Russian Studies

Russia, Chechnya, and the West, 2000–2006

Author: 

Zakaev, Akhmed, Prime Minister-in-Exile of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Translator:
Arch Tait, Ph.D.

Market: 
International Relations, History, War Studies, Russia, Russian Politics, Chechnya, Terrorism, Caucasus Studies, Middle East Studies, War on Terror, Vladimir Putin
Release Date: 
March 1, 2022
ISBN: 
978-1680532715 Hardcover
Price: 
$59.95
Illustrations: 
Yes
Yes
Publisher: 

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Drama According to Alexander Bakshy, 1916-1946

Author: 

Russo, James R., Ph.D.

Credentials: 

James R. Russo is an independent scholar. He holds a Ph.D. from Louisiana State University and has taught theater and drama courses there and at the University of Richmond.

A Russian Jew who spent most of his life in England and America, Alexander Bakshy (1885-1949) was a theater critic and literary translator. He was also an innovative theorist who applied to theater the discourse of self-reflexive modernism, prizing anti-illusionist medium-awareness. Indeed, he was something of a pioneer in the area of “spectatorship” and medium-awareness, going so far as to argue in favor of the modernist idea of overt presentationalism on stage as opposed to disingenuous representationalism.

Market: 
Performing Arts, Theater, Literature, Russia, Modernism
Release Date: 
September 15, 2021
ISBN: 
978-1680532760 Hardcover
Price: 
$139.95
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
212
Illustrations: 
None
Yes
Publisher: 

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A Concise History of the Russian Orthodox Church

Author: 

Kent, Neil, Professor and Fellow, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge

Credentials: 

Author of Crimea: A History, St. Petersburg: A Cultural Guide, and many other books

Orthodox Christianity is one of the world’s major religions, and the Russian Orthodox Church is by far its largest denomination. Few know its history and spiritual richness, however. Neil Kent’s comprehensive new book fills that gap. The Russian Orthodox Church’s Eastern roots, including its dogma, canons, and practices, are explored, along with the political and military contexts in which it carried out its mission over the centuries.

Market: 
Religion, Christianity, Russia, Eurasia, Russian History, Orthodoxy, Patriarchate, Political Science
Release Date: 
March 1, 2022
ISBN: 
9781680539059 Hardcover; 9781680539066 Paperback
Price: 
$99.95 Hardcover; $29.95 Paperback
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
128
Illustrations: 
None
Yes
Publisher: 

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Stalin’s Vengeance ($49.95; 35GBP): The Final Truth About the Forced Return of Russians After World War II

Author: 

Tolstoy, Nikolai, eminent historian and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

Credentials: 

Author of Victims of Yalta

In May 1945, as World War II drew to a close in Europe, some 30,000 Russian Cossacks surrendered to British forces in Austria, believing they would be spared repatriation to the Soviet Union. The fate of those among them who were Soviet citizens had been sealed by the Yalta Agreement, signed by the Allied leaders a few months earlier.

Market: 
Political Science, History, World War II, War Studies, Intelligence, Diplomacy, European History, 20th Century, Russian History, Soviet Union, Cossacks
Release Date: 
September 26, 2021
ISBN: 
978-1680538809 Hardcover
Price: 
$49.95; £35
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
600
Illustrations: 
None
Yes
Publisher: 

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Washington, DC 20036
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Russia’s Military Interventions in Georgia and Ukraine: Interests, Motives, and Decision-Making

Author: 

Ismayilov, Elnur, Ph.D., University of Münster

In Russia’s Military Interventions, Elnur Ismayilov analyzes Russia’s recent military interventions in Georgia and Ukraine by assessing the driving factors – the interests fueling Russian involvement and the decisions that fostered the resulting wars. Ismayilov covers the creation and transformation behind Russia’s post-Soviet perspectives on Ukraine and Georgia and explores the panorama of post-Soviet Russia’s foreign policy from the 1990s up to the turbulent present, in which Ukraine and Georgia’s pro-Western orientations have remained a core concern of the Kremlin.

