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Red Scare

Blacklists, McCarthyism and the Making of Modern America

by Clay Risen ...

Narrated by Kevin R. Free ...

Unabridged

15 hours 30 min

Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, and Kirkus ReviewsFrom an award-winning historian and New York Times reporter comes the timely story about McCarthyism that both “lays out the many mechanisms of repression that made the Red Scare possible…[and] describes how something that once seemed so terrifying and interminable did, in fact, come to an end” .. ... Read more

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Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, and Kirkus ReviewsFrom an award-winning historian and New York Times reporter comes the timely story about McCarthyism that both “lays out the many mechanisms of repression that made the Red Scare possible…[and] describes how something that once seemed so terrifying and interminable did, in fact, come to an end” ..
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Соучастники

Почему российская элита выбрала войну

by Александра Прокопенко ...

Narrated by Татьяна Фельгенгауэр ...

Unabridged

10 hours 41 min

После вторжения России в Украину многие ожидали, что политическая и экономическая элита попытается остановить начатую Путиным войну. В том числе, чтобы сохранить привычный образ жизни. Этого не произошло. Наоборот, технократы и госбизнес стали главными опорами путинской военной экономики.Основанная на десятках интервью книга Александры Прокопенко объясняет, как за два десятилетия правящий слой ... Read more

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После вторжения России в Украину многие ожидали, что политическая и экономическая элита попытается остановить начатую Путиным войну. В том числе, чтобы сохранить привычный образ жизни. Этого не произошло. Наоборот, технократы и госбизнес стали главными опорами путинской военной экономики.Основанная на десятках интервью книга Александры Прокопенко объясняет, как за два десятилетия правящий слой
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Stalingrad

by David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House ...

Narrated by Paul Woodson ...

Abridged

18 hours 39 min

Tantor Audio presents the complete audio version of the long awaited one-volume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of Nazi and Soviet forces at Stalingrad. Stalingrad is an abridged edition of the five-volume Stalingrad Trilogy. ... Read more

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Tantor Audio presents the complete audio version of the long awaited one-volume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of Nazi and Soviet forces at Stalingrad. Stalingrad is an abridged edition of the five-volume Stalingrad Trilogy.
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The CIA Book Club

The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature

by Charlie English ...

Narrated by Michael David Axtell ...

Unabridged

10 hours 9 min

“A story as fascinating as it is undersung . . . a riveting account” (The New York Times Book Review, Best Books of 2025 So Far) of the CIA’s secret program to smuggle millions of books through the Iron Curtain during the Cold War“Brimming with poetic detail, spring-loaded with tradecraft, English’s account feels like it’s torn from the pages of Ian Fleming. . . . An indelible reminder that words ... Read more

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“A story as fascinating as it is undersung . . . a riveting account” (The New York Times Book Review, Best Books of 2025 So Far) of the CIA’s secret program to smuggle millions of books through the Iron Curtain during the Cold War“Brimming with poetic detail, spring-loaded with tradecraft, English’s account feels like it’s torn from the pages of Ian Fleming. . . . An indelible reminder that words
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Gulag

A History

by Anne Applebaum ...

Narrated by Laural Merlington ...

Unabridged

27 hours 42 min

The Gulag—a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners—was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, ... Read more

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The Gulag—a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners—was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution,
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March 1917

The Red Wheel: Node III, Book 1

by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn ...

Narrated by Daniel Henning ...

Unabridged

33 hours 18 min

The Red Wheel is Solzhenitsyn's magnum opus about the Russian Revolution. Solzhenitsyn tells this story in the form of a meticulously researched historical novel, supplemented by newspaper headlines of the day, fragments of street action, cinematic screenplay, and historical overview. The first two nodes—August 1914 and November 1916—focus on Russia's crises and recovery, on revolutionary ... Read more

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The Red Wheel is Solzhenitsyn's magnum opus about the Russian Revolution. Solzhenitsyn tells this story in the form of a meticulously researched historical novel, supplemented by newspaper headlines of the day, fragments of street action, cinematic screenplay, and historical overview. The first two nodes—August 1914 and November 1916—focus on Russia's crises and recovery, on revolutionary
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To Kill a Nation

The Attack on Yugoslavia

by Michael Parenti ...

