
Stalin and His Books: The Librarian’s Tale
Geoffrey Roberts, author of Stalin’s Library, recounts the story of Shushanika Manucharyants, Stalin’s personal librarian, who he inherited…
Geoffrey Roberts, author of Stalin’s Library, recounts the story of Shushanika Manucharyants, Stalin’s personal librarian, who he inherited…
Our series of blog posts on Jewish History and Culture continues with this extract from Vivian Gornick’s biography…
In his new book The Vory: Russia’s Super Mafia, Mark Galeotti explores the underground world of the Russian mafia,…
From Belgrade to Ankara and from Athens to Bucharest, Russia seems to be on the mind of everyone…
2017 has been an unpredictable year in world politics. To help you cut through the clamour of the…
2017 marks a century since the revolutionary year that brought about the fall of the Russian Empire and…
‘Genghis Khan with a telephone.’ On 5 March 2016 it will be 63 years since the death of…
The South China Sea is a marginal sea in geographical terms, but due both to its history and…
Paul Ginsborg’s Family Politics tells the story of the 20th-century through the lens of the family, examining key…
Whatever their outcome, the events in Ukraine seem likely to be of greater long-term import than the ‘Orange…
On 14 January 2014 David Satter – a distinguished US journalist and author of several books – was expelled from…
Western media coverage of Russia usually takes the form of political reportage, understandably, perhaps, in the light of…
Vladimir Putin’s presidency could be seen as a triumph – one that has turned a bankrupt state into…
The challenges facing the world are multiplex; the global financial crisis, costly and exhausting conflicts, and cracks appearing…
Today we take a look at three Yale University Press books on poster art, each examining the medium…