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Between Shades of Gray Between Shades of Gray (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as soviets)
avg rating 4.37 — 273,371 ratings — published 2011
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Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as soviets)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,189 ratings — published 2021
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Classics for the Masses: Shaping Soviet Musical Identity under Lenin and Stalin Classics for the Masses: Shaping Soviet Musical Identity under Lenin and Stalin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 2016
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The Soviet Union: Socialist or Social-Imperialist? (Part II: The Question Is Joined) The Soviet Union: Socialist or Social-Imperialist? (Part II: The Question Is Joined)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.91 — 11 ratings — published 1983
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Stalin's Music Prize: Soviet Culture and Politics Stalin's Music Prize: Soviet Culture and Politics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.42 — 12 ratings — published 2016
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The Destruction of the Soviet Economic System: An Insider's History: An Insider's History The Destruction of the Soviet Economic System: An Insider's History: An Insider's History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.50 — 4 ratings — published 1998
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Eastern Europe 1945-1969 Eastern Europe 1945-1969 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.70 — 10 ratings — published 2000
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Socialism in the Soviet Union Socialism in the Soviet Union (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.44 — 9 ratings — published 1977
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Leon Trotsky and the Organizational Principles of the Revolutionary Party (International Socialism) Leon Trotsky and the Organizational Principles of the Revolutionary Party (International Socialism)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.95 — 21 ratings — published 2014
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Restoration of Capitalism in the USSR Restoration of Capitalism in the USSR (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.12 — 8 ratings — published 1975
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The Romanovs, 1613-1918 The Romanovs, 1613-1918 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.02 — 16,109 ratings — published 2016
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The Sound of Utopia: Musicians in the Time of Stalin The Sound of Utopia: Musicians in the Time of Stalin (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.04 — 77 ratings — published 2021
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Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,182 ratings — published 2023
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Unstuck in Time: On the Post-Soviet Uncanny Unstuck in Time: On the Post-Soviet Uncanny (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 5.00 — 3 ratings — published
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Dacha: The Soviet Country Cottage Dacha: The Soviet Country Cottage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.70 — 40 ratings — published
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Soviet Playgrounds Soviet Playgrounds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.43 — 28 ratings — published
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Soviet Logos: Lost Marks of the Utopia Soviet Logos: Lost Marks of the Utopia (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.74 — 31 ratings — published
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Soviet Metro Stations Soviet Metro Stations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.57 — 122 ratings — published
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Soviet Bus Stops Soviet Bus Stops (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.44 — 452 ratings — published
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Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.46 — 21,556 ratings — published 2013
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The Shortest History of the Soviet Union The Shortest History of the Soviet Union (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,453 ratings — published 2022
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Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.35 — 6,421 ratings — published 2015
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Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.02 — 43 ratings — published
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Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.57 — 1,748 ratings — published 2021
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Late Stalinism: The Aesthetics of Politics Late Stalinism: The Aesthetics of Politics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.50 — 8 ratings — published
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Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945 Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,961 ratings — published 2005
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Red Star Over the Third World Red Star Over the Third World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.24 — 889 ratings — published 2017
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The Soviet Sixties The Soviet Sixties (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.38 — 97 ratings — published
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Building a Ruin: The Cold War Politics of Soviet Economic Reform Building a Ruin: The Cold War Politics of Soviet Economic Reform (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.09 — 22 ratings — published
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Football in the Land of the Soviets Football in the Land of the Soviets (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.28 — 119 ratings — published 2019
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Red Closet: The Hidden History of Gay Oppression in the USSR Red Closet: The Hidden History of Gay Oppression in the USSR (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.18 — 267 ratings — published 2023
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Conversations with Stalin Conversations with Stalin (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.87 — 790 ratings — published 1962
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Afgantsy: The Russians In Afghanistan, 1979-1989 Afgantsy: The Russians In Afghanistan, 1979-1989 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,312 ratings — published 2011
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On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet Politics On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet Politics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.99 — 295 ratings — published 2015
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Music of the Soviet Era: 1917-1991 Music of the Soviet Era: 1917-1991 (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published 1988
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Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.30 — 11,941 ratings — published 1989
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Lenin on the Train Lenin on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.62 — 1,646 ratings — published 2016
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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.37 — 63,435 ratings — published 2019
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East of The Axis: Movie Screenplay East of The Axis: Movie Screenplay (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published
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Ten Days that Shook the World Ten Days that Shook the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.94 — 7,711 ratings — published 1919
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Humanism and Terror: An Essay on the Communist Problem Humanism and Terror: An Essay on the Communist Problem (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.69 — 130 ratings — published 1947
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 3.98 — 124,094 ratings — published 1962
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Nested Nationalism: Making and Unmaking Nations in the Soviet Union Nested Nationalism: Making and Unmaking Nations in the Soviet Union (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as soviets)
avg rating 4.67 — 9 ratings — published 2020
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Dara Horn
“...(O)ver four generations, the Soviet regime forced Jews to participate in and internalize their own humiliation--and in that way, Ala suggested, they destroyed far more souls. And they never, ever paid for it.

"They never had a Nuremberg," Ala told me that day, with a quiet fury. "They never acknowledged the evil of what they did. The Nazis were open about what they were doing, but the Soviets pretended. They lured the Jews in, they baited them with support and recognition, they used them, they tricked them, and then they killed them. It was a trap. And no one knows about it, even now. People know about the Holocaust, but not this. Even here in Israel, people don't know. How did you know?”
Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

Svetlana Alexievich
“It's certainly true that Chernobyl, while an accident in the sense that no one intentionally set it off, was also the deliberate product of a culture of cronyism, laziness, and a deep-seated indifference toward the general population. The literature on the subject is pretty unanimous in its opinion that the Soviet system had taken a poorly designed reactor and then staffed it with a group of incompetents. It then proceeded, as the interviews in this book attest, to lie about the disaster in the most criminal way. In the crucial first ten days, when the reactor core was burning and releasing a steady stream of highly radioactive material into the surrounding areas, the authorities repeatedly claimed that the situation was under control. . . In the week after the accident, while refusing to admit to the world that anything really serious had gone wrong, the Soviets poured thousands of men into the breach. . . The machines they brought broke down because of the radiation. The humans wouldn't break down until weeks or months later, at which point they'd die horribly.”
Svetlana Alexievich, Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

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