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Experience the gripping fall of a mighty empire in this immersive European history of the 1917 Bolshevik uprising. Perfect for your morning commute, this dramatic narrative transports you straight to the freezing, riot-torn streets of Petrograd where a three-century-old dynasty crumbled...

Experience the epic European history of a defiant nation forged through centuries of relentless warfare and survival. Perfect for a long commute or deep focused listening, this gripping narrative sweeps from the medieval powerhouse of the Eurasian steppe to modern geopolitical frontlines...

Uncover the dramatic rise and fall of empires in this gripping geopolitical history of autocracy and revolution. Whether you're commuting to work or seeking clarity on today’s global conflicts, this immersive narrative transforms complex centuries into an intense, character-driven journey. You...

Uncover the gripping military history of how brutal steppe warfare forged a massive, nuclear-armed superpower. Perfect for an intense morning commute, this epic narrative dives into the bloody crucibles of geography, invasion, and survival that defined a thousand years of conflict. Whether you...

Explore the turbulent rise and catastrophic fall of an autocratic empire in this sweeping narrative history. Whether you need an intense geopolitical deep dive for your daily commute or a thought-provoking epic to fuel your focus, this immersive saga delivers. Journey from the medieval trading...

Unravel the gripping economic history of a superpower's rise and fall, exposing the stark realities of Soviet communism. Perfect for your morning commute, this deep dive transforms complex political science into an intense narrative. Witness the collision of utopian ambition and devastating...

Trace the roots of modern war in this gripping European history detailing a turbulent struggle for independence. Perfect for a focused morning commute or an educational deep dive, this objective narrative transports you directly to contested borderlands and embattled cities. Move beyond daily...

From the author of The Habsburgs and The Middle Kingdoms, a lively, 1,500-year history of the shifting borders, imperial conflicts, and cultural fusions on Europe’s eastern edge. In Eastern Europe, historian Martyn Rady traces the long history of Europe’s eastern borderlands, showing how...

"The wisest, most eloquent history of the Communist Party USA that has ever been written" (Michael Kazin, author of What It Took to Win), revealing how party members contributed to struggles for justice and equality in America even as they championed a brutal, totalitarian state, the USSR After...

Bloomsbury presents Leningrad by Anna Reid, read by Kristin Atherton. On September 8, 1941, eleven weeks after Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, his brutal surprise attack on the Soviet Union, Leningrad was surrounded. The siege was not lifted for two and a half years, by which time some...

The Livonian War broke out in 1558 after Livonia, which was ruled by the Livonian Order of the Teutonic Knights, refused to negotiate with Russian Tsar Ivan IV over control of its lands. The Livonian Confederation had never been particularly stable, and tensions between the knights and the many factions vying for power had left Livonia dangerously weakened. Its position on the Baltic Sea made it a coveted prize, and Ivan knew Russia would not be the only country looking to exploit the crisis. It was no longer a question of whether the country would be invaded, but who would invade first.

В новой аудиокниге известной правозащитницы и журналистки Евы Меркачёвой, автора бестселлеров «Громкие дела», «Град обреченных» и «Кому на Руси сидеть хорошо», рассказывается об интереснейших уголовных делах — от прогремевших на всю Россию до засекреченных (до недавних пор). В нее вошли судебные разбирательства царских времен, включая суды над колдунами и отравителями. Впервые публикуются уникальные судебные материалы, связанные со Львом Толстым — мировым судьей, присяжным заседателем и... обвиняемым в убийстве.

From acclaimed historian and author of Kremlin Winter and Blood on the Snow, a dramatic and expertly researched account of an extraordinary moment in Russia’s recent history: the August Coup. In the summer of 1991, a group of eight plotters came together to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachëv, then...

A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year A riveting account of a forgotten holocaust: the slaughter of over one hundred thousand Ukrainian Jews in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. In the Midst of Civilized Europe repositions the pogroms as a defining moment of the twentieth century...

On 17 July 1918, four young women walked down twenty-three steps into the cellar of a house in Ekaterinburg. The eldest was twenty-two, the youngest only seventeen. Together with their parents and their thirteen-year-old brother, they were all brutally murdered. Their crime: to be the daughters...

A hundred years after his murder, Rasputin continues to excite the popular imagination as the personification of evil. The spectre of the lustful Siberian holy man and peasant still casts its eerie shadow over Russia's bloody twentieth century. Numerous biographies, novels, and films recount his...

In 1921, after six years of unrelenting war and revolution, Russia was in ruins. The economy had collapsed, the country was ravaged by disease and starvation claimed the lives of millions. People were so desperate for food that there were reports of cannibalism, reports that were revealed to be...

Vladimir Putin has dominated Russian politics since Boris Yeltsin relinquished the presidency in his favour in May 2000. He served two terms as president, before himself relinquishing the post to his prime minister, Dimitri Medvedev, only to return to presidential power for a third time in 2012...

'A terrific book about a terrifying subject by the best historian of Russia working today' - Michael Burleigh, author of The Third Reich 'This work of a lifetime presents high-octane, high-political drama' - Guardian In Blood on the Snow, Robert Service returns to the subject that has formed the...

In the closing months of WW1, with the world exhausted and depleted by a long a brutal war, fifteen nations cobbled together an army of nearly 200,000 men and embarked on one of the most extraordinary and ambitious military ventures of the twentieth century. The Intervention in Russia's civil war was spearheaded by Britain, her colonial forces and allies. It was designed to stop the Bolsheviks in their tracks, reinstate conservative regimes in the Russian Empire and ensure that Germany did not fill the power vacuum which the Russian Revolution had created.