The Russian Century: A History of the Last 100 YearsMaking extensive use of contemporary accounts, Moynahan traces Russia's turbulent 20th century, from the last days of tsarist rule to the Bolshevik Revolution, two world wars (and one cold one), and to the overthrow of the Communist regime. Simultaneously a political, social and oral history, this book will quickly become the preeminent short history of Russia's recent past. Photos. |
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... mile , the Germans cut 62nd Army in two . The factory fell the following day . The Germans moved on to the Barri ... miles from north to south . A Panzer division , advancing across a frozen steppe strewn with dead horses and wrecked ...
... mile , the Germans cut 62nd Army in two . The factory fell the following day . The Germans moved on to the Barri ... miles from north to south . A Panzer division , advancing across a frozen steppe strewn with dead horses and wrecked ...
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... miles in width and bulged some eighty miles deep into the German line . The Germans planned to bite it off and the Russians were well aware of their inten- tions . Now a Marshal , Georgy Zhukov was able to persuade Stalin to wait for ...
... miles in width and bulged some eighty miles deep into the German line . The Germans planned to bite it off and the Russians were well aware of their inten- tions . Now a Marshal , Georgy Zhukov was able to persuade Stalin to wait for ...
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... miles inland . While fertilisers and pesticides sprayed on the cottonfields soaked into the water table , storms blew salt and chemical dust from the areas where the sea had dried out , and dumped them on farmland hun- dreds of miles to ...
... miles inland . While fertilisers and pesticides sprayed on the cottonfields soaked into the water table , storms blew salt and chemical dust from the areas where the sea had dried out , and dumped them on farmland hun- dreds of miles to ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
1 THE LAND OF THE ROMANOVS | 7 |
2 EASTERN FRONTS | 30 |
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