157 results for 'altern russia'

This book is about the demise of Communism in the USSR and a new Russia emerging to succeed the ailing Communist regime. It discusses a Russian national (or multinational) alternative to the...

Explores how the search for meaning in the post-Soviet era has given rise to a revival of ancient spiritual traditions and a plethora of new movements • Reveals the survival of ancient Slavic...

Russias Entangled Embrace traces the relationship between the Romanov state and the Armenian diaspora that populated Russias territorial fringes and navigated the tsarist empires metropolitan centers...

Rich in natural resources, straddling Europe and Asia, and home to markets of immense scale, Russia is an essential, critical player in an unprecedently complex global economy. Yet it has yet to...

During the Soviet era, blat-the use of personal networks for obtaining goods and services in short supply and for circumventing formal procedures-was necessary to compensate for the inefficiencies of...

... a comprehensive look at an enigmatic era... " -ChoiceThis provocative collection of essays certainly takes some of the polish off Soviet socialism's golden age." -Journal of Interdisciplinary...

This lucidly written biography of Aleksandr Men examines the familial and social context from which Men developed as a Russian Orthodox priest. Wallace Daniel presents a different picture of Russia...

The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are currently at the crossroads of major structural economic and political changes. This book provides a comparative analysis of...

In this pathbreaking book, McFadden shows that during 1917 to 1920, the U.S. and the Soviet Union reached a surprising number of agreements, including the continued operation of the American Red...

Looking two hundred years in the past, an enlightening study of the neglected liberal tradition in Russian political thought with resonance for today.On December 14, 1825, a group of young Russian...

An examination of the forces that attracted many social and intellectual leaders of 18th-century Russia to Freemasonry as an instrument for change and progress. By "working the rough stone" of their...