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”Hvem er russerne?” giver en indgående beskrivelse af Rusland, som det så ud i det første årti efter Sovjetunionens sammenbrud i 1991. Bogen fortæller blandt andet om de nye samfundsproblemer som stigende hjemløshed, kortere gennemsnitslevealder, krigsinvalider og en hær, der var ved at gå i opløsning. Samtidig beskriver den de forandrede kønsroller, den nye åbenhed og ytringsfrihed, der prægede Rusland i 1990’erne og den optimistiske forventning om, at fremtiden så lysere ud.”Hvem er russerne?” forsøger også at afdække, hvad der ligger i begrebet ’den russiske folkesjæl’, den særegne russiske kultur og landets dramatiske historie. Bogen udkom første gang i 2000.Peter Dalhoff-Nielsen (1924-2008) var en dansk journalist, forfatter og redaktør. Han var uddannet i slavisk filologi fra Københavns Universitet og blev i 1962 korrespondent for Danmarks Radio i Sovjetunionen og Østeuropa, hvilket han blev ved med at være helt til i 1992, da Jerntæppet var faldet. Peter Dalhoff-Nielsen har skrevet en lang række bøger om russisk, sovjetisk og østeuropæisk historie.

A poignant and deeply researched history of gay oppression in the USSR. In 1934, Joseph Stalin enacted sodomy laws, unleashing a wave of brutal detentions of homosexual men in large Soviet cities. Red closet recounts the compelling stories of people whose lives were affected by those laws, including a naïve Scottish journalist who dared to write to Stalin in an attempt to save his lover from prosecution and a homosexual theatre student who came to Moscow in pursuit of a career amid Stalin's harsh repressions and mass arrests. We also meet a fearless doctor in Siberia who provided medical treatment for gay men at his own peril and a much-loved Soviet singer who hid his homosexuality from the secret police. Each story helps paint the hitherto unknown picture of how Soviet oppression of gay people originated and was perpetuated from Stalin's rule until the demise of the USSR. This book comes at a time when homophobia is again rearing its ugly head under Putin's rule.

Erweisen wir unseren Mitmenschen gegenüber Respekt und Wertschätzung? Sind der Charakter eines Menschen und die Solidarität untereinander weniger wert als die Höhe des Bankguthabens eines Einzelnen? Woran glauben wir? Welche Folgen kann das Schweigen in einer konformistischen Gesellschaft auslösen?Viele ernsthafte Fragen, denen der Berliner Autor Rainer Grebe auf humorvolle Weise nachgeht. Für ihn sind die autobiografischen Anekdoten ein Blick in den Spiegel und damit auf Ereignisse, die ihn auf unterschiedliche Weise berührt haben. Als Gesamtberliner hält er den Spiegel aber auch seinen Lesern hin, um Probleme aufzuzeigen, die uns im Alltag immer wieder begegnen.

'Anyone who wants to understand contemporary Germany must read The Granddaughter now' Le Monde 'The great novel of German reunification' Le Figaro 'A masterpiece' Maurice SzafranMay, 1964. At a youth festival in East Berlin, an unlikely young couple fall in love. In the bright spring days, anything seems possible for them - it is only many years later, after her death, that Kaspar discovers the price his wife paid to get to him in West Berlin. Shattered by grief, Kaspar sets off to uncover Birgit's secrets in the East. His search leads him to a rural community of neo-Nazis, and to a young girl who accepts him as her grandfather. Their worlds could not be more different - but he is determined to fight for her. From the author of the no.1 international bestseller The Reader, The Granddaughter is a gripping novel that transports us from the divided Germany of the 1960s to contemporary Australia, asking what might be found when it seems like all is lost.Translated from the German by Charlotte Collins

'History is made up of myths,' writes the renowned Russian dissident journalist Mikhail Zygar. 'Alas, our myths led us to the fascism of 2022. It is time to expose them.' Drawing from his perilous career investigating the frontiers of the Russian empire, Zygar reveals how 350 years of propaganda, bad historical scholarship, folk tales and fantasy spurred his nation into war with Ukraine.A noted expert on the Kremlin with unparalleled access to hundreds of players in the current conflict - from politicians to oligarchs, gangsters to comedians (not least Zelensky himself) - Zygar chronicles the power struggles from which today's politics grew, and digs out the essential truths from behind layers of seductive legend. By surveying the strange, complex record of Russo-Ukrainian relations, WAR AND PUNISHMENT reveals exactly how the largest nation on Earth lost its senses. A work of history can't undo the past or transform the present, but sometimes it can shape the future.

