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Under Hitler and Stalin the Nazi and Soviet regimes murdered fourteen million people in the bloodlands between Berlin and Moscow. The killing fields extended from central Polads …

In this authoritative book, Harvard professor Serhii Plokhy traces the history of Ukraine from the arrival of the Vikings in the 10th century to the current Russian invasion of …

The definitive short biography of the enigmatic Peter the Great Peter the Great (1672–1725), tsar of Russia for forty-three years, was a dramatic, appealing, and unconventional …

»Tatjanas berättelse drabbar rakt som ett skott i hjärtat.« Ingrid Elam, Dagens Nyheter Aleksandr har just flyttat till Minsk och genomgår en stor livskris. I lägenheten intill bor …

The third Erast Fandorin mystery from Boris Akunin, shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger.

A devastating story of the struggle of civilians caught up in the conflict in eastern Ukraine  Chosen as one of “Six Books to Read for Context on Ukraine” by the New York Times …

Olga Kharitidi's debut book is a remarkable account of her spiritual adventure in snowbound Siberia. Joining an ailing friend on a spontaneous trip to the Atai Mountains, Dr. …

The indispensable account of the Ottoman Empire’s Siege of Malta from the author of Hannibal and Gibraltar. In the first half of the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was …

Orlando Figes' The Whisperers is a groundbreaking account of daily life in the chaotic and paranoid atmosphere of Stalinist Russia. Exploring the inner life of a Russia where …

Suomen raskaan sisällissodan jälkimainingeissa kaoottiselle Neuvosto-Venäjälle rynnisti tuhansia poliittisia ja taloudellisia siirtolaisia, punapakolaisia. Neuvostoliitto veti …