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  • Foreigners in Muscovy

    Western Immigrants in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Russia

    Edited by Simon Dreher, Wolfgang Mueller ...
    Between the late fifteenth and early eighteenth centuries, the State of Muscovy emerged from being a rather homogenous Russian-speaking and Orthodox medieval principality to becoming a multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire. Not only the conquest of the neighbouring Tatar Khanates and the colonisation of Siberia demanded the integration of non-Christian populations into the Russian state. The ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD

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  • The Gates of Europe

    A History of Ukraine

    by Serhii Plokhy ...
    A New York Times BestsellerThe definitive history of Ukraine from antiquity to today.**“An admirable new history.... In his elegant and careful exposition of Ukraine’s past, Mr. Plokhy has also provided some signposts to the future.” ―**EconomistAs Ukraine is embroiled in an ongoing struggle with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and political independen... ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Russian History: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Geoffrey Hosking ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Spanning the divide between Europe and Asia, Russia is a multi-ethnic empire with a huge territory, strategically placed and abundantly provided with natural resources. But Russia's territory has a harsh climate, is cut off from most maritime contact with the outside world, and has open and vulnerable land frontiers. It has therefore had to devote much of its wealth to the armed forces, and the ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Story of Russia

    by Orlando Figes ...
    “This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern Russia and its wars with Ukraine, with its neighbors, with America, and with the West.”—Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Democracy and Red Famine**Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus ReviewsFrom “the great storyteller of Russian history” (Financial Times</... ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A History of Ukraine

    The Land and Its Peoples, Second Edition

    by Paul Robert Magocsi ...
    First published in 1996, A History of Ukraine quickly became the authoritative account of the evolution of Europe's second largest country. In this fully revised and expanded second edition, Paul Robert Magocsi examines recent developments in the country's history and uses new scholarship in order to expand our conception of the Ukrainian historical narrative.New chapters deal with the Crimean ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • A Concise History of Russia

    by Paul Bushkovitch ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    Accessible to students, tourists and general readers alike, this book provides a broad overview of Russian history since the ninth century. Paul Bushkovitch emphasizes the enormous changes in the understanding of Russian history resulting from the end of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then, new material has come to light on the history of the Soviet era, providing new conceptions of Russia's pre ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Russia and the Golden Horde

    The Mongol Impact on Medieval Russian History

    by Charles J. Halperin ...
    Series series Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
    This revelatory study of Russian medieval history and the age of Mongolian conquest "infuses the subject with fresh insights and interpretations" ( History).In the 13th century, a Mongolian confederation known as The Golden Horde dominated a vast region including Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the Caucuses. Though it would hold power into the 15th century, the influence of the Mongolian Empire ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Concise History of Hungary

    by Miklós Molnár ...
    Translated by Anna Magyar ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    This book offers a comprehensive thousand-year history of the land, people, society, culture and economy of Hungary, from its nebulous origins in the Ural Mountains to the elections of 1988. It tells above all the thrilling story of a people which became a great power in the region and then fought against - and was invaded by - Ottomans, Germans and Soviets. The Hungarian people preserved ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • The Volga

    A History

    by Janet M. Hartley ...
    A rich and fascinating exploration of the Volga—the first to fully reveal its vital place in Russian history“A work of masterful condensation [and] commanding storytelling.”—Matthew Janney, Spectator“'Without the Volga, there would be no Russia.' The final words of Janet Hartley's book sound sweeping. But its 400 pages make the case powerfully.”—The EconomistThe longest river in Europe, the Volga ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • The Habsburg Empire

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Martyn Rady ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The Habsburgs are the most famous dynasty in continental Europe. From the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries, they ruled much of Central Europe, and for two centuries were also rulers of Spain. Through the Spanish connection, they acquired lands around the Mediterranean and a chunk of the New World, spreading eastwards to include the Philippines. Reaching from South-East Asia to what is now ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Russia's Steppe Frontier

    The Making of a Colonial Empire, 1500-1800

    by Michael Khodarkovsky ...
    Series series Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies
    This study of Russia's colonial expansion across the Eurasian steppe is "a tremendously important contribution to the field of Russian history" (Valerie Kivelson).From the decline of the Mongol Golden Horde to the end of the 18th century, the Russian government expanded its influence and power throughout its southern borderlands. The process of incorporating these lands and peoples into the ... Read more

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  • The History of Russia in 50 Events

    by Stephan Weaver ...
    Russia is an assortment of the world's most beautiful cultures and religions. But how did Russia become home to such a diverse population and tradition that is redolent of so many parts of the world? How much does Russia owe to its spellbinding steppe in respect to its unparalleled history? This book uncovers the mystery behind this and the many other little known facts about Russia.Inside you ... Read more

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