Books about Russia

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Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice 4.44 avg rating β€” 104,277 ratings
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The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin 3.82 avg rating β€” 11,842 ratings
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The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia 4.19 avg rating β€” 6,913 ratings
4.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating β€” 122,133 ratings
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Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia
Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia 3.97 avg rating β€” 11,441 ratings
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The Great Terror: A Reassessment
The Great Terror: A Reassessment 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,187 ratings
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Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia
Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia 3.94 avg rating β€” 2,391 ratings
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Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets 4.46 avg rating β€” 20,849 ratings
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Disappearing Earth
Disappearing Earth 3.83 avg rating β€” 56,367 ratings
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Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar 4.14 avg rating β€” 12,631 ratings
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The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal 4.23 avg rating β€” 15,407 ratings
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Children of the Arbat (Arbat Tetralogy, #1)
Children of the Arbat (Arbat Tetralogy, #1) 4.22 avg rating β€” 4,613 ratings
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Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1) 4.32 avg rating β€” 340,739 ratings
14.
Gulag: A History
Gulag: A History 4.28 avg rating β€” 12,841 ratings
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Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia
Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia 4.14 avg rating β€” 955 ratings
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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty 4.23 avg rating β€” 29,465 ratings
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The Russia House
The Russia House 3.91 avg rating β€” 25,658 ratings
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Imperium
Imperium 4.36 avg rating β€” 7,521 ratings
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Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire
Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire 4.26 avg rating β€” 5,208 ratings
20.
Blowing Up Russia
Blowing Up Russia 3.82 avg rating β€” 763 ratings
21.
Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1)
Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 69,059 ratings
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The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them 3.71 avg rating β€” 5,946 ratings
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Soviet Daughter: A Graphic Revolution
Soviet Daughter: A Graphic Revolution 3.92 avg rating β€” 806 ratings
24.
The Icon and the Axe: An Interpretive History of Russian Culture
The Icon and the Axe: An Interpretive History of Russian Culture 4.09 avg rating β€” 391 ratings
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Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchsβ€”A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder
Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchsβ€”A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder 3.85 avg rating β€” 4,808 ratings
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Russka: the Novel of Russia
Russka: the Novel of Russia 4.03 avg rating β€” 14,927 ratings
27.
Russian Tattoo: A Memoir
Russian Tattoo: A Memoir 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,219 ratings
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Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort, 1941-1945
Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort, 1941-1945 4.21 avg rating β€” 2,549 ratings
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A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir
A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir 4.19 avg rating β€” 3,190 ratings
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De Geschiedenis van Rusland
De Geschiedenis van Rusland 3.24 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
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The Russian Court at Sea: The Voyage of HMS Marlborough
The Russian Court at Sea: The Voyage of HMS Marlborough 3.42 avg rating β€” 146 ratings
32.
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival 4.07 avg rating β€” 18,586 ratings
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The End of Tsarist Russia: The March to World War I and Revolution
The End of Tsarist Russia: The March to World War I and Revolution 3.80 avg rating β€” 792 ratings
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A Very Dangerous Woman: The Lives, Loves and Lies of Russia’s Most Seductive Spy
A Very Dangerous Woman: The Lives, Loves and Lies of Russia’s Most Seductive Spy 3.62 avg rating β€” 145 ratings
35.
Black on Red: My 44 Years Inside the Soviet Union
Black on Red: My 44 Years Inside the Soviet Union 4.32 avg rating β€” 149 ratings
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Π”Π΅Ρ‚ΠΈ Арбата: 2 Π‘Ρ‚Ρ€Π°Ρ… (Π”Π΅Ρ‚ΠΈ Арбата #2)
Π”Π΅Ρ‚ΠΈ Арбата: 2 Π‘Ρ‚Ρ€Π°Ρ… (Π”Π΅Ρ‚ΠΈ Арбата #2) 4.48 avg rating β€” 869 ratings
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The Guns of August 2008
The Guns of August 2008 3.75 avg rating β€” 73 ratings
38.
