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Central Asia

Khazanov, Anatoly Mikhailovich. After the USSR: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Politics in the Commonwealth of Independent States. University of Wisconsin Press, 1996. Informed analysis that details the histories and politics of a volatile region.

Allworth, Edward, ed. Central Asia: 130 Years of Russian Dominance. Duke University Press, 1994. Essays on all aspects since 1865: history, populations, nationalism, industrialization, literature, and more.

Geyer, Georgie Anne. Waiting for Winter to End: An Extraordinary Journey Through Soviet Central Asia. Brassey's, 1994. Well-written political and historical background mixed with personal travel narrative.

Hopkirk, Peter. The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia. Kodansha, Reprint, Kodansha International, 1992. 1994. Power politics of the 19th century among monarchs, shahs, and Sherpas mixed with tales of spies and adventurers.

Manz, Beatrice E. Central Asia in Historical Perspective. Westview, 1998. Detailed discussion of the historical impact that Islamic, Russian, and Soviet cultures have had on the new nation states.

Thubron, Colin. The Lost Heart of Asia. HarperCollins, 2000. Everyday life in Central Asia.

Whitell, Giles. Extreme Continental: Blowing Hot and Cold Through Central Asia. Gollancz, 1995. Accounts of contemporary life in the newly independent states of Central Asia.

Wimmel, Kenneth. The Alluring Target: In Search of the Secrets of Central Asia. Trackless, 1997. Profiles of 11 travelers to Central Asia, from 1890 to 1935.

Russia: History

Bachrach, Deborah. The Charge of the Light Brigade. Lucent, 1996. Account of the British army's charge against the Russian army at the Battle of Balaklava in October 1854. For middle school to adult readers.

Moynahan, Brian. The Russian Century: A Photographic History of Russia's 100 Years. Random House, 1994. A stunning photographic record of 20th-century Russia.

Pipes, Richard. Russian Revolution. Random House, 1991. This general study by a prominent historian covers the period from 1899 to 1919.

Raymond, Boris, and Paul Duffy. Historical Dictionary of Russia. Scarecrow, 1998. A reference work especially useful for understanding Russian terminology and institutions.

Riasanovsky, Nicholas Valentine. A History of Russia. 6th ed. Oxford University Press, 1999. An authoritative history.

Simes, Dimitri K. After the Collapse: Russia Seeks Its Place as a Great Power. Simon & Schuster, 1999. Offers insights into Russia's geopolitical thinking.

Thompson, John M. Russia and the Soviet Union: An Historical Introduction from the Kievan State to the Present. Westview, 1998. A brief and lucid account from ancient Russia to Yeltsin's dispersal of the anti-reform parliament.

Thompson, John M. Revolutionary Russia, 1917. 2nd ed. Waveland, 1989, 1996. Introductory volume that clarifies events, personalities, and theories of the period.

Vronskaya, Jeanne. Biographical Dictionary of the Soviet Union, 1917-1992. 2nd ed. Saur, 1992. Up-to-date biographical information on prominent Soviets and people in the newly independent states.

Watson, William E. The Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union. Greenwood, 1998. A resource that combines narrative, biographic profiles, and the text of key primary documents; designed for student research.

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Russian Revolution of 1905

Ascher, Abraham. The Revolution of 1905. Stanford University Press, 1988-1992. Examines the Russian Revolution from 1905 to 1907 and the tsarist regime's response.

Harcave, Sidney. First Blood: The Russian Revolution of 1905. Macmillan, 1964. A classic, straightforward narrative history.

Pipes, Richard. Russian Revolution. Random House, 1991. This general study by a prominent historian covers 1899 to 1919.

Verner, Andrew M. The Crisis of Russian Autocracy: Nicholas II and the 1905 Revolution. Princeton University Press, 1990. The events, personalities, and issues of this revolutionary period.

Weinberg, Robert. The Revolution of 1905 in Odessa: Blood on the Steps. Indiana University Press, 1993. The role of Russian labor in the making of the revolution.

Soviet Union: History and Politics

Clark, Ronald W. Lenin. Harper, 1990. Popular biography of the Soviet Union's first Communist leader.

Conquest, Robert. The Great Terror: A Reassessment. Reprint, Oxford University Press, 1991. Nature and extent of Stalin's purges, first published in 1968.

Diuk, Nadia. The Hidden Nations: The People Challenge the Soviet Union. Morrow, 1990. Identifies the causes of discontent in the various republics that made up the USSR.

Farber, Samuel. Before Stalinism: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Democracy. Blackwell, 1990. Early days of the Communists in power, from 1917 to 1921.

Laqueur, Walter. Stalin: The Glasnost Revelations. Scribner, 1990. Reexamination of Stalin's career and Stalinism in the light of new knowledge.

Pipes, Richard. The Russian Revolution. McKay, 1991. Outstanding general study by a prominent historian.

Reed, John. Ten Days That Shook the World. Reprint, St. Martin's, 1998. Eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution by an American Communist; first published in 1919.

Remnick, David. Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire. Vintage, 1994. Easy-to-read history of the fall of the Soviet Union.

Volkogonov, Dmitri. Stalin: Triumph and Tragedy. Prima, 1996. An account of Stalin's life and times.

Von Laue, Theodore. Why Lenin? Why Stalin? Why Gorbachev?: The Rise and Fall of the Soviet System. HarperCollins, 1992.

USSR

Babinka, M. A., ed. New Political Parties and Movements in the Soviet Union. Nova Science, 1991. Essays on the new politics with the decline of communism.

Diuk, Nadia. The Hidden Nations: The People Challenge the Soviet Union. Morrow, 1990. Identifies the causes of the discontent in the various ethnic republics that made up the USSR.

Forest, James H. Religion in the New Russia: The Impact of Perestroika on the Varieties of Religious Life in the Soviet Union. Crossroad, 1990. Religious life and churches in the era of glasnost (openness).

Korotich, Vitaly, ed. The Best of Ogonyok: The New Journalism of Glasnost. Beacon, 1991. Thirty-two exposé articles that appeared in the Russian weekly illustrating current problems and freedom of the press.

Richards, Susan. Epics of Everyday: Encounter in a Changing Russia. Viking, 1991. Scenes of daily life and current concerns as expressed by ordinary men and women.

Roberts, Paul Craig. Meltdown: Inside the Soviet Economy. Cato, 1990. Readable critique with lurid anecdotes of what went wrong with the Soviet planned economy.

Smith, Hedrick. The New Russians. Random, The effects of perestoika on social life and politics.

Soloman, Andrew. The Irony Tower: Soviet Artists in a Time of Glasnost. Knopf, 1991. The effects of sudden artistic freedom and the free market on the Soviet art world.

Spulber, Nicholas. Restructuring the Soviet Economy: In Search of the Market. Michigan, 1991. The struggle involved shifting from a socialist to a free market economy.

Vronskaya, Jeanne. Biographical Dictionary of the Soviet Union, 1917-1992. Saur, 1992. Most up-to-date biographical information available for prominent Russians and those in the newly independent states.

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