War and Peace (Penguin Classics)287 reviews Leo Tolstoy Penguin Classics, 1982 An amazing novel + Great Book!! + Rosemary Edmonds trans. of War and Peace Leo Tolstoy combines philosophy and history for one of the best fictional stories about a historical event that I have read. The plot is captivating from the beginning. A glimpse at the high society of Russia in the early 1800's followed by the story of the lives of the families at that ...             A History of Russia: Combined Volume17 reviews Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, Mark Steinberg Oxford University Press, USA, 2004 State of the Art Overview of Russian History ? + Easy read text book + Very thorough and readable-Excellent choice for a class + Impressive, comprehensive and somewhat dry             A Concise History of the Russian Revolution26 reviews Richard Pipes Vintage, 1996 excellent guide to understanding the Russian Revolution + Russian Revolution Without the Sugarcoating + Never Ending Revolution + A "must read" for anyone living in the Modern Age + Like it was             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             Monastery Prisons1 review Daniel H. Shubin D. Shubin, 2001 Prisons within Russian Orthodox Monasteries Little is known regarding prisons located inside Russian Orthodox Monasteries for the incarceration of religious dissenters and sectarians, political activists and criminals. This book focuses on the history of such a prison system and the lives and convictions of the inmates subject to ...             Daily Life in Russia under the Last Tsar (Daily Life)3 reviews Henri Troyat Stanford University Press, 1999 Memories of Moscow, 1903 + Fantastic Resouce + Extraordinary picture of pre-revolutionary Russia Imagine time-traveling with a smart gentleman who is energetic, enthusiastic, sociable, and just happened to have lived there 'then.' This is the seamless, appropriately elaborate, and richly detailed adventure one experiences in reading this book. Troyat called this book a mere "sentimental ...             A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891-192452 reviews Professor Orlando Figes Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998 History the way it should be told + A good idea gone terribly, terribly wrong... + When to eat a baby was normal + Absorbing and comprehensive             Nicholas and Alexandra108 reviews Robert K. Massie Ballantine Books, 2000 A Heartbreaking History + A Transformative Reading Experience + The Tragedy of The Twentieth Century + best book on royal couple + Among my Top 20 Books             The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956108 reviews Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2002 Encyclopedic in Scope. Please Click on Links Below to My Unabridged-Version Reviews + Time's Top Non-Fiction Book of the 20th Century + A soul-shaking earthquake of a book... + The single greatest literary work of the twentieth century. + A STYLISTIC ACHIEVEMENT ALSO             Doctor Zhivago80 reviews Boris Pasternak Pantheon, 1997 Pasternak v. Reader, Round II + Doctor Zhivago, Love and the Russian Revolution + Love and Revolution + Love and Revolution             The Icon and the Axe : An Interpretive History of Russian Culture13 reviews James Billington Vintage, 1970 Russian Culture Viewed Through A Prism + A Brilliant and Beautiful Russian Cultural History. + A foundation to understanding Russia + Details + Great History, mediocre writing             Crime and Punishment (Signet Classics)5 reviews Fyodor Dostoyevsky Signet Classics, 2006 A Hard Read + This book is amazing, + I also found it marvelously entertaining + One of my favorite books so far             Russia and the Russians: A History13 reviews Geoffrey Hosking Belknap Press, 2003 An excellent book + Great One-Volume History of Russia + Great Overall View of Russian History + An involved look at Russian history for popular readers             The Russians10 reviews Hedrick Smith Ballantine Books, 1984 A fascinating mosaic of a huge and conflicted empire. + Before the Soviet Union collapsed + An excellent and required read + Must read for all students of Russia and Soviet "Communism" + A bit dated now, but still relevant to historians             The Brothers Karamazov (Signet Classics)216 reviews Fyodor Dostoevsky Signet Classics, 1999 Amazing "All religions are based upon this desire and I am a believer." He comes as close as any author to expressing truth in fiction.             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 Great103 reviews Robert K. Massie Ballantine Books, 1981 Not only History - but a great Business Book + The best history book ever + A masterpiece of Russian history + A Detailed but Infinitely Readable Biography of a fascinating Man. + Massie's best book             Tolstoy10 reviews Henri Troyat Grove Press, 2001 A masterpiece in both scope and detail......... + The book tells the story, but the mystery remains + tolstoy reader + Enlightening!             The Idiot (Signet Classics)83 reviews Fyodor Dostoyevsky Signet Classics, 2002 Is the title ironic? or pragmatic? + Persecution Complex Self-Test + Beautifully written + Ironic Title? Myshkin is introspective and innocent + It doesn't get better             Resurrection (Penguin Classics)28 reviews Leo Tolstoy Penguin Classics, 1966 "My business is to do what my conscience demands of me." + A "Regular People" Review + Resurrection + Responsibility