Narrated by Rich Miller ...

Unabridged

5 hours 51 min

Drawing on a wide range of unpublished material and observations gathered from his visit to Yugoslavia in 1999, Michael Parenti challenges mainstream media coverage of the war, uncovering hidden agendas behind the Western talk of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and democracy. ... Read more

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Drawing on a wide range of unpublished material and observations gathered from his visit to Yugoslavia in 1999, Michael Parenti challenges mainstream media coverage of the war, uncovering hidden agendas behind the Western talk of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and democracy.
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The Reconstruction of Nations

Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus 1569-1999

by Timothy Snyder ...

Narrated by Rich Miller ...

Unabridged

13 hours 48 min

From the bestselling author of On Tyranny comes a revealing history of the four modern national ideas that arose from the Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthModern nationalism in northeastern Europe has often led to violence and then reconciliation between nations with bloody pasts. In this fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of On Tyranny comes a revealing history of the four modern national ideas that arose from the Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthModern nationalism in northeastern Europe has often led to violence and then reconciliation between nations with bloody pasts. In this fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood
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Red Road From Stalingrad

Recollections of a Soviet Infantryman

by Mansur Abdulin ...

Narrated by Alex Hyde-White ...

Unabridged

8 hours 51 min

Mansur Abdulin fought in the front ranks of the Soviet infantry against the German invaders at Stalingrad, Kursk and on the banks of the Dnieper. This is his extraordinary story. His vivid inside view of a ruthless war on the Eastern Front gives a rare insight into the reality of the fighting and into the tactics and mentality of the Red Army's soldiers.In his own words, and with a remarkable ... Read more

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Mansur Abdulin fought in the front ranks of the Soviet infantry against the German invaders at Stalingrad, Kursk and on the banks of the Dnieper. This is his extraordinary story. His vivid inside view of a ruthless war on the Eastern Front gives a rare insight into the reality of the fighting and into the tactics and mentality of the Red Army's soldiers.In his own words, and with a remarkable
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Not One Inch

America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate

by M.E. Sarotte ...

Narrated by Teri Schnaubelt ...

Unabridged

15 hours 54 min

A leading expert on foreign policy reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia transformed geopolitics in a Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2021"Sarotte is the unofficial dean of 'end of Cold War' studies. . . . With her latest book, she tackles head-on the not-controversial-at-all questions about NATO’s eastward growth and the effect it had on Russia's relations with the west." —Daniel W. ... Read more

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A leading expert on foreign policy reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia transformed geopolitics in a Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2021"Sarotte is the unofficial dean of 'end of Cold War' studies. . . . With her latest book, she tackles head-on the not-controversial-at-all questions about NATO’s eastward growth and the effect it had on Russia's relations with the west." —Daniel W.
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Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1943-1945

Red Steamroller

by Robert A. Forczyk ...

Narrated by P.J. Ochlan ...

Unabridged

14 hours 42 min

The author of Case White offers an extensive history of German and Soviet armored warfare toward the end of World War II.By 1943, after the catastrophic German defeat at Stalingrad, the Wehmacht's panzer armies gradually lost the initiative on the Eastern Front. The tide of the war had turned. Their combined arms technique, which had swept Soviet forces before it during 1941 and 1942, had lost its ... Read more

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The author of Case White offers an extensive history of German and Soviet armored warfare toward the end of World War II.By 1943, after the catastrophic German defeat at Stalingrad, the Wehmacht's panzer armies gradually lost the initiative on the Eastern Front. The tide of the war had turned. Their combined arms technique, which had swept Soviet forces before it during 1941 and 1942, had lost its
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Die Geschichte von Sankt Petersburg: 300 Jahre Zaren, Revolution und Belagerung

by Finn Lehmann ...

