Russia

The definitive history of Russia’s most secret spy program, from the earliest days of the Soviet Union to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and a revelatory examination of how that hidden history shaped both Russia and the West.

The #1 New York Times bestseller, now in an expanded audiobook edition that includes detailed historical context for the democracy-threatening Ukrainian conflict and a call to action for modern times....

A prize-winning historian reveals how Stalin - not Hitler - was the animating force of World War II in this major new history....

This is the definitive story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research. Through two decades of reporting, new archival information, and firsthand interviews with witnesses, Adam Higginbotham tells the full dramatic story....

Volume 1 of the gripping epic masterpiece, Solzhenitsyn's chilling report of his arrest and interrogation, which exposed to the world the vast bureaucracy of secret police that haunted Soviet society. Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum....

This revelatory and dramatic history of disinformation traces the rise of secret organized deception operations from the interwar period to contemporary internet troll farms....

Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense fight with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and political independence. But today's conflict is only the latest in a long history of battles over Ukraine's territory and its existence as a sovereign nation....

On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction....

A powerfully argued and utterly definitive account of a murderous tyrant we thought we understood, Hitler is essential listening for anyone seeking to understand the origins and outcomes of the Second World War....

Blind Man's Bluff shows for the first time how the navy sent submarines wired with self-destruct charges into the heart of Soviet seas to tap crucial underwater telephone cables....

In 2010, the words “earthquake swarm” entered the lexicon in Oklahoma. That same year, a trove of Michael Jackson memorabilia—including his iconic crystal-encrusted white glove—was sold at auction for over $1 million....

As relevant as it is comprehensive, Red Scare tells the story of McCarthyism and the Red Scare—based in part on newly declassified sources—by an award-winning writer of history and New York Times reporter.

Antonio Mendez and his future wife, Jonna, were CIA operatives working to spy on Moscow in the late 1970s, at one of the most dangerous moments in the Cold War. Soviets kept files on all foreigners, studied their patterns, tapped their phones....

In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag....

In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain....

In 2014, the world witnessed the start of a mysterious series of cyberattacks. Targeting American utility companies, NATO, and electric grids in Eastern Europe, the strikes grew ever more brazen....

Calder Walton presents the “riveting” (The Economist), secret story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China.

This is the intimate story of 20 tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition....

In a seamless meshing of exhaustive research, brilliant synthesis and narrative élan, Simon Sebag Montefiore chronicles the life and lives of Stalin’s court from the time of his acclamation as “leader” in 1929, five years after Lenin’s death, until his own death in 1953 at the age of 73....

A classic work of World War II history that brings to vivid, dramatic life one of the bloodiest battles ever fought - and the beginning of the end for the Third Reich....

THE DISSIDENT is the story of how one fearless man, offended by the dishonesty and criminality of the Russian political system, mounted a relentless opposition movement and became President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable rival....

When the Swedish Academy awarded Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize, it cited her for inventing "a new kind of literary genre", describing her work as "a history of emotions - a history of the soul"....

Princess Catherine Radziwill exposes Rasputin as a charlatan and pawn of Germany in this two-part analysis. Part one discusses the social and religious climate in Russia before WWI and analyzes the particular cultural situation that allowed Rasputin to gain influence.

Robert K. Massie returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became Catherine the Great. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination....

Young Stalin tells the story of an exceptional, charismatic, darkly turbulent young man born into obscurity, fancying himself a poet and a priest....

More than a century ago, the new Bolshevik government began sending Soviet citizens abroad as deep-cover spies, training them to pose as foreign aristocrats, merchants, and students. Over time, this grew into the most ambitious espionage program in history. Many intelligence agencies use undercover operatives, but the KGB was the only one to go to such lengths, spending years training its spies in language and etiquette, and sending them abroad on missions that could last for decades. These spies were known as “illegals.”

Comment Staline est-il devenu Staline? Issu d'un milieu populaire, le jeune Joseph Staline est un homme curieux, séducteur et déjà attiré par le pouvoir. Un temps poète, passé par le séminaire, il trouve finalement sa voie dans le banditisme, le terrorisme, et finalement l'action révolutionnaire, qui le mènera, des années plus tard, à la tête de l'URSS.