Market: 
Political Science, International Relations, Eurasian Studies, War Studies, Russia, Military Interventions, Ukraine, Georgia
Release Date: 
January 25, 2021
ISBN: 
978-1680539103 Hardcover
Price: 
$139.95
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
200
Illustrations: 
None
Yes
Publisher: 

ACADEMICA PRESS
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Washington, DC 20036
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From Odessa With Love: Political and Literary Essays in Post-Soviet Ukraine

Author: 

Davidzon, Vladislav, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, The Odessa Review, European Culture Critic, Tablet Magazine

"Born in Tashkent, raised in Moscow and New York City, an editor in Odessa, a correspondent in Paris, there seems nowhere Davidzon hasn't been, no one he hasn't met. The result is a distinctive voice and eye, an eclectic mix of the cultural critic, the political analyst and the liberal cosmopolitan, evident from the first page of this delightful book"
- Mark Galeotti, University College London and Royal University Services Institute

Market: 
Political Science, International Affairs, Literature, Eurasian Studies, Cultural Studies, Identity Politics, Journalism, Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, Post-Soviet Studies, Ukrainian Revolution, Donald Trump, Viktor Yanukovych
Release Date: 
September 1, 2021
ISBN: 
9781680539660 Hardcover; 9781680539677 Paperback
Price: 
$99.95 Hardcover; $29.95 Paperback
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
340
Illustrations: 
None
Yes
Publisher: 

ACADEMICA PRESS
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Washington, DC 20036
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Latvia's Ordeal: Nation Building in War and Revolution

Author: 

Zazerskaya, Tatiana Ph.D., St. Petersburg State University (Russia)

Market: 
Political Science, Nationalism, Imperialism, National Independence, Nation Building, Colonialism, Postcolonial Studies, Nation States, Latvia, Baltic Region, Russia, Russian Empire, Soviet Russia, Russian Civil War, World War I
Release Date: 
March 1, 2021
ISBN: 
978-1680539530 Hardcover
Price: 
$139.95
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
160
Illustrations: 
None
Yes
Publisher: 

ACADEMICA PRESS
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Washington, DC 20036
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Russia’s Early Modern Orthodox Patriarchate: Apogee and Finale, 1648-1721

Author: 

Goldfrank, David, Professor Emeritus of History, Georgetown University; Kevin M. Kain, Senior Lecturer in Global Studies, University of Wisconsin (Ediitors)

Market: 
Religion, Political Science, Eurasian Studies, Christianity, Church-State Relations, History, Russia, Russian History, Muscovy, Orthodox Christianity, Romanov Dynasty, Moscow Patriarchate, Patriarch Nikon, Kiev, Tsar Alexis I, Peter the Great, Holy Synod
Release Date: 
July 1, 2020
ISBN: 
978-1680539417 Hardcover
Price: 
$139.95
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
260
Illustrations: 
None
Yes
Publisher: 

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Russia’s Early Modern Orthodox Patriarchate: Foundations and Mitred Royalty, 1589-1647

Author: 

Goldfrank, David, Professor Emeritus of History, Georgetown University; Kevin M. Kain, Senior Lecturer in Global Studies, University of Wisconsin (Editors)

Focusing on one of Russia’s most powerful and wide-reaching institutions in a period of shattering dynastic crisis and immense territorial and administrative expansion, this book addresses manifestations of religious thought, practice, and artifacts revealing the permeability of political boundaries and fluid transfers of ideas, texts, people, objects, and “sacred spaces” with the rest of the Christian world.

Market: 
Religion, Political Science, Eurasian Studies, Christianity, History, Russia, Russian History, Muscovy, Orthodox Christianity, Romanov Dynasty, Moscow Patriarchate, Patriarch Filaret, Kiev, Tsar Michael
Release Date: 
July 1, 2020
ISBN: 
978-1680539400 Hardcover
Price: 
$139.95
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
260
Illustrations: 
None
Yes
Publisher: 

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Washington, DC 20036
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Michael Romanov: Brother of the Last Tsar, Diaries and Letters, 1916-1918 (Paperback)

Author: 

Azar, Helen (Translator); Nicholas B.A. Nicholson (Annotator)

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878-1918) was born the youngest son of Tsar Alexander III, ruler of the mightiest empire on earth. Upon the premature death of his elder brother Grand Duke George in 1899, Michael was thrust into the spotlight as the Heir-Tsesarevich of his older brother, Tsar Nicholas II, then the father of three girls. Even after the birth of an heir in 1904, Michael was pushed closer to the throne with each of the young boy's life-threatening bouts of hemophilia.

Market: 
Political Science, Eurasian Studies, Twentieth Century, History, Russia, Russian History, Imperial Russia, Russian Revolution, Romanov Dynasty, Michael Romanov, Nicholas II, Soviet Union, Communism
Release Date: 
June 1, 2020
ISBN: 
978-1680539462 Paperback
Price: 
$28.95
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
217
Illustrations: 
None
Yes
Publisher: 

ACADEMICA PRESS
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Washington, DC 20036
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