The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg
The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg 4.05 avg rating β€” 6,113 ratings
38.
Dust and Ashes (Arbat tetralogy, #4)
Dust and Ashes (Arbat tetralogy, #4) 4.48 avg rating β€” 705 ratings
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Verre jaren : herinneringen uit het tsaristische Rusland
Verre jaren : herinneringen uit het tsaristische Rusland 4.46 avg rating β€” 213 ratings
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A Mountain of Crumbs
A Mountain of Crumbs 3.78 avg rating β€” 2,955 ratings
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I'm Going to Ruin Their Lives: Inside Putin's War on Russia's Opposition
I'm Going to Ruin Their Lives: Inside Putin's War on Russia's Opposition 3.90 avg rating β€” 146 ratings
41.
Red Fortress: History and Illusion in the Kremlin
Red Fortress: History and Illusion in the Kremlin 3.87 avg rating β€” 569 ratings
44.
Vodka Politics: Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State
Vodka Politics: Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State 3.98 avg rating β€” 404 ratings
44.
The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1)
The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 92,484 ratings
46.
From Washington to Moscow: US-Soviet Relations and the Collapse of the USSR
From Washington to Moscow: US-Soviet Relations and the Collapse of the USSR 4.41 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
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The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks: Life and Death Under Soviet Rule
The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks: Life and Death Under Soviet Rule
by: Igort
4.29 avg rating β€” 1,147 ratings
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In Siberia
In Siberia 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,896 ratings
49.
Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)
Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2) 4.38 avg rating β€” 172,975 ratings
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Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy
Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy 4.08 avg rating β€” 1,777 ratings
51.
Motherhood, Russian-style
Motherhood, Russian-style 2.88 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
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Barbed Wire Babushkas : A River Odyssey Across Siberia
Barbed Wire Babushkas : A River Odyssey Across Siberia 3.79 avg rating β€” 68 ratings
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Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, Russia, 1917 – A World on the Edge
Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, Russia, 1917 – A World on the Edge 3.94 avg rating β€” 1,470 ratings
51.
El lamento de los abedules
El lamento de los abedules 3.74 avg rating β€” 43 ratings
51.
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow 4.32 avg rating β€” 636,909 ratings
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Tsarina
Tsarina 3.90 avg rating β€” 6,255 ratings
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Kolyma (Leo Dimidov, #2)
Kolyma (Leo Dimidov, #2) 3.81 avg rating β€” 19,917 ratings
51.
Red Sparrow
Red Sparrow 3.95 avg rating β€” 57,272 ratings
51.
The Tsarina's Daughter
The Tsarina's Daughter 3.92 avg rating β€” 1,981 ratings
51.
Beslan: The Tragedy of School No. 1
Beslan: The Tragedy of School No. 1 4.21 avg rating β€” 122 ratings
51.
Wind of Change: An American Journey in Post-Soviet Russia
Wind of Change: An American Journey in Post-Soviet Russia really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
51.
The Winter Men, #3 of 8
The Winter Men, #3 of 8
by: B. Lewis
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
51.
Near and Distant Neighbors: A New History of Soviet Intelligence
Near and Distant Neighbors: A New History of Soviet Intelligence 3.47 avg rating β€” 232 ratings
64.
Russia Survival Guide
Russia Survival Guide 4.06 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
64.
Pavlovsk : The Life of a Russian Palace
Pavlovsk : The Life of a Russian Palace 4.25 avg rating β€” 59 ratings
64.
Silverland
Silverland 3.72 avg rating β€” 115 ratings
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A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924 4.37 avg rating β€” 5,695 ratings
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Moedertje Rusland
Moedertje Rusland 2.83 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
64.
We the Living
We the Living
by: Ayn Rand
3.96 avg rating β€” 30,436 ratings
64.
Dear America: The True Odyssey of an American Youth who Miraculously Survived the Concentration Camps of the Soviet Gulag
Dear America: The True Odyssey of an American Youth who Miraculously Survived the Concentration Camps of the Soviet Gulag 4.79 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
64.