Narrated by Finn Lehmann ...

Unabridged

2 hours 27 min

Tauche ein in packende Stadtgeschichte zwischen imperialer Macht, blutigen Revolutionen und eisigem Überlebenskampf. Dieses historische Sachbuch spannt einen mitreißenden Bogen von der radikalen Gründung am Rande des Imperiums bis hin zu den gewaltigen Umbrüchen der Moderne. Spüre den Puls einer Metropole, die durch politische Extreme, architektonische Meisterwerke und den ungebrochenen Willen ... Read more

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Tauche ein in packende Stadtgeschichte zwischen imperialer Macht, blutigen Revolutionen und eisigem Überlebenskampf. Dieses historische Sachbuch spannt einen mitreißenden Bogen von der radikalen Gründung am Rande des Imperiums bis hin zu den gewaltigen Umbrüchen der Moderne. Spüre den Puls einer Metropole, die durch politische Extreme, architektonische Meisterwerke und den ungebrochenen Willen
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On a Knife’s Edge

The Ukraine, November 1942-March 1943

by Prit Buttar ...

Narrated by Roger Clark ...

Unabridged

22 hours 7 min

The battle of Stalingrad was the turning point of World War II. The German capture of the city, their encirclement by Soviet forces shortly afterwards, and the hard-fought but futile attempts to relieve them, saw bitter attritional fighting and extremes of human misery inflicted on both sides.The surrender of General Friedrich von Paulus's army left Germany's eastern armies severely weakened, but ... Read more

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The battle of Stalingrad was the turning point of World War II. The German capture of the city, their encirclement by Soviet forces shortly afterwards, and the hard-fought but futile attempts to relieve them, saw bitter attritional fighting and extremes of human misery inflicted on both sides.The surrender of General Friedrich von Paulus's army left Germany's eastern armies severely weakened, but
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Stalin and the Scientists

A History of Triumph and Tragedy, 1905-1953

by Simon Ings ...

Narrated by Tim Bruce ...

Unabridged

15 hours 27 min

An epic history of science in the Soviet Union, following the scientists who survived Stalin's rule and helped to reshape the world Scientists throughout history, from Galileo to today's experts on climate change, have often had to contend with politics in their pursuit of knowledge. But in the Soviet Union, where the ruling elites embraced, patronized, and even fetishized science like never ... Read more

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An epic history of science in the Soviet Union, following the scientists who survived Stalin's rule and helped to reshape the world Scientists throughout history, from Galileo to today's experts on climate change, have often had to contend with politics in their pursuit of knowledge. But in the Soviet Union, where the ruling elites embraced, patronized, and even fetishized science like never
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St. Petersburg

by Kelly Mass ...

Narrated by Doug Greene ...

Unabridged

43 min

St Petersburg's structures lay over the skeletons of the press-ganged servant workers who worked to build it, making it the label "the city built on bones." Historians approximate that 100,000 18th-century slaves are buried underneath the city's stunning Italianate estates and large Parisian-style streets.They passed away of cold, appetite, illness, or, if they were truly unfortunate, wolves. They ... Read more

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St Petersburg's structures lay over the skeletons of the press-ganged servant workers who worked to build it, making it the label "the city built on bones." Historians approximate that 100,000 18th-century slaves are buried underneath the city's stunning Italianate estates and large Parisian-style streets.They passed away of cold, appetite, illness, or, if they were truly unfortunate, wolves. They
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Илон Маск. В погоне за мечтой

by Александр Немиров ...

Narrated by Иван Забелин ...

