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- Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Young Adult
- Era(s): 1914
In the fall of 1914, safe behind palace walls, Katya Ivanova sees St. Petersburg as a magical place. The daughter of a lady-in-waiting to the Empress, Katya spends all her time with the Grand Duchesses; the royal family feels...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1870s
Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger. Tolstoy clashed with editor Mikhail Katkov over political issues that arose in the final...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
When historian Fluke Kelso learns of the existence of a secret notebook belonging to Josef Stalin he is determined to track it down, whatever the consequences. From the violent political intrigue and decadence of modern Moscow he heads north...
- Location(s): Plymouth, Russia
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 1943, WW2
Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer returns with a thrilling naval adventure inspired by the incredible history of the Second World War Arctic convoys. Winter 1943. Teenagers Frank, Joseph and Stephen are Royal Navy recruits on their first mission at sea...
- Location(s): Kola Peninsula, Russia
- Genre(s): Political, Thriller
- Era(s): 1980s
Kola Peninsula, 1987. High in the Soviet Arctic, a tiny village houses an apocalyptic secret . . . When research zoologist Dr Amelia Blackburn ventures north to investigate the ravages of the Chernobyl reactor meltdown, she stumbles on the...
- Location(s): Moscow
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Early 2000s
The early 2000s, and Martin, an expat student recently arrived in Moscow to write a doctoral thesis on the heroines of Russian literature, needs all the guidance he can get to fathom the mysterious Russian soul. Distracted from his...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Later 20th Century
Frank Thoms went to the Soviet Union not to judge but to learn. As a result, he gained the trust and confidence of the people he befriended—and discovered much about himself. Behind the Red Veil recounts Frank’s quest to...
- Location(s): Lithuania, Russia
- Genre(s): Young Adult, Fiction
- Era(s): 1941
The haunting and powerful Second World War novel by Ruta Sepetys that inspired the feature film, ASHES IN THE SNOW, OUT NOW. One night fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother and young brother are hauled from their home by Soviet guards,...
- Location(s): Portsmouth, Canada, Mexico, Moscow
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
As the red rose drifted away in the sea with the ashes, it was not the end of the story. It was the start of a new spy thriller – “Beyond the Funeral” – a fast-moving story in which...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1970s- 2000s
In Bird’s Milk, Jana Bakunina tells the story of her childhood in the Soviet Union from the early days of perestroika to the collapse of the USSR, offering a unique insight into the lives of ordinary Russians. Bird s...
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