Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire38 reviews David Remnick Vintage, 1994 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. A Classic on the Unraveling of USSR + Useful insights + Fascinating tour of the times leading up to and after the fall of the Soviet Union + Great Book             The Great Terror: A Reassessment32 reviews Robert Conquest Oxford University Press, USA, 1991 Chilling, it combats leftist "Holocaust denial" about Stalin's terror + Valuable Information about the Gulags, Communist Repression, etc. + The definitive story of the Great Purges + Terror as Strategy + History as warning             Peter the Great102 reviews Robert K. Massie Ballantine Books, 1981 The best history book ever + A masterpiece of Russian history + A Detailed but Infinitely Readable Biography of a fascinating Man. + SUPERB BOOK + Massie's best book             The Russian Revolution9 reviews Sheila Fitzpatrick Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 Not bad intro book--would not read if I wanted an anthology though + An Articulate and Concise History of the Russian Revolution + The Russian Revolution by Sheila Fitzpatrick Book is good, touches on many subects, including ideology, revolutionary theory and practice, collectivization, industrialization, Stalin, Lenin, Trotsky and a brief introduction to how the three interacted as historical figures. Short book wetts your appitite to learn more about subject. If you ...             Battleship Potemkin (The Ultimate Edition) (2pc) (Full B&W)76 reviews Kino International, 2007 Great Restoration + potemkin revitalized + KULTUR VHS version is excellent! + "History of Cinema" edition + Brothers!             The Romanovs: Autocrats of All the Russians14 reviews W. Bruce Lincoln Anchor, 1983 Read It! + The Romanovs: Autocrats of All Russia + Great Book + russia + A Very Readable Account of Imperial Russia's Rulers             Peter the Great102 reviews Robert K. Massie Ballantine Books, 1986 The best history book ever + A masterpiece of Russian history + A Detailed but Infinitely Readable Biography of a fascinating Man. + SUPERB BOOK + Massie's best book             Ten days that Shook the World (Penguin Classics) John Reed Penguin Classics, 2007 An impassioned firsthand account of the Russian Revolution An American journalist and revolutionary writer, John Reed became a close friend of Lenin and was an eyewitness to the 1917 revolution in Russia. Ten Days That Shook the World is Reed’s extraordinary record of that event. Writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a gripping account of the events in Petrograd ...             Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia41 reviews Orlando Figes Picador, 2003 The third side of the Russian coin. + Like Taking An Excellent College Overview Course + a Slice of History + Great reading of Russky history             Khrushchev: The Man and His Era45 reviews William Taubman W. W. Norton & Company, 2004 Wonderful (and scary) history of an era and a man + REVIEW OF WILLIAM TAUBMAN'S KHRUSCHEV BY JOHN CHUCKMAN + A Surprisingly Human Portrait In the last 60's, Krushchev wrote "Khrushchev Remembers", a self-serving memoir. It was interesting to read depsite its heavy slant, but the book didn't provide the reader with a sense of the man, and it was clearly censored by Soviet authorities. William Taubman has written a fine biography that ...             Russia under the Old Regime: Second Edition (Penguin History)11 reviews Richard Pipes Penguin (Non-Classics), 1997 Amazing interpretation of Russia's history + Very Informative Look at Pre-Revolutionary Russia + Brilliant Read + Best of the Set + An Excellent Treatment             Gulag: A History74 reviews Anne Applebaum Anchor, 2004 The more I know about Russia, the happier I am to be American (if only by heart) + Encyclopedic in Scope; Doesn't Advocate Nazis=Communists; Needs Corrections + Perhaps just some tea + An Unparalleled Look at Life and Death in Stalin's Death Camps! + The big and the small prison zone             Russia - Land of the Tsars29 reviews Edward Herrmann, Michelle Maryk A&E Home Video, 2003 Good Overview + Interesting + Good background for our trip to Russia + Well worth it             October (Ten Days That Shook the World)14 reviews Vladimir Popov (II), Vasili Nikandrov Image Entertainment, 1998 Refined but difficult + THE DEFINITIVE EVENT OF THE 20TH CENTURY + Classic Propoganda Film + Russian Revolution             A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891-192452 reviews Professor Orlando Figes Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998 Absorbing and comprehensive + History the way it should be told + When to eat a baby was normal + Exceptional, comprehensive and erudite             Gulag: A History74 reviews Anne Applebaum Anchor, 2004 The more I know about Russia, the happier I am to be American (if only by heart) + Encyclopedic in Scope; Doesn't Advocate Nazis=Communists; Needs Corrections + Perhaps just some tea + An Unparalleled Look at Life and Death in Stalin's Death Camps! + The big and the small prison zone             Ten days that Shook the World (Penguin Classics) John Reed Penguin Classics, 2007 An impassioned firsthand account of the Russian Revolution An American journalist and revolutionary writer, John Reed became a close friend of Lenin and was an eyewitness to the 1917 revolution in Russia. Ten Days That Shook the World is Reed’s extraordinary record of that event. Writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a gripping account of the events in Petrograd ...             Peter the Great102 reviews Robert K. Massie Ballantine Books, 1986 My favorite history book + The best history book ever + A masterpiece of Russian history + A Detailed but Infinitely Readable Biography of a fascinating Man. + History comes alive             A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891-192452 reviews Professor Orlando Figes Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998 Absorbing and comprehensive + History the way it should be told + When to eat a baby was normal + Exceptional, comprehensive and erudite             Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia41 reviews Orlando Figes Picador, 2003 The third side of the Russian coin. + Like Taking An Excellent College Overview Course + a Slice of History + Great reading of Russky history