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Free Download Unredacted: Russia, Trump, and the Fight for Democracy by Christopher Steele
English | October 8, 2024 | ISBN: 0063373432 | 336 pages | PDF | 2.61 Mb
The intelligence officer behind the explosive "Steele Dossier" steps out of the shadows, revealing a searing new report on the threat Putin and Trump pose to democracy, based on alarming intelligence exposed in these pages for the first time

Free Download Irina Starodubrovskaya, "The Challenge of Revolution: Contemporary Russia in Historical Perspective"
English | 2001 | pages: 386 | ISBN: 0199241503 | PDF | 23,1 mb
Providing a challenging and controversial explanation of the recent events in Russia, this volume examines the causes, processes, and consequences of Russia’s political development. Drawing on and criticizing the existing literature, the book shows how the recent Russian experience can cast light on general theories of revolution and comparative political developments. Also, it includes unique interviews with four leaders of the Russian transformation-Mikhail Gorbachev, Alexander Yakovlev, Yegor Gaidar, and Gennadii Burbulis-as well as the personal experience of the authors who were deeply involved in the practical process of Russian transformation.

Free Download Fighting for Napoleon’s Army in Russia: A POW’s Memoir
by C J Wagevier
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1399089757 | 208 Pages | True ePUB | 0.82 MB

Free Download David M Jones, "Education and Society in the New Russia"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1563242109, 1563242095 | EPUB | pages: 360 | 0.8 mb
This survey of the changes in education and socialization in the former USSR examines the institutions that are shaping the first post-Soviet generation. Chapters provide reports on such questions as diversification and the development of independent schools, curriculum reform and democratization.

Free Download Russia: Great Power, Weakened State by Marlene Laruelle, Jean Radvanyi
English | July 27, 2023 | ISBN: 1538174782 | 264 pages | PDF | 4.49 Mb
Thirty years after the end of the Soviet Union, multiple ghosts haunt Russia, its elites, and its society, from concern over demographic and economic decline to worry about the country’s vulnerability to external intervention, reviving the old notion of Russia as a "besieged fortress." Faced with both a West that emerged victorious from the Cold War and a shockingly dynamic China, Russia constantly questions its identity and the notion that its fate is to bridge East and West.

Free Download Magda Dolinska-Rydzek, "The Antichrist in Post-Soviet Russia: Transformations of an Ideomyth "
English | ISBN: 3838215451 | 2021 | 234 pages | PDF | 1487 KB
The book explores transformations of the apocalyptic figure of the Antichrist in various post-Soviet discourses, including ecclesiastical and political writings, conspiracy theories, and literary texts. Drawing on the extensive research into diverse materials published in the Russian Federation after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it demonstrates how an initially religious idea has penetrated secular discourses and what implications this entails. By applying the innovative analytical category of ideomyth, the book successfully answers the question of how and why the figure of the Antichrist is employed within the Russian post-Soviet semiosphere, with a special focus on texts that emerged within nationalist and religious milieus.

Free Download Maria Lipman, "Russian Voices on Post-Crimea Russia: An Almanac of Counterpoint Essays from 2015-2018 "
English | ISBN: 3838212517 | 2021 | 350 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Russia has changed dramatically since the beginning of this decade. This volume presents a unique collection of articles by Russian scholars and experts, originally published in Russian in the journal Kontrapunkt (Counterpoint). The authors include Yulia Bederova, Andrey Desnitsky, Maria Eismont, Aleksandr Gorbachev, Tatiana Nefedova, Ella Paneyakh, Sergey Parkhomenko, Nikolay Petrov, Kirill Rogov, Sergey Sergeev, Ekaterina Sokiryanskaya, Andrew Soldatov, Svetlana Solodovnik, Anna Tolstova, Aleksandr Verkhovsky, and Natalia Zubarevich. Their essays cover a broad range of subjects from the Russian political scene and state-society relations to the politics of culture and the realm of ideas and symbols. These contributions offer fascinating insights into Russia’s multifaceted and complex development after the annexation of Crimea in 2014.

Free Download Voltaire, "The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia"
English | ASIN : B00RPOSUY2 | 2015 | 276 pages | EPUB | 0,6 MB
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Free Download Mark Lupher, "Power Restructuring In China And Russia"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 0813325455, 0367317397 | EPUB | pages: 352 | 0.6 mb
The massive economic transformations and political upheavals that have been sweeping China and the Soviet Union in the final decades of the twentieth century are among the great dramas of our time. Yet the origins of these revolutionary changes are murky and their outcomes unclear. Have we witnessed the demise of an archaic authoritarian order and the rise of pluralism and democracy, or are the tumultuous events of the post-Mao era and the period of perestroika more usefully viewed in light of broader patterns of power and politics in Chinese and Russian history? Considering these questions with a new interpretation of power relations and political processes in China and Russia, Mark Lupher explores the imperial era, the communist period, and the current situation in both countries. Rather than speaking of "reform," which too often is understood as liberalization along Western lines, his discussion is focused on power restructuring―the ebb and flow of state power; the centralization and decentralization of political and economic power; and the three-way struggles between central rulers, various elites, and nonprivileged groups that drive these processes. Lupher’s power-restructuring analysis is noteworthy in combining broad comparative-historical analysis and conceptualization with a closely focused discussion and reinterpretation of the Chinese Cultural Revolution―the core of his book. By comparing and bringing new light to bear on a series of pivotal episodes in Chinese and Russian history, he furthers our understanding and assessment of processes that will continue to unfold in China, Russia, and the former Soviet republics.

Free Download Miakinkov: War and Enlightenment in Russia by Eugene Miakinkov
English | June 16, 2020 | ISBN: 1487503547 | 336 pages | MOBI | 3.37 Mb
War and Enlightenment in Russia explores how members of the military during the reign of Catherine II reconciled Enlightenment ideas about the equality and moral worth of all humans with the Russian reality based on serfdom, a world governed by autocracy, absolute respect for authority, and subordination to seniority.