Rudin: A Novel, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable book falls within the genres of Language and Literatures, Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature

The Sieges of Vienna by the Turks, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable book falls within the genres of History, General and Eastern Hemisphere

Sielanka: An Idyll, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable book falls within the genres of Language and Literatures, Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature

Thirty Days in Lithuania in 1919, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable book falls within the genres of History, General and Eastern Hemisphere

Very rarely, the author-compiler of a collection of poems performs a miracle. It seems to the reader that the poems not only follow each other naturally, forming sections, but that the sections form a unified whole. The result is something like a symphony in music. There are separate parts, but none of them sounds as powerful as the whole that they form. The poems not only do not interfere with each other, they help each other, echo each other, complement each other. And this wonder is a book. A book of poems. Marina Eskina has created such a miracle.¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿¿¿¿-¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿. ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿. ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿ - ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿. ¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ - ¿¿¿¿¿. ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿. ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.

In this provocative new book, Lucy Ash reveals how, under Putin, religion is being stripped of its spiritual content and used as a weapon to control the population in a way never seen before. Orthodox clerics and their acolytes are trying to drag Russia backwards into a new Middle Ages.Combining historical research with vivid present-day reportage, The Baton and the Cross explores the impact the Church is having on millions of Russians' lives - from the tower blocks of Moscow and the big cities to far-flung villages in Siberia. Delving into the underbelly of politics, state security and big money, Ash shows how these forces have formed an unholy alliance with Orthodoxy.

Laboratory of Modernity is a history of Ukraine during the long nineteenth century, providing a unique study of its pluralistic society, culture, and political scene. In this first comprehensive study of nineteenth-century Ukraine in English, Serhiy Bilenky traces the historical origins of some of the pressing issues facing Ukraine and the international community today.

Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov delves into the moral dilemmas and existential struggles of the Karamazov family. Set in 19th-century Russia, this profound novel examines themes of faith, reason and the nature of evil, captivating readers with its psychological depth and philosophical inquiry into the human condition.

In seiner unverkennbaren eigenen Art und Sprache erzählt uns Steffen die Geschichte seines Lebens, wie er in Ostdeutschland aufwuchs, zum Uhrmacher ausgebildet wurde und sich in der Theaterszene wiederfand, dann seine atemberaubende Flucht in den Westen, seine bayrische Sozialisierung im Münchner Barmilieu der 1990er, seine Reisen und tiefe Verbindung mit östlicher Kultur und schließlich einer Neuorientierung, die, durch Krankheit geprägt, das Äußere nach innen verlegt, aber dadurch nicht an Originalität und Abenteuer einbüßt.Das vorliegende Werk beschreibt mit schonungsloser Ehrlichkeit die Entwicklung und den Reifeprozess eines liebenswerten Menschen, dessen Anderssein nicht allein, aber auch nicht zuletzt, in seiner Sexualität Ausdruck findet.

