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Post by hi224 on Sept 1, 2019 22:56:34 GMT
anyone have recommendations at all.
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Post by bravomailer on Sept 2, 2019 16:40:22 GMT
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 2, 2019 17:25:42 GMT
Anything by
Robert Massie
Edvard Radinzky (spelled wrong)
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Prit Buttar (WWI & WWII eastern front military)
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Post by politicidal on Sept 2, 2019 18:04:30 GMT
Montefiore wrote about the Romanovs.  |
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Post by marco26 on Sept 27, 2019 22:11:20 GMT
Helen Rappaport is the current go to author for Russian history. Her books are always well reviewed and make it to the bestseller lists. I've read three of hers. They are good reads. The human drama of the events comes through.    |
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Post by llanwydd on Sept 28, 2019 9:56:36 GMT
Lenin: A Biography by Robert Service is a real page-turner. Keeps a steady pace instead of wandering into irrelevant trivia like most of the non-fiction I have read.
I got halfway through Trotsky's three-volume history of the Bolshevik revolution and then gave up. It was mostly interesting but the English translation was awful. Very poor grammatical style.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Sept 28, 2019 19:23:13 GMT
Russia and the Russians: From earliest times to the present by Geoffery Hosking
The Penquin History of Modern Russia by Robert Service
The Red Fortress :The Secret Heart of Russia`s History by Catherine Merridale
A People`s Tragdedt by Orlando Figes
Natasha`s Dance by Orlando Figes
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Post by gw on Oct 15, 2019 20:40:01 GMT
I read a book called Russian Myths which goes over some basic Russian mythology from before and after Christianization. It's really short and I don't know if it's the best book on the topic but it's an interesting subject I think.
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Post by hi224 on Oct 16, 2019 3:56:39 GMT
I read a book called Russian Myths which goes over some basic Russian mythology from before and after Christianization. It's really short and I don't know if it's the best book on the topic but it's an interesting subject I think. cool thank you.
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