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- Location(s): Germany, Russia
- Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): Early 20th Century
Russia, July 17, 1918 Under direct orders from Vladimir Lenin, Bolshevik secret police force Anastasia Romanov, along with the entire imperial family, into a damp basement in Siberia where they face a merciless firing squad. None survive. At least...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Autobiography/Memoirs, In Translation, Travelogue
- Era(s): 20th century
TRANSLATED BY SASHA DUGDALE With the death of her aunt, the narrator is left to sift through an apartment full of faded photographs, old postcards, letters, diaries, and heaps of souvenirs: a withered repository of a century of life...
- Location(s): Siberia
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 1990s
Thubron has written extensively about this part of the world. Post Soviet Union he decides to take public transport and explore Siberia. This is a very readable book, travelling through exotic cities, deserted villages and meets a vast array...
- Location(s): Moscow
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1949
Moscow, Christmas Eve, 1949.The Soviet secret police intercept a call made to the American embassy by a Russian diplomat who promises to deliver secrets about the nascent Soviet Atomic Bomb program. On that same day, a brilliant mathematician is...
- Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 19th century
Marya Zhukova is a woman of many passions. Her husband isn’t one of them. It’s mathematics and literature that captivate her, in part, but her lover, Vera, enthralls her most of all. These are, however, all dangerous obsessions in...
Koshka’s Tales: Stories from Russia
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
Brave princes, evil witches and beautiful maidens abound as the tales of Koshka, the wise old storytelling cat, unfold. James Mayhew has drawn inspiration from the traditional stories and art style of old Russia to retell five enchanting tales...
Let’s Put the Future behind Us
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Satire
- Era(s): post Soviet
In the unfettered freedom of Russia’s new-found venture-capital frenzy, Max Borodin can organise anything – so long as the readies are ready. That’s why he’s Moscow’s most successful businessman. But Max’s life has its downside: his wife, Tanya, nags...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): WW2
The great Russian 20th-century novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stalingrad. Life and Fate is an epic tale of a country told through the fate of a single family, the Shaposhnikovs. As the battle of Stalingrad looms,...
- Location(s): Long Island, Paris, St Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): WW1
It is 1914, and the world has been on the brink of war so often, many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a...
- Location(s): Russia, Afghanistan, Africa
- Genre(s): LGBTQIA+, Adventure
- Era(s): 21st century
He looks like an angel but kills like a devil. In war-ravaged Chechnya in 2000, six-year-old Maxym’s life is shattered when his parents are brutally murdered by Islamic militants and his sister is subjected to a horrific assault. Orphaned,...
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