Secrets of Encirclement Warfare: A Gripping Exploration of the Intersection of Land and Air Power Imagine being surrounded by enemy forces, with limited supplies and no clear escape route. This is the harsh reality of encirclement warfare, a tactic that has been used to devastating effect throughout history. From the frozen tundras of World War II to the jungles of Vietnam, encirclement has proven to be a game-changer on the battlefield. In this fascinating and deeply researched book, we delve into the world of encirclement warfare, exploring the successes and failures of this complex and ...

Princess Catherine Radziwill exposes Rasputin as a charlatan and pawn of Germany in this two-part analysis. Part one discusses the social and religious climate in Russia before WWI and analyzes the particular cultural situation that allowed Rasputin to gain influence. She debunks claims of Rasputin's extraordinary influence in the Russian government, characterizing him instead as a hedonistic, illiterate peasant who was manipulated into furthering Germany's cause during the war.

Книга приурочена к 100-летию со дня рождения советского и российского писателя, представителя так называемой "деревенской прозы" Владимира Алексеевича Солоухина. В издание вошли автобиографическая повесть "Смех за левым плечом" (1988) и "Черные доски. Записки начинающего коллекционера" (1969). В автобиографической повести "Смех за левым плечом" Владимир Солоухин рассказывает читателям об укладе деревенской жизни, своем детстве, радостях и печалях. Затрагиваются такие важные темы, как человечность и жестокость, способность любить и познавать мир, философские вопросы бытия и коллективизация.

"L'odio rappresenta il motore autentico della guerra, poiché infiamma gli animi, innescando una deflagrazione infernale, spingendo le masse e i singoli individui alle azioni più atroci". Sulla guerra in Ucraina si è scritto e detto di tutto. Tra analisi geopolitiche, campagne mediatiche più o meno in buona fede, la guerra è stata il campo in cui si sono confrontati non solo i due eserciti in lotta, ma soprattutto gli interessi strategici ed economici delle grandi potenze.

Может ли историческая эпоха быть абсолютно плохой? Что же все-таки случилось с нами тогда? "Лихие 90-е" или "Святые 90-е"? На эти вопросы дает свои ответы человек, которому посчастливилось тогда выжить. Эта книга - почти шизофренически разнообразное, эклектичное нагромождение явлений, ситуаций, умонастроений, траекторий 90-х. Тамагочи и "Юпи", нищие старики и недолго живущие бандиты, развал огромной страны и дачный быт - эта книга о том опыте 90-х, который по праву можно назвать всеобщим. Книга состоит из двух потоков - текстового и визуального.

XXII летние Олимпийские игры 1980 года — знаковое событие как для нашей страны, так и для мирового сообщества. Две недели внимание людей из разных уголков планеты было приковано к борьбе за золотые медали. Игры запомнились завораживающими церемониями открытия и закрытия, яркими достижениями спортсменов. Несмотря на "железный занавес", Игры в Москве считаются эталоном их организации и создания лучших условий для работы представителей прессы, радио и телевидения. СССР сделал всё, чтобы это событие стало настоящим праздником спорта.

Воскресенский медеплавильный завод был построен в 1734 году и к 1745 году стал одним из крупнейших промышленных предприятий России. Только за первый год на заводе выпустили более 15 тысяч пудов меди. В 1760 году на заводе было 7 медеплавильных печей, при заводе состояло 320 дворов и одна церковь. По количеству выплавляемой меди Воскресенский завод занимал первое место не только на Южном Урале, но и в России. Около четверти всей продукции отправлялось за границу. Расцвет медеплавильного завода прервало пугачевское восстание. Завод был захвачен повстанцами и на нем стали отливать пушки.

Перед вами – невероятная и захватывающая история открытия первого российского банка в Африке. Действия разворачиваются на фоне одного из интереснейших периодов развития Демократической республики Конго, переплетаются с разными людьми, в разных странах и обстоятельствах. События, описанные в книге, настолько необычны и не вписываются в общепринятые нормы нашей жизни, что иногда даже не верится, что это происходит в реальном мире.