På sin togrejse gennem Mecklenburg-Vorpommern inviterer Jørn Ørnstrup læseren med til steder, som han kender godt. På sin lystvandring gennem byerne fortæller han om kulturlivet og besøger caféer og restauranter. Ligesom han fortæller om de forfattere og kunstnere, som har præget stederne, og om de politiske begivenheder, som har fundet sted der. Ned gennem Østeuropa: ”Jørn Ørnstrup er i sin reporter-uniform en yderst troværdig skikkelse og ansvarsfuld forvalter af det stof, som glider forbi hans nethinde. Intet undslipper den lup, han har lagt over spændende byer i Østeuropa.”Svend Klarskov på SKassisk.dk Turist i Tyskland: ”Som at gå med Jørn Ørnstrup. Det er altså blot en kop kaffe på en gammel café, men vi får lige historien om forfølgelse af jøder og anderledes tænkende mennesker hen over to diktaturer.”Berlin-guide.dk Længslernes land:”Hvis du aldrig har været i Portugal, men overvejer at holde ferie i Europas sydvestligste hjørne, skulle du læse en ny bog om Portugal. Den giver unægtelig appetit på turen - og en masse nyttig baggrundsinformation.”Jørgen Lind i Frederiksborg Amts Avis Uddrag af bogenNoget af det første, man lægger mærke til, når man slentrer hen ad Strandpromenaden i Heringsdorf, er stedets mange, flotte, gamle villaer. I dag er mange af dem omdannet til pensionater og hoteller. Det fortælles, at den tyske kejser Wilhelm 2. kom her regelmæssigt fra slutningen af 1800-tallet og frem til slutningen af 1. Verdenskrigs udbrud i 1914. Kejseren blev så glad for øens tre små badebyer, at han ophøjede dem til Kaiserbäder, dvs. kejserlige badebyer. Indtil da havde de tre små byer blot været fiskerlejer. Heringsdorf betyder jo ”fiskerlandsby”. Men i begyndelsen af 1900-tallet tog udviklingen fart. Usedom begyndte at tiltrække den tyske adel og meget velhavende berlinere. Die Badewanne von Berlin kaldte man dengang stedet. Efterhånden som badekulturen greb om sig, ændrede stederne sig til elegante badebyer. Der blev opført store villaer. Kunstnere, forfattere og kulturpersonligheder slog sig ned på øen. Her kunne de finde ro og inspiration.Om forfatteren JØRN ØRNSTRUP er cand.phil. i nordisk sprog og litteratur og medlem af Danske Rejsejournalister. På sine mange rejser har han gennem årene skrevet kultur- og rejseartikler for bl.a. Jyllands-Posten, Sjællandske Medier og Dagbladenes Bureau. Han har tidligere udgivet en lang række rejsebøger. Deriblandt Længslernes land, På café i Wien, Indtryk fra Østtyskland og Omveje til Baskerlandet.

Pipes is a widely recognized authority on Russia and is currently Baird professor of History at Harvard University. This is the final volume in his magisterial history of the Russian Revolution, covering the period from the outbreak of the Civil War in 1918 to Lenin's death in 1924.

This issue of Austrian Studies assembles articles that represent the great variety of travel writing by authors from Austria and the Habsburg lands. Contributions investigate examples of 'heroic' exploratory travel of the 19th century and its colonialist implications, journalistic and impressionistic narratives from the fin-de-siècle to the 1940s, and private and 'official' notation by prominent and lesser known authors. Writings of classical modernism demonstrate how optimistic, horizon-expanding travel endured, but also how changing political circumstances and cultural norms undermined the confident optimism of traditional travel narratives. Diversifying perspectives, including those of female travellers, as well as new means of expression and aesthetic innovation progressively challenged old certainties. The range of the genre of travel writing is illustrated by contributions on Bohemian spas, the medium of the Lied cycle and notations by emigrants in transit, while the legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic and the future of travel in a climate-changed world are to the fore in analyses of travel writing today.Volume 31 of Austrian Studies is edited by Florian Krobb and Caitríona Leahy.

