October: The Story of the Russian Revolution (Miville China)(Pevná vazba)

October: The Story of the Russian Revolution (Miville China)(Pevná vazba)

Award-winning author China Mi ville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside down On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, China Mi ville tells the extraordinary story of this pivotal moment in history. In February of 1917 Russia was a backwards, autocratic monarchy, mired in an

October: The Story of the Russian Revolution (Miville China)(Paperback)

Award-winning author China Mi ville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside down On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, China Mi ville tells the extraordinary story of this pivotal moment in history. In February of 1917 Russia was a backwards, autocratic monarchy, mired in an

The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution (Slezkine Yuri)(Pevná vazba)

On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction The House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment. Written in the tradition of

The History of the Russian Revolution to Brest-Litovsk (Trotsky Leon)(Paperback)

The Russian October Revolution, for the first time, placed power in the hands of the working class and changed the course of world history. A succinct first-hand account, this text was written to answer the distortions of bourgeois apologists and reformists, and arm the revolutionary workers of

Russia in Revolution: An Empire in Crisis, 1890 to 1928 (Smith S. A.)(Pevná vazba)

The Russian Revolution of 1917 transformed the face of the Russian empire, politically, economically, socially, and culturally, and also profoundly affected the course of world history for the rest of the twentieth century. Now, to mark the centenary of this epochal event, historian Steve Smith

Centenary of the Russian Revolution (1917-2017)(Pevná vazba)

This collection of essays provides an historical, plural and original analysis of the Russian Revolution to mark its first

Revolution: Russian Art 1917-1932 (Milner John)(Pevná vazba)

An exploration of Russian art, design, and filmt, from its proliferation in the aftermath of the 1917 October Revolution to its eventual repression under

Sale Of The Century - The Inside Story of the Second Russian Revolution (Freeland Chrystia)(Paperback / softback)

An authoritative insider's view of today's Russia - a Russian 'BARBARIANS AT THE

Tale of Two Cities (Dickens Charles)(Pevná vazba)

Dickens's classic story of the French Revolution. While the turmoil of the Revolution rages around them, the lives of the members of the Evremonde family are profoundly affected by the actions of one man - Sydney Carton. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colourful comic strip form,

Russia in Flames: War, Revolution, Civil War, 1914-1921 (Engelstein Laura)(Paperback)

October 1917, heralded as the culmination of the Russian Revolution, remains a defining moment in world history. Even a hundred years after the events that led to the emergence of the world's first self-proclaimed socialist state, debate continues over whether, as historian E. H. Carr put it

Soviet & Russian Military A/C Africa (Gordon Yefim)(Pevná vazba)

From the outset, the export of revolution and Communist ideology had been one of the cornerstones of Soviet Russia's (and later the Soviet Union's) foreign policy and by the mid-1950s the export of Soviet arms expanded into Africa with Algeria being amongst the first African countries to receive

History of the Russian Revolution (Trotsky Leon)(Paperback)

The definitive account of the Russian Revolution, by Leon Trotsky, its leader and key

The Russian Revolution (Moorehead Alan)(Paperback)

The Russian Revolution dismantled the ancient Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union. The Russian Empire collapsed with the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II and the old regime was replaced in February 1917. In the second revolution that October, the Provisional Government was

The Russian Revolution (Fitzpatrick Sheila)(Paperback)

The Russian Revolution had a decisive impact on the history of the twentieth century. In the years following the collapse of the Soviet regime and the opening of its archives, it has become possible to step back and see the full picture. Starting with an overview of the roots of the revolution,

Strategiya - The Foundations of the Russian Art of Strategy(Pevná vazba)

China 1949: Year of Revolution (Hutchings Graham)(Pevná vazba)

The events of 1949 reverberated across the world and throughout the rest of the 20th-century. That monumental year saw the dramatic collapse of Chiang Kai-shek's 'pro-Western' Nationalist government, overthrown by Mao Zedong and his newly-founded, Communist-controlled, People's Republic of China

Russian Splendor: Sumptuous Fashions of the Russian Court (Piotrovsky Mikhail Borisovich)(Pevná vazba)

A stunning volume showcasing the magnificent court dress of the Russian Empire, culled from the authoritative collection at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, photographed with the Winter Palace as a backdrop. Prerevolutionary Russia was renowned for the glamorous and luxurious

Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution: The True Story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth (Bellerjeau Claire)(Pevná vazba)

Caught in the Revolution - Petrograd, 1917 (Rappaport Helen)(Paperback / softback)

Between the first revolution in February 1917, and Lenin's Bolshevik coup in October, Petrograd was in turmoil. Foreign visitors who filled hotels, bars and embassies were acutely aware of the chaos breaking out on their doorsteps. Among them were journalists, diplomats, businessmen, governesses

Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution!: The Story of the Trans Women of Color Who Made LGBTQ+ History (Ellison Joy)(Pevná vazba)

Russia in Revolution: An Empire in Crisis, 1890 to 1928 (Smith S. A.)(Paperback)

The Russian Revolution of 1917 transformed the face of the Russian empire, politically, economically, socially, and culturally, and also profoundly affected the course of world history for the rest of the twentieth century. Now, to mark the centenary of this epochal event, historian Steve Smith

Red Star Over the Third World (Prashad Vijay)(Paperback)

From Cuba to Vietnam, from China to South Africa, the October Revolution inspired millions of people beyond the territory of Russia. The Revolution proved that the masses could not only overthrow autocratic governments, but also form an opposing government in their own image. The new idea that the

Poets of the Chinese Revolution (Benton Gregor)(Pevná vazba)

How poetry and revolution meshed in Red China This is a book of poems by four veteran Chinese revolutionaries. Chen Duxiu led China's early cultural awakening before founding the Communist Party in 1921. Mao led the Party to power in 1949. Zheng Chaolin, Chen Duxiu's disciple and, like him, a

The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution (Slezkine Yuri)(Paperback)

The epic story of an enormous Soviet apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destructionThe House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment. Written in the tradition of Tolstoy's War and Peace, Grossman's Life and