The Charm School
The Charm School 4.28 avg rating β€” 40,341 ratings
64.
The Tsarina's Daughter
The Tsarina's Daughter 3.92 avg rating β€” 1,981 ratings
64.
Red Square Blues
Red Square Blues 4.19 avg rating β€” 79 ratings
64.
THE WINTER MEN
THE WINTER MEN 3.87 avg rating β€” 181 ratings
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Hubris: The Origins of Russia's War Against Ukraine
Hubris: The Origins of Russia's War Against Ukraine 3.62 avg rating β€” 65 ratings
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The Court of the Last Tsar: Pomp, Power and Pageantry in the Reign of Nicholas II
The Court of the Last Tsar: Pomp, Power and Pageantry in the Reign of Nicholas II
by: Greg King
4.15 avg rating β€” 376 ratings
76.
Give War and Peace a Chance: Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times
Give War and Peace a Chance: Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times 3.89 avg rating β€” 352 ratings
76.
Through Siberia by Accident
Through Siberia by Accident 3.72 avg rating β€” 247 ratings
76.
Met twee potten pindakaas naar Moskou
Met twee potten pindakaas naar Moskou 3.82 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
76.
Stalin's Ghost (Arkady Renko, #6)
Stalin's Ghost (Arkady Renko, #6) 3.80 avg rating β€” 6,422 ratings
76.
Samizdat: Voices of the Soviet Opposition
Samizdat: Voices of the Soviet Opposition 4.64 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
76.
The Tsar of Love and Techno
The Tsar of Love and Techno 4.27 avg rating β€” 18,025 ratings
76.
The Unquiet Ghost: Russians Remember Stalin
The Unquiet Ghost: Russians Remember Stalin 4.16 avg rating β€” 882 ratings
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Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution
Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution 3.89 avg rating β€” 324 ratings
76.
Russia in 1913 (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies)
Russia in 1913 (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies) 3.25 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
86.
To Be Preserved Forever
To Be Preserved Forever 4.17 avg rating β€” 42 ratings
86.
Mannequin Girl
Mannequin Girl 3.25 avg rating β€” 288 ratings
86.
Inside the Rainbow: Russian Children's Literature 1920-1935: Beautiful Books, Terrible Times
Inside the Rainbow: Russian Children's Literature 1920-1935: Beautiful Books, Terrible Times 4.38 avg rating β€” 47 ratings
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Geschiedenis van de Russische literatuur: sinds de tijd van Peter de Grote
Geschiedenis van de Russische literatuur: sinds de tijd van Peter de Grote 3.65 avg rating β€” 34 ratings
86.
Wolves Eat Dogs (Arkady Renko, #5)
Wolves Eat Dogs (Arkady Renko, #5) 3.92 avg rating β€” 8,438 ratings
86.
The Russians
The Russians 4.02 avg rating β€” 792 ratings
86.
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena 4.12 avg rating β€” 55,467 ratings
86.
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster 4.37 avg rating β€” 61,007 ratings
86.
Stalin's Library: A Dictator and His Books
Stalin's Library: A Dictator and His Books 3.53 avg rating β€” 260 ratings
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Lenin's Embalmers
Lenin's Embalmers 3.75 avg rating β€” 201 ratings
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Russia in the Shadows
Russia in the Shadows 3.74 avg rating β€” 274 ratings
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City of Thieves
City of Thieves 4.30 avg rating β€” 162,005 ratings
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Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets 4.46 avg rating β€” 20,849 ratings
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The Russian Cosmists: The Esoteric Futurism of Nikolai Fedorov and His Followers
The Russian Cosmists: The Esoteric Futurism of Nikolai Fedorov and His Followers 4.03 avg rating β€” 109 ratings
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Anastasia: The Lost Princess
Anastasia: The Lost Princess 3.65 avg rating β€” 464 ratings
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