The Red and the Black: The Russian Revolution and the Black Atlantic (Featherstone David)(Pevná vazba)

The Red and the Black: The Russian Revolution and the Black Atlantic (Featherstone David)(Pevná vazba)

This edited collection explores the inspiration of the Russian Revolution of 1917 for black radicals across the African diaspora. The volume challenges European-centred understandings of the Russian Revolution and the global left and enables new insights on the relations between Communism and

Moscow Workers and the 1917 Revolution: Studies of the Russian Institute, Columbia University (Koenker Diane P.)(Pevná vazba)

Whereas most Soviet and American scholars of the Russian Revolution have emphasized the great leaders and the great events of 1917, Diane Koenker reverses this trend in a study of the Russian working class. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand

The Great Bear at War: The Russian and Soviet Army, 1917-Present (McNab Chris)(Pevná vazba)

The complete and illustrated history of Russia's armed forces from the Russian Revolution until the present day, covering both their involvement in pivotal historical events and in current controversial conflicts. From the chaos of the civil war to the political maneuvering of the Cold War,

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

Ancient Theatre and Performance Culture Around the Black Sea (Braund David)(Pevná vazba)

This is the first study of ancient theatre and performance around the coasts of the Black Sea. It brings together key specialists around the region with well-established international scholars on theatre and the Black Sea, from a wide range of disciplines, especially archaeology, drama and history

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

Islands of the Ottoman Empire (Hadjikyriacou Antonis)(Pevná vazba)

The Ottoman Empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic. It included the islands of Cyprus, Crete, Rhodes, and many smaller islands in the Aegean, Adriatic, and Black Seas. These islands were its frontiers, and many of the battles against Christian enemies were fought

Russia Accursed!: Red Terror Through the Eyes of the Artist Ivan Vladimirov (Ruzhnikov Andre)(Pevná vazba)

The Russian Revolution and Civil War as never seen before. Packed with jaw-dropping images, Russia Accursed showcases the reaction of artist-reporter Ivan Vladmirov (1869-1947) to the human suffering he witnessed in the years following the rise of the Bolsheviks and the October Revolution of

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

Heinemann Advanced History: Lenin and the Russian Revolution (Phillips Steve)(Paperback / softback)

A study of Lenin and the Russian Revolution. It is designed to fulfil the AS and A Level specifications in place from September 2000. The AS section deals with narrative and explanation of the topic. The A2 section reflects the different demands of the higher level

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

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

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

Ulster Presbyterians in the Atlantic World: Religion, Politics and Identity (Wilson David A.)(Pevná vazba)

The Compatriots: The Brutal and Chaotic History of Russia's Exiles, migrs, and Agents Abroad (Soldatov Andrei)(Pevná vazba)

The authors of The Red Web examine the shifting role of Russian expatriates throughout history, and their complicated, unbreakable relationship with the mother country--be it antagonistic or far too chummy. The history of Russian espionage is soaked in blood, from a spontaneous pistol shot that

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

Writers and Revolution: Intellectuals and the French Revolution of 1848 (Beecher Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

The revolution of 1848 has been described as the revolution of the intellectuals. In France, the revolution galvanised the energies of major romantic writers and intellectuals. This book follows nine writers through the revolution of 1848 and its aftermath: Alphonse de Lamartine, George Sand, Marie

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

The State and Revolution: Russian-English Edition (Lenin Vladimir)(Paperback)

The State and Revolution (1917), by Vladimir Lenin, describes the role of the State in society, the necessity of proletarian revolution, and the theoretic inadequacies of social democracy in achieving revolution to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat. It is considered to be Lenin's most

Liberal Ideas in Tsarist Russia: From Catherine the Great to the Russian Revolution (Rampton Vanessa)(Pevná vazba)

Liberalism is a critically important topic in the contemporary world as liberal values and institutions are in retreat in countries where they seemed relatively secure. Lucidly written and accessible, this book offers an important yet neglected Russian aspect to the history of political liberalism

My Dear Friend, the Tsarina: the Incredible Account of a Lady of the Imperial Russian Court in the Period Leading to the Fall of the Romanov Dynast (Viroubova Anna)(Paperback)

A Russian lady-in-waiting's memoirs of the court and revolutionAfter the Russian Revolution and the fall and murder of the ruling Romanov family in 1918, many books were written by those close to the personalities of the time describing the final days of the imperial Russian court. These books were

The Museum and the Factory: The V&a, Elkington and the Electrical Revolution (Grant Alistair)(Pevná vazba)

A fascinating illustrated account of the relationship between the Victoria and Albert Museum and a famous, high-tech 19th-century industrial art manufacturer, Elkington &

Acid for the Children: A Memoir (Flea)(Pevná vazba)

With 'virtuosic vulnerability' (The Atlantic), the iconic bassist and Red Hot Chili peppers co-founder pens a love letter to a youth spent wild in Los Angeles in his raw and riveting coming-of-age memoir.In Acid for the Children, Flea takes readers on a deeply personal and revealing tour of his

A Very Russian Christmas: The Greatest Russian Holiday Stories of All Time (Tolstoy Lev)(Pevná vazba)

Running the gamut from sweet and reverent to twisted and uproarious, and with many of the stories appearing in English for the first time, this is a collection that will satisfy every reader. Dostoevsky brings stories of poverty and tragedy, Tolstoy inspires with his fable-like tales, Chekhov's

Black Cosmopolitans: Race, Religion, and Republicanism in an Age of Revolution (Levecq Christine)(Pevná vazba)

Black Cosmopolitans examines the lives and thought of three extraordinary black men--Jacobus Capitein, Jean-Baptiste Belley, and John Marrant--who traveled extensively throughout the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Unlike millions of uprooted Africans and their descendants at the time, these men