Novedades

The national identity has been forged in the furnace of war. From the medieval kingdom of Rus battling against a Scandinavian princes and Mongol emperors, to its own empire-building conflicts in 19th-century Asia, to the formative wars of the 20th century which saw Russia pitch from Tsarist empire to communist state and defender against Nazism, all these conflicts stained the lands of Russia red with blood. A weak post-Cold War Russia then turned to Putin, who created a new mood for martial triumphalism which led directly to the Ukrainian war.

In the summer of 1941, German troops surrounded the Russian city of Leningrad—now St. Petersburg—and began the longest blockade in recorded history, one that would ultimately claim the lives of nearly three-quarters of a million people. At the center of the besieged city stood a converted palace that housed the world’s largest collection of seeds—more than 250,000 samples hand-collected over two decades from all over the globe by world-famous explorer, geneticist, and dissident Nikolai Vavilov, who had recently been disappeared by the Soviet government.

For more than a millennium, the Russian Orthodox Church has shown astonishing survival skills—from the Mongol yoke, to tsarist demagoguery and enlightenment, Soviet atheism, the chaotic 1990s and now two decades of Vladimir Putin. In this provocative new book, Lucy Ash reveals how, under Putin, religion is being stripped of its spiritual content and used as a weapon to control the population in a way never seen before. Orthodox clerics and their acolytes are trying to drag Russia backwards into a new Middle Ages.

Step into the shadowy realm of Soviet economics with "Red Economics: An Accessible Journey Through Soviet Economic History." This captivating exploration pulls back the Iron Curtain, revealing the inner workings of one of history's most controversial economic experiments. From the fiery days of the Bolshevik Revolution to the tumultuous collapse of the USSR, "Red Economics" guides you through the triumphs and tribulations of the Soviet economic machine. Discover how Stalin's Five-Year Plans reshaped an agrarian society into an industrial powerhouse, and uncover the hidden costs of this ...

In the summer of 1941, German troops surrounded the Russian city of Leningrad - now St Petersburg - and began the longest blockade in recorded history. By the most conservative estimates, the siege would claim the lives of three-quarters of a million people. Most died of starvation. Drawing on previously unseen sources, The Forbidden Garden tells the remarkable and moving story of the botanists who remained at the Plant Institute during the darkest days of the siege, risking their lives in the name of science.

Rusia fascina y atrae: con la misma fuerza que despierta admiración, genera rechazo y temores. ¿Qué sucedió en la historia rusa para producir pasiones tan encontradas? A partir de este interrogante, esta obra propone un recorrido por el pasado de esta nación que llegó a convertirse en una potencia mundial. Rusia ocupó una sexta parte de la masa continental planetaria cuando fue el centro de un imperio y, más tarde, de la Unión Soviética. Hoy es el país más extenso del mundo y su territorio alberga uno de los mayores arsenales nucleares.

In Blood on the Snow, Robert Service returns to the subject that has formed the backbone of his long and distinguished career: the Russian Revolution. For Service, the great unanswered question is how to reconcile the two vital narratives that underpin the extraordinary but troubled events of 1917. One puts the blame squarely on Tsar Nicholas II and on Alexander Kerensky’s provisional government that deposed him. The other is the view from the bottom, that of the workers and peasants who wanted democratic socialism, not the Bolshevik dictatorship imposed by Lenin and his successors.

Ленинград, Москва, местечко под Могилевом — проза Елены Минкиной-Тайчер переносит через время и пространство, выхватывая из круговорота событий эпизоды жизни еврейской семьи, на долю которой выпали, кажется, все испытания столетия. Но эта история — не только (да и не столько) о бедах и трагедиях. В ней — свадебные песни, вложенные в томик Пушкина любовные стихи и пахнущий пирогами и шалфеем дом. И, конечно же, семья, которой суждено воссоединиться спустя несколько десятилетий в Израиле. В аудиоверсии эту лиричную историю чутко и нежно исполнила актриса Ксения Раппопорт.

Это совсем не тот СССР, который мы помним. Это совсем не та война, и вообще не тот мир. Но Орден Красной Звезды всё так же ведёт советских людей к победе коммунизма. В 1957 год в тело мальчишки попадает заслуженный душегуб и вообще непростой человек, в своё время слишком удачно пошутивший со смертью. За окном СССР, где маги-энергетики, спокойно соседствуют с техниками, электриками и простыми людьми.