This book highlights the significant role that production artists played when Russian cinema was still in its infancy. It uncovers Russian cinema's connections with other art forms, examining how production artists drew on both aesthetic traditions and modernist experiments in architecture, painting and theatre as they explored the new medium of cinema and its potential to engender new models of perception and forms of audience engagement.Drawing on set design sketches, archival documents and film-makers' memoirs, Eleanor Rees reveals how less-canonical films such as Behind the Screen (Kulisy ekrana, 1919) and Palace and Fortress (Dvorets i krepost¿, 1923), were remarkable from a design perspective, and also provides new readings of well-known films, such as Children of the Age (Deti veka, 1915) and Strike (Stachka, 1925). Rees brings to light information on significant but understudied figures such as Vladimir Egorov and Sergei Kozlovskii, and highlights the involvement of well-known figures such as Lev Kuleshov and Aleksandr Rodchenko. Unlike the majority of late Imperial directors and camera operators, many early-Russian production artists continued to work in cinema in the Soviet era and to draw on practices forged before the 1917 Revolution. In spanning the entire silent era, this book highlights the often overlooked continuities between the late-Imperial and early-Soviet periods of cinema, thus questioning traditional historical periodisations.

"First published in 2016 in Great Britain by Faber & Faber Ltd."--Title page verso.

Originally published: New York: Atria Books, 2015.

Um die Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts verfügten die deutschen Bergleute mit den Knappschaftsvereinen über ein eigenes institutionalisiertes Sozialversicherungssystem, dessen historische Wurzeln bis zurück ins Mittelalter reichen und das insbesondere auch beispielgebend für die Ausgestaltung der Bismarckschen Sozialversicherung war. Mit Blick auf die Periode zwischen Knappschaftsgesetz einerseits und Gründung der Reichsknappschaft andererseits (1854-1923) untersucht diese Arbeit ein versicherungsökonomisches Problem, über das bereits die zeitgenössischen Beobachter der Knappschaftsvereine intensiv diskutierten: Wie ist die optimale Größe eines Sozialversicherungsträgers zu bestimmen und zu implementieren? Gibt es überhaupt eine "optimale" Größe oder gilt nicht vielmehr "je größer, desto besser"? Diese Fragen am historischen Beispiel zu untersuchen, ist Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit.

The collection contains materials of archival documents and memoirs concerning the famine of 1931-1933 in Central Kazakhstan. Various documents from the archives reveal to the reader the most difficult period of the Soviet history of Kazakhstan, associated with the dispossession of the kulaks and debaiization of the Kazakh village and aul, Stalinist forced collectivization, forced sedentarization of nomadic Kazakh farms, large-scale cattle, meat and grain procurements, famine and epidemics in the republic. The publication introduces previously unpublished archival materials from the Central and regional archives of Kazakhstan into scientific circulation. In addition, the collection includes the memories of famine witnesses preserved by their descendants. The collection is addressed to researchers, students, as well as a wide range of readers interested in the history of Kazakhstan.

Challenging Western depictions, this consideration of Moscow's post-Cold War Africa policy takes into account both African and Russian decisionmakers

The Truth About Russia is a book written by William Thomas Stead in 1888. The book provides a comprehensive overview of Russia's political, social, and economic situation at the time. Stead, a British journalist, traveled extensively throughout Russia and conducted numerous interviews with various individuals, including government officials, peasants, and intellectuals, to gather information for the book.The book covers a wide range of topics, including the Russian monarchy, the Russian Orthodox Church, the peasant class, the urban working class, and the various political movements of the time. Stead provides a detailed analysis of the various social and economic problems facing Russia, including poverty, inequality, and political corruption.One of the key themes of the book is the tension between Russia's traditional, conservative values and the growing influence of Western ideas and technology. Stead argues that Russia must embrace modernization and reform in order to compete with the other great powers of Europe.Overall, The Truth About Russia is a fascinating and insightful look at a pivotal moment in Russian history. Stead's observations and analysis provide valuable insights into the challenges facing Russia at the time and continue to be relevant today.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Russia As Seen And Described By Famous Writers is a book that was published in 1904 by Esther Singleton. The book is a collection of writings by famous writers who have visited Russia and written about their experiences. The book includes works by Mark Twain, Henry James, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, and other notable authors. The writings in the book cover a wide variety of topics, including Russian culture, history, politics, and society. The book provides readers with a unique perspective on Russia, as seen through the eyes of some of the most influential writers of the time. The book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in Russian literature, culture, or history.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.