Russia Books
To Make a Village Soviet: Jehovah's Witnesses and the Transformation of a Postwar Ukrainian Borderland
In June 1949 the Soviet state arrested seven farmers from the village of Bila Tserkva. Not wealthy or powerful, the men were unknown outside their community, and few had ever heard of their small,...
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To Make a Village Soviet: Jehovah's Witnesses and the Transformation of a Postwar Ukrainian Borderland
In June 1949 the Soviet state arrested seven farmers from the village of Bila Tserkva. Not wealthy or powerful, the men were unknown outside their community, and few had ever heard of their small,...
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Kin Majorities: Identity and Citizenship in Crimea and Moldova
In Moldova, the number of dual citizens has risen exponentially in the last decades. Before annexation, many saw Russia as granting citizenship to—or passportizing—large numbers in Crimea. Both are...
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Mixing Medicines: The Global Drug Trade and Early Modern Russia
Early modern Russians preferred one method of treating the sick above all others: prescribing drugs. The Moscow court sourced pharmaceuticals from Asia, Africa, Western Europe, and the Americas, in...
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When Bad States Win: Rethinking Counterinsurgency Strategy
There is a common assumption that the promotion of democracy and economic development are the most effective means of quelling widespread political unrest within a country. Many believe that free a...
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Making Ukraine: Negotiating, Contesting, and Drawing the Borders in the Twentieth Century
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Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine have brought scholarly and public attention to Ukraine’s borders. Making Ukraine aims to investigate the various...
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The Ukrainian-Russian Borderland: History versus Geography
The eastern edge of Europe has long been in flux. The nature of the Ukrainian-Russian relationship is both complex and ambiguous. Prompted by the countries’ historical and geographical entanglement...
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A People's History of Soccer
***Winner of an English PEN Award 2022*** Soccer is so much more than the billionaire buyers and seven-figure signing fees that dominate the headlines. Look beyond the Premiership and the World Cu...
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Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons
By Sarah Scoles
For fans of Oppenheimer, a riveting investigation into the modern nuclear weapons landscape. Nuclear weapons are, today, as important as they were during the Cold War, and some experts say we cou...
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Traitor: A Novel
In the exhilarating tradition of I Am Pilgrim comes a sprawling, international high-stakes thriller that pits the intelligence of one man against one of the most successful spies ever to operate ag...
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