Unabridged

4 hours 45 min

Мы живем в мире, где возможно всё, стоит только захотеть и начать делать!.. Мечтайте. Чем выше ваша планка, тем выше вы окажетесь", – говорит Илон Маск. Куда же привели мечты его самого? Он – генеральный директор и основатель ракетостроительной компании SpaceX и автомобилестроительной Tesla Motors, а также президент SolarCity – крупнейшей американской компании, работающей в области возобновляемых ... Read more

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Мы живем в мире, где возможно всё, стоит только захотеть и начать делать!.. Мечтайте. Чем выше ваша планка, тем выше вы окажетесь", – говорит Илон Маск. Куда же привели мечты его самого? Он – генеральный директор и основатель ракетостроительной компании SpaceX и автомобилестроительной Tesla Motors, а также президент SolarCity – крупнейшей американской компании, работающей в области возобновляемых
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Russian Cyber Warfare: The History of Russia’s State-Sponsored Attacks across the World

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Colin Fluxman ...

Unabridged

1 hour 36 min

Russia has been depicted by the media as a cyberspace boogeyman, a nation of hackers that can and will exploit any and all vulnerabilities of private organizations, government entities, and social media platforms. Over the last 10 years, as hackers all over the world have been mobilized to carry out state agendas, this “nation of hackers” reputation has evolved into something much more serious. ... Read more

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Russia has been depicted by the media as a cyberspace boogeyman, a nation of hackers that can and will exploit any and all vulnerabilities of private organizations, government entities, and social media platforms. Over the last 10 years, as hackers all over the world have been mobilized to carry out state agendas, this “nation of hackers” reputation has evolved into something much more serious.
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SECRET POLICE OF RUSSIA, THE

Neglectful Treatment, Cooperation, and Giving in (2022 Guide for Beginners)

by Marc Booth ...

Narrated by Evan Brown ...

Unabridged

2 hours 55 min

In 1918, Paul Nazaroff was the ringleader of a desperate plot to overthrow the Bolsheviks in Central Asia.He was betrayed by the Secret Police, who labeled him "the most dangerous counter-revolutionary at large in the Tashkent region."As he fled from Lenin's men, he was aided by the indigenous peoples of the region, the Kirghiz and the Sarts, and for months he was forced to live the life of a hunt ... Read more

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In 1918, Paul Nazaroff was the ringleader of a desperate plot to overthrow the Bolsheviks in Central Asia.He was betrayed by the Secret Police, who labeled him "the most dangerous counter-revolutionary at large in the Tashkent region."As he fled from Lenin's men, he was aided by the indigenous peoples of the region, the Kirghiz and the Sarts, and for months he was forced to live the life of a hunt
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Олимпийский Мишка. Судьба последней советской утопии и ее талисмана

by Иван Корнеев ...

Narrated by Иван Корнеев ...

Unabridged

8 hours 14 min

Самый дружелюбный русский медведь в истории, первый и единственный по-настоящему популярный маскот Олимпиады, Мишка явился в Москву 1980-го, чтобы изменить всё — принять в гости друзей со всего света, поразить их гостеприимством и показать миру новое, радостное и доброе лицо Советского Союза. Но ему помешали, и он улетел без обещания вернуться. Историк Иван Корнеев написал биографию Олимпийского ... Read more

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Самый дружелюбный русский медведь в истории, первый и единственный по-настоящему популярный маскот Олимпиады, Мишка явился в Москву 1980-го, чтобы изменить всё — принять в гости друзей со всего света, поразить их гостеприимством и показать миру новое, радостное и доброе лицо Советского Союза. Но ему помешали, и он улетел без обещания вернуться. Историк Иван Корнеев написал биографию Олимпийского
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Revolution Road Trip

by Kelly Kimball, Trish Whitcomb, Andrew Frank, Barry Fadem ...

Narrated by Phil Morris, Linda Morris ...

Unabridged

4 hours 4 min

Kelly Kimball, Trish Whitcomb, Andrew Frank, and Barry Fadem met as political consultants, each passionate about the power and potential of democracy throughout the world. A trip to Eastern Europe in 1990 was supposed to be a chance to experience the culture they’d only witnessed from afar. But as the first election approached in Czechoslovakia, the friends and counterparts found themselves in the ... Read more

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Kelly Kimball, Trish Whitcomb, Andrew Frank, and Barry Fadem met as political consultants, each passionate about the power and potential of democracy throughout the world. A trip to Eastern Europe in 1990 was supposed to be a chance to experience the culture they’d only witnessed from afar. But as the first election approached in Czechoslovakia, the friends and counterparts found themselves in the
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Советские коммуналки

by Алекс Громов ...

