Romanovs to Reds : the very best Russian fiction

A Listmania! list by A. Roberts "andybluebird" (Africa)
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The Children of the Arbat: A Novel (Arbat Trilogy)
1.  The Children of the Arbat: A Novel (Arbat Trilogy) by Anatoli Naumovich Rybakov
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  "Criminally unknown in the UK, not even available in paperback! For me, THE finest Soviet-era novel"
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4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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The Master and Margarita (Vintage Classics)
2.  The Master and Margarita (Vintage Classics) by Mikhail Bulgakov
The list author says:
  "Impossible to summarise, truly outlandish, but definitively brilliant. Unmissable."
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4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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Crime and Punishment (Oxford World's Classics)
3.  Crime and Punishment (Oxford World's Classics) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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  "An absolute classic. The greatest crime novel ever ?"
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4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (210 customer reviews) | 4 customer discussions

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A Hero of Our Time (Penguin Classics)
4.  A Hero of Our Time (Penguin Classics) by Mikhail Lermontov
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  "Better than Tolstoy. Don't believe me ?"
£7.19   Used & New from: £1.37
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Oblomov (Penguin Classics)
5.  Oblomov (Penguin Classics) by Ivan Goncharov
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  "I was bought this as a student - it's about a guy who can't get out of bed - and it's just unforgettable."
£9.09   Used & New from: £4.78
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

The Brothers Karamazov (Penguin Classics)
6.  The Brothers Karamazov (Penguin Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The list author says:
  "It's a big brute of a novel, but you need to read it. He really was a bit of a genius."
£6.99   Used & New from: £3.99
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

The Queen of Spades and Other Stories (Classics)
7.  The Queen of Spades and Other Stories (Classics) by Alexander Pushkin
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  "If you think you don't like shorts or novellas, try this and prepare to be proved wrong."
£7.69   Used & New from: £0.01
2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Penguin Modern Classics)
8.  One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Penguin Modern Classics) by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The list author says:
  "You really don't need to plough through the whole of The Gulag Archipelago. Ivan D. is superior in every way, including its brevity!"
£5.59   Used & New from: £0.01
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)

Dead Souls (Penguin Classics)
9.  Dead Souls (Penguin Classics) by Nikolai Gogol
The list author says:
  "Actually quite funny - by Russian standards! - but also very unusual and not a little macabre."
£6.99   Used & New from: £0.47
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

War and Peace (Penguin Classics)
10.  War and Peace (Penguin Classics) by L.N. Tolstoy
The list author says:
  "Yes, you do have to read it. And, no, you won't regret it. Not for a minute."
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (142 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

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Fathers and Sons
11.  Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
The list author says:
  "OK, it's about the conflict between up-and-coming nihilism and over-the-hill romanticism, but what a writer."
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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Death And The Penguin (Panther)
12.  Death And The Penguin (Panther) by Andrey Kurkov
The list author says:
  "He's Ukrainian actually, but you still ought to read it. Slightly bizarre, very funny and highly readable."
£5.59   Used & New from: £0.01
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

And Quiet Flows the Don (Modern Classics)
13.  And Quiet Flows the Don (Modern Classics) by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov
The list author says:
  "Beautifully written, evocative and typically melancholic - and all you'll ever need to know about the Cossacks"
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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Kindle version not available to UK 3 2 Jan 2012
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War and Peace (Vol 2) - Kindle edition 0 24 Oct 2011
Whose translation is this, please? 2 9 Oct 2011
Which translation is best? 0 9 Dec 2010
Russian historical romance in the genre of The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons 0 20 Apr 2010
McDuff's translation. 0 29 Jun 2009
penguin popular classics 0 19 Apr 2009
Why is Misha hired as a funeral escort?! 1 13 Jun 2008
 
   

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