Stalin's Russia

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Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
1.  Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore
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  "Best book on Stalin as ruler and the people around him"
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The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia
2.  The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia by Orlando Figes
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  "Analysis from peoples' memoirs of life during Stalin's Terror"
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Gulag: A History of the Soviet Camps
3.  Gulag: A History of the Soviet Camps by Anne Applebaum
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  "Comprehensive account of the Gulag System"
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The Great Terror: A Reassessment
4.  The Great Terror: A Reassessment by Robert Conquest
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  "Definitive account on Stalin's Purges"
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Stalin and His Hangmen: An Authoritative Portrait of a Tyrant and Those Who Served Him
5.  Stalin and His Hangmen: An Authoritative Portrait of a Tyrant and Those Who Served Him by Donald Rayfield
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  "Another good book on the Great Terror"
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Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life In Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930's
6.  Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life In Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930's by Sheila Fitzpatrick
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  "Gives an account of everyday life in 1930's Russia"
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Russia's War
7.  Russia's War by Richard Overy
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  "Good single volume account about Russia's Great Patriotic War"
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The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad
8.  The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad by Harrison E. Salisbury
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  "Best account of the siege of Leningrad"
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A Writer At War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 1941-1945
9.  A Writer At War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 1941-1945 by Vasily Grossman
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  "A good and humane account by an eye witness of the Eastern Front"
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Khrushchev: The Man and His Era
10.  Khrushchev: The Man and His Era by William Taubman
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  "Best available biography of his successor"
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Harvest Of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivation and the Terror-Famine: Soviet Collectivisation and the Terror-famine (Pimlico)
11.  Harvest Of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivation and the Terror-Famine: Soviet Collectivisation and the Terror-famine (Pimlico) by Robert Conquest
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  "The late 1920's collectivisation of farmland and the subsequent famine"
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Stalin: A Biography
12.  Stalin: A Biography by Robert Service
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  "A balanced biography of Stalin"
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Stalin: Triumph and Tragedy
13.  Stalin: Triumph and Tragedy by Dmitri Volkogonov
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  "A post glasnost Russian Biography"
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Stalin
14.  Stalin by Isaac Deutscher
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  "A more "Marxist" view"
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Trotsky: A Biography
15.  Trotsky: A Biography by Robert Service
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  "A biography of his nemisis"
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The Forsaken: From the Great Depression to the Gulags: Hope and Betrayal in Stalin's Russia
16.  The Forsaken: From the Great Depression to the Gulags: Hope and Betrayal in Stalin's Russia by Tim Tzouliadis
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  "Tells what happened to American migrants of the 30's to the "Socialist Utopia""
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Stalingrad
17.  Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
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  "This book speaks for itself"
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Molotov's Magic Lantern: A Journey in Russian History
18.  Molotov's Magic Lantern: A Journey in Russian History by Rachel Polonsky
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  "Whimsical and enjoyable take on Russian History"
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Stalin's Last Crime: The Doctors' Plot
19.  Stalin's Last Crime: The Doctors' Plot by Jonathan Brent
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  "Stalin's post-war paranoia and the subsequent terror"
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Engineers Of The Soul
20.  Engineers Of The Soul by Frank Westerman
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  "A good analysis of Soviet Writers and their interaction with the state"
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The Case Of Comrade Tulayev (New York Review Books Classics)
21.  The Case Of Comrade Tulayev (New York Review Books Classics) by Victor Serge
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  "A novel about Stalin's Purges"
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Everything Flows (Vintage Classics)
22.  Everything Flows (Vintage Classics) by Vasily Grossman
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  "This novel deals with the effects of a returnee from the Gulag after Stalin's death"
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Kolyma Tales
23.  Kolyma Tales by Varlam Shalamov
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  "Overlooked literary view of the Gulag"
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The Master And Margarita (Penguin Classics)
24.  The Master And Margarita (Penguin Classics) by Mikhail Bulgakov
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  "A satire on 30's Russia"
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Life And Fate
25.  Life And Fate by Vasily Grossman
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  "The Great Patriot War's answer to War and Peace"
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