Narrated by Александр Иванов ...

Series series Мы - советские!
Unabridged

5 hours 17 min

Коммунальные квартиры – пожалуй, одно из самых ярких наследий Советского союза. Кто-то вспоминает их с ужасом, а кто-то с теплотой и ностальгией. Беззаботное детство, юность за тонкой шторкой, взрослость на общей кухне и старость на скамеечке у подъезда. Переживания и страхи, надежды, желания и мечты – о чем вспоминают те, кто провел годы в стенах коммуналок? Давайте прислушаемся к их голосам. ... Read more

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Коммунальные квартиры – пожалуй, одно из самых ярких наследий Советского союза. Кто-то вспоминает их с ужасом, а кто-то с теплотой и ностальгией. Беззаботное детство, юность за тонкой шторкой, взрослость на общей кухне и старость на скамеечке у подъезда. Переживания и страхи, надежды, желания и мечты – о чем вспоминают те, кто провел годы в стенах коммуналок? Давайте прислушаемся к их голосам.
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The Liar

How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War's Last Honest Man

by Benjamin Cunningham ...

Narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright ...

Unabridged

9 hours 31 min

The Cold War meets Mad Men in the form of Karel Koecher, a double agent whose shifting loyalties and over-the-top hedonism reverberated from New York to Moscow.In the mid-1970s, the CIA and KGB were both watching Karel Koecher closely—and they were both convinced he was working for the enemy. They were both right. Traveling with his wife, Hana, Koecher posed as a Czechoslovak asylum seeker and ... Read more

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The Cold War meets Mad Men in the form of Karel Koecher, a double agent whose shifting loyalties and over-the-top hedonism reverberated from New York to Moscow.In the mid-1970s, the CIA and KGB were both watching Karel Koecher closely—and they were both convinced he was working for the enemy. They were both right. Traveling with his wife, Hana, Koecher posed as a Czechoslovak asylum seeker and
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Active Measures

The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare

by Thomas Rid ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

14 hours 45 min

This revelatory and dramatic history of disinformation traces the rise of secret organized deception operations from the interwar period to contemporary internet troll farmsWe live in the age of disinformation**—**of organized deception. Spy agencies pour vast resources into hacking, leaking, and forging data, often with the goal of weakening the very foundation of liberal democracy: trust in ... Read more

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This revelatory and dramatic history of disinformation traces the rise of secret organized deception operations from the interwar period to contemporary internet troll farmsWe live in the age of disinformation**—**of organized deception. Spy agencies pour vast resources into hacking, leaking, and forging data, often with the goal of weakening the very foundation of liberal democracy: trust in
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История государства Российского. Том 4

1238–1362 гг. От великого князя Ярослава II до великого князя Димитрия Константиновича

by Николай Карамзин, Николай Карамзин ...

Narrated by Вячеслав Герасимов ...

Series Audiobook 4 - История государства Российского
Unabridged

8 hours 5 min

Николай Михайлович Карамзин – знаменитый русский писатель, публицист и историк. Двенадцатитомная "История государства Российского", написанию которой Карамзин посвятил последние 22 года своей жизни, охватывает период с древнейших времен до начала XVII века и является не только значительным историческим трудом, но и прекрасным литературным произведением. Карамзин внёс много нового в понимание ... Read more

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Николай Михайлович Карамзин – знаменитый русский писатель, публицист и историк. Двенадцатитомная "История государства Российского", написанию которой Карамзин посвятил последние 22 года своей жизни, охватывает период с древнейших времен до начала XVII века и является не только значительным историческим трудом, но и прекрасным литературным произведением. Карамзин внёс много нового в понимание
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