Black Earth: A Journey through Russia After the Fall18 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
  
  











  



  
Imperium23 reviews
Ryszard Kapuscinski

Vintage, 1995

Sine qua non

+ Kapuscinski rulez!
+ Recommended
+ really great reading - gives limited insight
+ Perhaps history will never be told better
  
  











  



  
Russian Ark: The Masterworks Edition114 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Demons31 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...
  
  











  



  
The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse - Criterion Collection13 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
  
  











  



  
Stalker: A Film by Andrei Tarkovsky147 reviews
Aleksandr Kaidanovsky, Alisa Frejndlikh

Kino Video, 2006

Search for Faith

+ Read the short story first or you will miss too much.
+ Good
+ tarkovsky
  
  











  



  
Violent Entrepreneurs: The Use of Force in the Making of Russian Capitalism6 reviews
Vadim Volkov

Cornell University Press, 2002

An excellent scholarly work

+ Top of the class
+ Scholarly, but accessible
+ Nice, but
  
  











  



  
Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia Volume II5 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...
  
  











  



  
Winterreise14 reviews
Luc Delahaye

Phaidon Press, 2000

one of a kind ... a masterpiece .

+ Chilling, yet important
+ initmate russians
+ a masterwork of personal journalism
  
  











  



  
Brother33 reviews
Sergei Bodrov Jr., Viktor Sukhorukov

Kino Video, 2007

Dostoyevskian

+ Brother
+ Brother
+ Another kind of Soviet revolution
+ An interesting film.
  
  











  



  
Demons31 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...
  
  











  



  
Stalker: A Film by Andrei Tarkovsky147 reviews
Aleksandr Kaidanovsky, Alisa Frejndlikh

Kino Video, 2006

Search for Faith

+ Read the short story first or you will miss too much.
+ Good
+ tarkovsky
  
  











  



  
Russian Ark: The Masterworks Edition114 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Imperium23 reviews
Ryszard Kapuscinski

Vintage, 1995

Sine qua non

+ Kapuscinski rulez!
+ Recommended
+ really great reading - gives limited insight
+ Perhaps history will never be told better
  
  











  



  
The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse - Criterion Collection13 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
  
  











  



  
Winterreise14 reviews
Luc Delahaye

Phaidon Press, 2000

one of a kind ... a masterpiece .

+ Chilling, yet important
+ initmate russians
+ a masterwork of personal journalism
  
  











  



  
Violent Entrepreneurs: The Use of Force in the Making of Russian Capitalism6 reviews
Vadim Volkov

Cornell University Press, 2002

An excellent scholarly work

+ Top of the class
+ Scholarly, but accessible
+ Nice, but
  
  











  



  
Black Earth: A Journey through Russia After the Fall18 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
  
  











  



  
Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia Volume II5 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...
  
  











  



  
Brother33 reviews
Sergei Bodrov Jr., Viktor Sukhorukov

Kino Video, 2007

Dostoyevskian

+ Brother
+ Brother
+ Another kind of Soviet revolution
+ An interesting film.