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Blood on the snow : the Russian Revolution 1914-1924 / by Service, Robert,1947-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-379) and index.In Blood on the Snow, Robert Service returns to the subject that has formed the backbone of his long and distinguished career: the Russian Revolution.
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The lost season of love and snow / by Laam, Jennifer,author.;
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Pushkina, Natalʹi͡a︡ Nikolaevna, 1812-1863; Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837; Nobility;
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Catherine the Great : portrait of a woman / by Massie, Robert K.,1929-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796.; Empresses;
© c2011., Random House,
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The rebel daughters / by Cameron, Cecil,author.;
"Young Anna Brianski has led a charmed life between St Petersburg and the peace of the Russian countryside, until one terrible day in December 1825. It's a day that starts with winter sun and ends with blood on the snow. Until now, the only thing Anna has risked has been her naïve heart. But one day -- the Decemberist Revolt -- changes everything. Her family, her freedom and her friends are all in grave danger, as she sees the caprice and cruelty of the Tsar at first hand. Sweeping from high society to the frozen gulag, from the embrace of a lover to the tears of friends separated friends, The Rebel Daughters tells the story not just of the brave women who defied everyone by following the revolutionaries into the wilds of Siberia, but also how courage comes in many forms, the price we pay for defiance and how love can be greatest rebellion of all."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Courage; Decembrists; Life change events; Young women;
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The lost daughter / by Paul, Gill,1960-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Romanov, House of;
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Mr. Jones [videorecording] / by Cranham, Kenneth,1944-actor.; Holland, Agnieszka,1948-film director.; Kirby, Vanessa,actor.; Mawle, Joseph,1974-actor.; Norton, James,1985-actor.; Sarsgaard, Peter,actor.; Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm),film distributor.;
Director of photography, Tomasz Naumiuk; original music by Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz; edited by Michał Czarnecki.James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard, Joseph Mawle, Kenneth Cranham.Set on the eve of world WWII, Hitler is rising to power and Stalin's Soviet propaganda machine is pushing their "utopia" to the West. Meanwhile an ambitious young journalist, Gareth Jones travels to Moscow to uncover the truth behind the propaganda, but then gets a tip that could expose an international conspiracy, one that could cost him and his informant their lives. Jones goes on a life-or-death journey to uncover the truth that inspired George Orwell's seminal book Animal Farm.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Jones, Gareth, 1905-1935; Journalism; Survival; Conspiracies;
For private home use only.
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Tsarina / by Alpsten, Ellen,1971-eauthor.;
"Before there was Catherine the Great, there was Catherine Alexeyevna: the first woman to rule Russia in her own right. Ellen Alpsten's rich, sweeping first-person narrative is the story of her rise to power. St. Petersburg, 1725. Peter the Great lies dying in his magnificent Winter Palace. The weakness and treachery of his only son has driven his father to an appalling act of cruelty and left the empire without an heir. Russia risks falling into chaos. Into the void steps the woman who has been by his side for decades: his second wife, Catherine Alexeyevna, as ambitious, ruthless and passionate as Peter himself. Born into devastating poverty, Catherine used her extraordinary beauty and shrewd intelligence to ingratiate herself with Peter's powerful generals, finally seducing the Tsar himself. But even amongst the splendor and opulence of her new life -- the lavish feasts, glittering jewels, and candle-lit hours in Peter's bedchamber -- she knows the peril of her position. Peter's attentions are fickle and his rages powerful; his first wife is condemned to a prison cell, her lover impaled alive on a stake in Red Square. And now Catherine faces the ultimate test: can she keep the Tsar's death a secret as she plays a lethal game to destroy her enemies and take the Crown for herself? From the sensuous pleasures of a decadent aristocracy, to the incense-filled rites of the Orthodox Church and the terror of Peter's torture chambers, the intoxicating and dangerous world of Imperial Russia is brought to vivid life. Tsarina is the story of one remarkable woman whose bid for power would transform the Russian Empire"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Catherine I, Empress of Russia, 1684-1727; Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725;
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A Russian sister : a novel / by Adderson, Caroline,1963-author.;
Anton Chekhovs 'The Seagull' changed Russian theatre in the 19th-century. 'A Russian Sister' by Caroline Adderson gives the reader a glimpse behind the curtain to the fascinating real-life people who inspired it and the tragedy that followed its premiere. Adderson was born in Edmonton, AB.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904; Brothers and sisters; Man-woman relationships;
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The snow hare / by Lichtarowicz, Paula,author.;
"Lena has lived a long, quiet life on her farm in Wales, with her husband and child at her side. But as her end approaches, memories long buried begin to return. Of her childhood in 1930s Poland, when she was determined to become a doctor. Of the first days of her marriage, reluctant wife to an army officer. Of the birth of her daughter, whose arrival changed everything. Memories less welcome return to her, too. Her Polish town, transformed overnight by the Soviets, and the war that doomed her family to the frigid work camps of the Siberian tundra. And buried in that blinding snow, amongst the darkness of survival, the most fragile memory of all: that of an unspeakably tender new love"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Memory; Older women; World War, 1939-1945;
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Invasion : the inside story of Russia's bloody war and Ukraine's fight for survival / by Harding, Luke,1968-author.;
"In a damning, inspiring, and breathtaking narrative of what is likely to be a turning point for Europe-and the world -- Guardian correspondent and New York Times bestselling author Luke Harding reports firsthand on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. When, just before dawn on February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin launched a series of brutal attacks, Harding was there, on the ground in Kyiv. But this senseless violence was met with astounding resilience-from, among others, the country's embattled president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy -- and the courage of a people prepared to risk everything to preserve their nation's freedom"-
Subjects: Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-; Zelensky, Volodymyr, 1978-;
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