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Explore the best books about Russia – from history and politics to culture and literature. Discover must-read titles on Russia's rich heritage and influential figures.
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Children of the Arbat
by Анатолий Рыбаков
Chilling portrait of Stalin & his terror and its impact on a generation of young friends living in Moscow's Arbat.
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The Overcoat and Other Short Stories
by Nikolai Gogol
Four short stories include a satirical tale of Russian bureaucrats and a portrayal of an elderly couple living in the secluded countryside.
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Dead Souls
by Nikolai Gogol
Since its publication in 1842, Dead Souls has been celebrated as a supremely realistic portrait of provincial Russian life and as a splendidly exaggerated tale; as a paean to the Russian spirit and as a remorseless satire of imperial Russian venality, vulgarity, and pomp. As Gogol's wily antihero, Chichikov, combs the back country wheeling and dealing for "dead souls"--deceased serfs who still represent money to anyone sharp enough to trade in them--we are introduced to a Dickensian cast of peasants, landowners, and conniving petty officials, few of whom can resist the seductive illogic of Chichikov's proposition. This lively, idiomatic English version by the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky makes accessible the full extent of the novel's lyricism, sulphurous humor, and delight in human oddity and error.
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Moscow to the End of the Line
by Venedikt Erofeev
In this classic of Russian humor and social commentary, a fired cable fitter goes on a binge and hopes a train to Petushki (where his "most beloved of trollops" awaits). On the way he bestows upon angels, fellow passengers, and the world at large a magnificent monologue on alcohol, politics, society, alcohol, philosophy, the pains of love, and, of course, alcohol.
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