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38 produkter
Historien om Ryssland : myten som maktens redskap
Pocket, 2026
4,2 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (6)
99 kr
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»För att förstå Putins Ryssland idag behöver man bara läsa Figes enastående skildring.« Antony Beevor Ingenstans har orden "den som behärskar det förflutna behärskar framtiden" varit mer sanna än i Ryssland. Genom historien har makthavare gång på gång skrivit om landets förflutna för att passa sina …
Story of Russia
'An excellent short study'
Häftad, 2023
168 kr
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A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Sunday Times * Irish Times * Spectator * Financial Times * Telegraph * Aspects of History‘The history book you need if you want to understand modern Russia' ANNE APPLEBAUM‘A magnificent, magisterial thousand year history of Russia . . . by one of the masters of Russian …
Historien om Ryssland : myten som maktens redskap
Inbunden, 2024
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (5)
329 kr
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Ingen nations historia har skrivits om så många gånger som den ryska, allt för att passa de styrandes intressen. Ingenstans har orden "den som kontrollerar det förflutna kontrollerar framtiden" varit mer sanna än i Ryssland. Hur ryssarna kommit att ständigt omarbeta berättelserna om sitt förflutna …
Europeans
Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture
Häftad, 2020
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
239 kr
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'Magnificent. Beautifully written, immaculately researched and thoroughly absorbing from start to finish. A tour de force that explains how Europe's cultural life transformed during the course of the 19th century - and so much more' Peter FrankopanFrom the bestselling author of Natasha's Dance, The …
People's Tragedy
The Russian Revolution – centenary edition with new introduction
Häftad, 2017
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
334 kr
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The most vivid, moving and comprehensive history of the Russian Revolution available today.Unrivalled in scope and brimming with human drama, A People's Tragedy is widely hailed as the definitive account of the Russian Revolution.Orlando Figes weaves scholarship and storytelling to capture both the …
Crimean War
A History
Häftad, 2012
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
299 kr
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From "the great storyteller of modern Russian historians" ( Financial Times ) comes the definitive account of the forgotten war that shaped the modern age. The Charge of the Light Brigade, Florence Nightingale—these are the enduring icons of the Crimean War. Less well-known is that this savage war …
Crimea
Häftad, 2011
3,3 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
214 kr
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Orlando Figes' Crimea is a powerful history of the Crimean War, the conflict that dominated the nineteenth century.The Crimean War one of the fiercest battles in Russia's history, killing nearly a million men and completely redrawing the map of Europe. Pitting the Tsar's empire against an alliance …
De som viskade : tystnad och terror i Stalins Sovjet
Pocket, 2011
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (4)
89 kr
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Tystnad och terror i Stalins Sovjet Det ryska språket har två ord för »den som viskar» ett för den som viskar av rädsla för att höras, ett annat för den som viskar bakom ryggen på folk och informerar myndigheterna. Orden har sitt ursprung i stalintidens språkbruk, då hela sovjetsamhället bestod av …
Just Send Me Word
A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag
Häftad, 2013
160 kr
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From Orlando Figes, international bestselling author of A People's Tragedy, Just Send Me Word is the moving true story of two young Russians whose love survived Stalin's Gulag. Lev and Svetlana, kept apart for fourteen years by the Second World War and the Gulag, stayed true to each other and …
Whisperers
Private Life in Stalin's Russia
Häftad, 2008
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
225 kr
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Orlando Figes' The Whisperers is a groundbreaking account of daily life in the chaotic and paranoid atmosphere of Stalinist Russia. Exploring the inner life of a Russia where everyone was afraid to talk and society spoke in whispers, whether to protect friends and family - or to betray them - …
De som viskade : tystnad och terror i Stalins Sovjet
E-bok, 2013
99 kr
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»En av årets mest angelägna och viktigaste böcker.« Svenska Dagbladet Det ryska språket har två ord för den som "viskar" och ett för den som viskar av rädsla för att bli hörd (sjeptjusjtjij), ett annat för den som viskar bakom ryggen på folk för att informera myndigheterna (sjeptun). Skillnaden …
Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991
A Pelican Introduction
Häftad, 2014
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
141 kr
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What caused the Russian Revolution?Did it succeed or fail?Do we still live with its consequences?Orlando Figes teaches history at Birkbeck, University of London and is the author of many acclaimed books on Russian history, including A People's Tragedy, which The Times Literary Supplement named as …
Natasha's Dance
A Cultural History of Russia
Häftad, 2003
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (6)
214 kr
