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Black Earth: A Journey through Russia After the Fall 18 reviews Andrew Meier
W. W. Norton & Company, 2005
Finally, a book about today's Russia & the former-USSR by a Westerner without all that cloak & dagger stuff!
+ A Macabre Travel Poetry + Fascinating + Russia as it is + Accurate portrayal of contemporary Russia
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Imperium 23 reviews Ryszard Kapuscinski
Vintage, 1995
Sine qua non
+ Kapuscinski rulez! + Recommended + really great reading - gives limited insight + Perhaps history will never be told better
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Russian Ark: The Masterworks Edition 114 reviews Anna Aleksakhina, Konstantin Anisimov
Fox Lorber, 2003
A magisterial tour de force historical journey!
+ Triumph of style over substance + Russian Ark--An Art Journey
Marquis de Countese, a French diplomatic of XVII joins us in a mesmerizing and minimalist recount around the most emblematic passages of the Russian history.
Employing the Hermitage Museum as a huge stage, we will see since Catalina The Great to the Romanov Dynasty and the great Imperial ...
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Demons 31 reviews Fyodor Dostoevsky
Vintage, 1995
Demons is a devil of a read on Russian angst/nihilism by the master Dostoevsky
+ Evil defined + great + Dostoyevsky's toughest nut to crack + Not for casual reading...
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The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse - Criterion Collection 13 reviews Oscar Beregi Sr., Paul Bernd
Criterion, 2004
Another Lang masterwork!
+ Creepy, Engrossing Fritz Lang Classic + Testament of Dr. Mabuse + very impressive and well done
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Stalker: A Film by Andrei Tarkovsky 147 reviews Aleksandr Kaidanovsky, Alisa Frejndlikh
Kino Video, 2006
Search for Faith
+ Read the short story first or you will miss too much. + Good + tarkovsky
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Violent Entrepreneurs: The Use of Force in the Making of Russian Capitalism 6 reviews Vadim Volkov
Cornell University Press, 2002
An excellent scholarly work
+ Top of the class + Scholarly, but accessible + Nice, but
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Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia Volume II 5 reviews Danzig Baldaev
Fuel Publishing, 2006
Wow!
+ AWESOME + Imagine having your professional life story, including your misdeeds, tattooed on your body... + The real deal + Better then the first...
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Winterreise 14 reviews Luc Delahaye
Phaidon Press, 2000
one of a kind ... a masterpiece .
+ Chilling, yet important + initmate russians + a masterwork of personal journalism
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Brother 33 reviews Sergei Bodrov Jr., Viktor Sukhorukov
Kino Video, 2007
Dostoyevskian
+ Brother + Brother + Another kind of Soviet revolution + An interesting film.
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Demons 31 reviews Fyodor Dostoevsky
Vintage, 1995
Demons is a devil of a read on Russian angst/nihilism by the master Dostoevsky
+ Evil defined + great + Dostoyevsky's toughest nut to crack + Not for casual reading...
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Stalker: A Film by Andrei Tarkovsky 147 reviews Aleksandr Kaidanovsky, Alisa Frejndlikh
Kino Video, 2006
Search for Faith
+ Read the short story first or you will miss too much. + Good + tarkovsky
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Russian Ark: The Masterworks Edition 114 reviews Anna Aleksakhina, Konstantin Anisimov
Fox Lorber, 2003
A magisterial tour de force historical journey!
+ Triumph of style over substance + Russian Ark--An Art Journey
Marquis de Countese, a French diplomatic of XVII joins us in a mesmerizing and minimalist recount around the most emblematic passages of the Russian history.
Employing the Hermitage Museum as a huge stage, we will see since Catalina The Great to the Romanov Dynasty and the great Imperial ...
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Imperium 23 reviews Ryszard Kapuscinski
Vintage, 1995
Sine qua non
+ Kapuscinski rulez! + Recommended + really great reading - gives limited insight + Perhaps history will never be told better
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The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse - Criterion Collection 13 reviews Oscar Beregi Sr., Paul Bernd
Criterion, 2004
Another Lang masterwork!
+ Creepy, Engrossing Fritz Lang Classic + Testament of Dr. Mabuse + very impressive and well done
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Winterreise 14 reviews Luc Delahaye
Phaidon Press, 2000
one of a kind ... a masterpiece .
+ Chilling, yet important + initmate russians + a masterwork of personal journalism
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Violent Entrepreneurs: The Use of Force in the Making of Russian Capitalism 6 reviews Vadim Volkov
Cornell University Press, 2002
An excellent scholarly work
+ Top of the class + Scholarly, but accessible + Nice, but
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Black Earth: A Journey through Russia After the Fall 18 reviews Andrew Meier
W. W. Norton & Company, 2005
Finally, a book about today's Russia & the former-USSR by a Westerner without all that cloak & dagger stuff!
+ A Macabre Travel Poetry + Fascinating + Russia as it is + Accurate portrayal of contemporary Russia
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Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia Volume II 5 reviews Danzig Baldaev
Fuel Publishing, 2006
Wow!
+ AWESOME + Imagine having your professional life story, including your misdeeds, tattooed on your body... + The real deal + Better then the first...
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Brother 33 reviews Sergei Bodrov Jr., Viktor Sukhorukov
Kino Video, 2007
Dostoyevskian
+ Brother + Brother + Another kind of Soviet revolution + An interesting film.
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