Alaska 1989 In a world where Alaska is still a Russian possession charter captain Grigorivich Plesnett has a stained past as a major in the Czars Troika Guard he was cashiered for disobeying a direct order Now ten years later Grig charters out to a cossack & discovers his past has not only caught up with him but is about to violently change his future & the future of all nine of the nations of North America as well Spanning Alaska from the Southeastern Inside Passage to the frozen Yukon this is an epic tale of one mans journey of redemption & courage to face old challenges & help birth a new nation ...

During the first third of the 20th century Russian art went through a series of dramatic changes reflecting the political & social upheavals of the country & producing
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- a body of avant-garde work whose influence would eventually be felt throughout the rest of the world Eagerly breaking with the past & absorbing the innovations of Europe a new generation of young artists developed a host of fresh ideas & original styles such as Neo-primitivism Rayonism Suprematism & Constructivism John Bowlt has collected & translated manifestos articles & declarations by the principal artists & critics of the era including Kandinsky Lissitsky Malevich Goncharova & Rodchenko as well as many lesser-known but nonetheless key players Illustrated with more than 100 rare photographs & facsimiles & supplemented by clear introductory essays up-to-date biographical information & copious notes this is the essential sourcebook for a clear understanding of the motivations & struggles that produced an extraordinary seminal period in Russian art

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This beautifully produced boxed set of 53 postcards contains stunning images from the best-selling Russian Criminal Tattoo ...

The second volume of the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia contains completely new drawings text & photographs from Danzig Baldaev & Sergei Vasiliev During his fifty years working as a prison guard in St Petersburgs notorious Kresty Prison Baldaev diligently recorded over 3000 criminal tattoos documenting their meanings within this closed society This volume further explores the extremes of this incredible collection It is published on 3rd July 2006 & reprinted in 2011 ...

This final volume of previously unpublished drawings & photographs completes the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopadia trilogy Danzig Baldaevs unparalleled ethnographic achievement documenting over 3000 tattoo drawings was made during a lifetime working as a prison guard The motifs depicted represent the uncensored lives of the criminal classes ranging from violence & pornography to politics & alcohol In this title a medieval knight is surrounded by the severed heads of his enemies a naked woman simultaneously services a man & two dwarfs a crying President Gorbachev grips a human bone between sabre-like fangs a group of angels drinks vodka with God on a cloud & the meanings of these arresting images are explained to the uninitiated eye Accompanied by graphic photographs showing the grim reality of the Russian prison system & some of the alarming characters that inhabit it the illustrated criminals of Russia tell the tale of their closed society ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play United Kingdom released PALRegion 2 DVD LANGUAGES French (Dolby Digital 51 ) Russian (Dolby Digital 51 ) English (Subtitles ) French (Subtitles ) WIDESCREEN (1851) SPECIAL FEATURES Interactive Menu Scene Access SYNOPSIS UKRAINE
- (The 1990&s) Amidst a violent clash between two rival gangs their very existence hinges on a woman named Angela (aka & Alien Girl& played by Natalia Romanycheva) the sister of a gang member who is about to cut a deal with the police In order to exert influence over him before he testifies his boss dispatches four of his best hit men who set off on a trip to Prague to bring Angela back to the Ukraine & hold her hostage But what starts off as a war between rival gang members & all those standing in their way soon becomes a game of manipulation seduction & betrayal in which Angela plays each member off against one other before becoming the ultimate victor The film&s title a sly reference to Ridley Scott&s classic describes Angela to a &t&
- a creature who spits acid proverbially speaking & whose very essence is about destruction Russian Gang Wars

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Spanning the divide between Europe & Asia Russia is a multi-ethnic empire with a huge territory strategically placed & abundantly provided with natural resources But Russia's territory has a harsh climate is cut off from most maritime contact with the outside world & has open & vulnerable land frontiers It has therefore had to devote much of its wealth to the armed forces & the sheer size of the empire has made it difficult to mobilise resources & to govern effectively especially given the diversity of its people In this Very Short Introduction Geoffrey Hosking discusses all aspects of Russian history from the struggle by the state to control society the transformation of the empire into a multi-ethnic empire Russia's relationship with the West Europe the Soviet experience & the post-Soviet era ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...

' She turned into a frog into a lizard into all kinds of other reptiles & then into a spindle' In these tales young women go on long & difficult quests wicked stepmothers turn children into geese & tsars ask dangerous riddles with help or hindrance from magical dolls cannibal witches talking skulls stolen wives & brothers disguised as wise birds Half the tales here are true oral tales collected by folklorists during the last two centuries while the others are reworkings of oral tales by four great Russian writers Alexander Pushkin Nadezhda Teffi Pavel Bazhov & Andrey Platonov In his introduction to these new translations Robert Chandler writes about the primitive magic inherent in these tales & the taboos around them while in the afterword Sibelan Forrester discusses the witch Baba Yaga This edition also

Includes:: an appendix bibliography & notes ' This is a unique beautifully edited book an essential addition to the library of any Russophile'
- Spectator Longlisted for the Rossica Translation Prize 2014 Translated by Robert Chandler & Elizabeth Chandler With Sibelan Forrester Anna Gunin & Olga Meerson


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Russian Railroads German Railroads is the first expansion for Russian Railroads & requires the base game to play This expansion consists of three different independent modules 1) Germany game board A brand new game board with new routes & consequently completely new opportunities & strategies to follow For example the distances are not fixed which means that all options are open & not equal to vary the flow compared to the standard game 2) Coal age This module breaks up familiar strategies through the addition of a coal resource Coal can be used to improve locomotives & factories or it can also be used in foundries These new foundries bring in a decent income when they are fired with coal Alternatively coal may also enhance a locomotive or the effect of a factory if used as a heat source 3) Single ticket This module is a solo version which features a dummy opponent that occupies different spots & tries to stop the player from achieving high scoring ...

One hundred years ago events in Russia took the world by storm In February 1917 in the middle of World War I & following months of protest & political unrest Tsar Nicholas II abdicated Later that year a new political force the socialist Bolshevik Party seized power under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin A bloody civil war & period of extraordinary hardship for Russians finally led to the establishment of the Soviet Union This book accompanies a major exhibition that re-examines the Russian Revolution in light of recent research focusing on the experiences of ordinary Russians living through extraordinary times The Revolution was not a single event but a complex process of dramatic change The story of the Revolution is told here through posters maps postcards letters newspapers & literature photographs & personal accounts Leading experts on Russian history reveal the Revolution as a utopian project that had traumatic consequences for people across Russia & beyond ...