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From the award-winning author of The Whisperers, Orlando Figes Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia is a dazzling history of Russia's mighty culture.Orlando Figes' enthralling, richly evocative history has been heralded as a literary masterpiece on Russia, the lives of those who have …
Whisperers
Private Life in Stalin's Russia
E-bok, 2008
133 kr
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Drawing on a huge range of sources - letters, memoirs, conversations - Orlando Figes tells the story of how Russians tried to endure life under Stalin. Those who shaped the political system became, very frequently, its victims. Those who were its victims were frequently quite blameless. The …
Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991
A Pelican Introduction
E-bok, 2014
125 kr
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What caused the Russian Revolution?Did it succeed or fail?Do we still live with its consequences?Orlando Figes teaches history at Birkbeck, University of London and is the author of many acclaimed books on Russian history, including A People's Tragedy, which The Times Literary Supplement named as …
Just Send Me Word
A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag
E-bok, 2012
108 kr
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From Orlando Figes, international bestselling author of A People's Tragedy, Just Send Me Word is the moving true story of two young Russians whose love survived Stalin's Gulag. Lev and Svetlana, kept apart for fourteen years by the Second World War and the Gulag, stayed true to each other and …
Europeans
Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture
E-bok, 2019
122 kr
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'Magnificent. Beautifully written, immaculately researched and thoroughly absorbing from start to finish. A tour de force that explains how Europe's cultural life transformed during the course of the 19th century - and so much more' Peter FrankopanFrom the bestselling author of Natasha's Dance, The …
Natasha's Dance
A Cultural History of Russia
E-bok, 2018
136 kr
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From the award-winning author of The Whisperers, Orlando Figes Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia is a dazzling history of Russia's mighty culture.Orlando Figes' enthralling, richly evocative history has been heralded as a literary masterpiece on Russia, the lives of those who have …
Interpreting the Russian Revolution
The Language and Symbols of 1917
Av Orlando Figes, Boris Kolonitsk II
Inbunden, 1999
808 kr
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This is the first book in any language to offer a comprehensive analysis of the political culture of the Russian Revolution. Orlando Figes and Boris Kolonitskii examine the diverse ways that language and other symbols—including flags and emblems, public rituals, songs, and codes of dress—were used …
Natasha's Dance
A Cultural History of Russia
Häftad, 2003
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
431 kr
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Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991
A History
Häftad, 2015
340 kr
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AN ORIGINAL READING OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, EXAMINING IT NOT AS A SINGLE EVENT BUT AS A HUNDRED-YEAR CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN PURSUIT OF UTOPIAN DREAMS In this elegant and incisive account, Orlando Figes offers an illuminating new perspective on the Russian Revolution. While other historians have …
People's Tragedy
The Russian Revolution – centenary edition with new introduction
E-bok, 2017
170 kr
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The most vivid, moving and comprehensive history of the Russian Revolution available today.Unrivalled in scope and brimming with human drama, A People's Tragedy is widely hailed as the definitive account of the Russian Revolution.Orlando Figes weaves scholarship and storytelling to capture both the …
Story of Russia
'An Excellent Short Study'
E-bok, 2022
164 kr
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A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Sunday Times * Irish Times * Spectator * Financial Times * Telegraph * Aspects of History ''The history book you need if you want to understand modern Russia'' ANNE APPLEBAUM ''A magnificent, magisterial thousand year history of Russia . . . by one of the masters of …
Story of Russia
'An Excellent Short Study'
E-bok, 2022
159 kr
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A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Sunday Times * Irish Times * Spectator * Financial Times * Telegraph * Aspects of History ''The history book you need if you want to understand modern Russia'' ANNE APPLEBAUM ''A magnificent, magisterial thousand year history of Russia . . . by one of the masters of …
Crimea
E-bok, 2011
122 kr
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The terrible conflict that dominated the mid 19th century, the Crimean War killed at least 800,000 men and pitted Russia against a formidable coalition of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire. It was a war for territory, provoked by fear that if the Ottoman Empire were to collapse then Russia …
Eine Geschichte Russlands
SPIEGEL-Bestseller
E-bok, 2022
155 kr
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SPIEGEL-BestsellerDie große, fesselnde Geschichte Russlands für unsere ZeitMitreißend, prägnant und menschlich berührend erzählt Orlando Figes die Geschichte Russlands. Dabei entfaltet er das große Panorama der russischen Seele: von unsterblichen Mythen über die großartigen kulturellen Leistungen …
