world's three key centers of Jewish population, along with the United States and Israel. While a great deal is ......
This study examines Ukrainian historical writing in the United States and Canada during the Cold War. The author describes the development of Ukrainian historical studies as an open yet sometimes difficult dialogue between Ukrainian ethnic and academic communities and between Ukrainian scholars and the Western academic mainstream.
This book explores English trade to Russia in the first half of the seventeenth century. Meticulously reconstructing commercial activities, personnel, and day-to-day business strategies of the Muscovy Company, it reveals the workings of a growing branch of early modern overseas trade linking Russia to intersecting markets across the globe.
This book examines recent innovations in Polish film. The authors analyzes the ways in which Polish directors challenge revered images of national and gender identity, the country's historical martyrdom, the benevolent family, and the status of the influential Catholic Church.
