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10
July

rasputin biography russian

Saturday | Filed in: Biography

A Superfluous Instrument
Forty-seven year old Alexei Varlamov is one of the most prominent modern Russian writers. He debuted with short stories in the late 1980s and gained fame in 1995 with his semi-autobiographical novel “Lokh” (roughly translated into English as “Dupe”), to be followed by “Rozhdenie” (“Birth”), which won him the prestigious Anti-Booker award.
Boney M. feat.Liz Mitchell in russian TV Show “Republic jewelry” (04/10/2009)

Biography - Rasputin: The Mad Monk Biography - Rasputin: The Mad Monk
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He was an uneducated peasant who gained a reputation as a faith healer. His strange behavior and remarkable influence over the imperial family brought him notoriety and his death made him a legend.The mysterious monk favored by the Russian Czar, Grigori Rasputin was rumored to be a holy devil who preached the word of God, but practiced corruption. His presence weakened the already tenuous status o...
Peter the Great Peter the Great
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PREFACE.There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russian civilization. The celebrity, however, of the great Muscovite sovereign among young persons is due in a great measure to the circumstance of his having repaired personally to Holland, in the course of his efforts to introduce the industrial arts among...
Rasputin: The Last Word Rasputin: The Last Word
$12.77
Based upon long-lost contemporary documents, this biography presents a sensational account of the life of the Russian peasant mystic whose malign influence led to the downfall of the Romanovs....
The Man Who Killed Rasputin: Prince Youssoupov and the Murder That Helped Bring Down the Russian Empire The Man Who Killed Rasputin: Prince Youssoupov and the Murder That Helped Bring Down the Russian Empire
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Drawing on newly revealed documents from the St. Petersburg police files and containing many previously unseen photographs, a suspenseful recreation of the plot to murder Rasputin chronicles the life of Felix Youssoupov, a Russian nobleman who led the murderers....

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2
July

stalin joseph biography

Friday | Filed in: Biography

A&E Biography Hitler And Stalin part 5/5

Shostakovich Against Stalin Shostakovich Against Stalin
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The power of art to defy and even transcend politics and oppression is the theme of Shostakovich Against Stalin: The War Symphonies, director Larry Weinstein's documentary about Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and the six symphonies he composed while his homeland suffered under the brutal dictatorship of Josef Stalin. Born in 1906, Shostakovich gained considerable prominence after the unveili...
Biography - Joseph Stalin [VHS] Biography - Joseph Stalin [VHS]
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"He held absolute power over the Soviet Union for 29 years. His legacy arguably surpasses even Hitler's he sent over 20 million of his own countrymen to their deaths! Josef Stalin is one of the greatest tyrants of all time. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the extent of his atrocities have been revealed to a stunned world, and he has taken his place alongside Hitler as one of the most...
Leaders and Legends - Joseph Stalin 1879-1953 Leaders and Legends - Joseph Stalin 1879-1953

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Video Library of Biography of Winston Churchill & Joseph Stalin Video Library of Biography of Winston Churchill & Joseph Stalin

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Biography - Joseph Stalin: Red Terror (A&E DVD Archives) Biography - Joseph Stalin: Red Terror (A&E DVD Archives)
$24.95
He held absolute power over the Soviet Union for 29 years. His legacy arguably surpasses even Hitler's he sent over 20 million of his own countrymen to their deaths! Josef Stalin is one of the greatest tyrants of all time. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the extent of his atrocities have been revealed to a stunned world, and he has taken his place alongside Hitler as one of the most revile...
Stalin: Russia's Man of Steel Stalin: Russia's Man of Steel
$12.49
When Joseph Djugashvili was born the son of a poor shoemaker, few suspected he would rise to become one of the twentieth century's most ruthless and powerful dictators. Enamored as a young man with the revolutionary politics of Lenin, he joined the underground Marxist Party and began his pursuit of power by leading strikes and demonstrations. Six times he was exiled to Siberia for his illicit acti...
Young Stalin (Vintage) Young Stalin (Vintage)
$6.79
Based on ten years' astonishing new research, here is the thrilling story of how a charismatic, dangerous boy became a student priest, romantic poet, gangster mastermind, prolific lover, murderous revolutionary, and the merciless politician who shaped the Soviet Empire in his own brutal image: How Stalin became Stalin....
Stalin: Profiles in Power Stalin: Profiles in Power
$11.84
A mostrous tyrant, Stalin's rule of the Soviet Union was one of the bloodiest episodes in modern history. This profile looks at how, regarded as intellectually inferior by his rivals, Stalin managed to rise to power and rule the largest country in the world and achieve divine-like status as a dictator. The author has worked on Stalin's rule for nearly 30 years. This title complements the other tit...

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15
March

tsar nicholas biography

Monday | Filed in: Biography

tsar nicholas biography

Tsar Nicholas II Coronation

World War 1 in Color World War 1 in Color
$24.98
With all the incredible World War II documentaries out there, it is pretty amazing how few World War I documentaries there are, let alone quality ones. Part may be from the minimal amount of archival footage, much of which is really rough, and the fact that most of the veterans died before having the chance to tell their stories on color film. But as Ken Burns has taught us, none of these elements...
The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II
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An in-depth account of the life, reign, and final days of the last Russian tsar draws on Nicholas II's personal diaries, firsthand accounts of the murder of the royal family, and other sources. Reprint. 90,000 first printing. $90,000 ad/promo. NYT. K. ...
Tsar: The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra Tsar: The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra
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It's easy now to indulge in nostalgia about the era of the Romanovs, and the sheer lushness of this gorgeous book is enough to encourage the indulgence. Even the text, highly readable and informative, is a little rose-tinted in places, but perhaps the authors can hardly be blamed when the gentlemanly cruelties of the old regime look so innocent next to the quintessentially totalitarian 20th-...
Nicholas II: Last of the Tsars Nicholas II: Last of the Tsars
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One of the world's preeminent historians, Marc Ferro is a leading member of the Annales School of France and a recognized authority on early twentieth-century European history. For well over two decades, in volumes such as The February Revolution of 1917 and October 1917, he has demonstrated an unsurpassed skill in capturing the social and political forces that led to the Russian Revolution. Now F...

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