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The Gollovlev Family

Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov

Classic Fiction

The Golovlyov Family is regarded as a classic of Russian literature. According to D. S. Mirsky, it is “the gloo

russia, russian

The Precipice

Ivan Gonchorov

Classic Fiction

According to Goncharov, the idea of the third novel came to him in 1849 when he returned to his native Simbirsk

russia, russian

Devils

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Classic Fiction

In 1869 a young Russian was strangled, shot through the head and thrown into a pond. His crime? A wish to leave

nihilism, russia, russian

We

Yevgeny Zamyatin

Classic Fiction

We takes place in a distant future, where humans are forced to submit their wills to the requirements of the st

authoritarianism, dystopia, russian, soviet, totalitarian

A Dog’s Heart

Mikhail Bulgakov

Contemporary Fiction

Through surreal, often grotesque humour, Bulgakov gives an ingenious new twist to the Frankenstein parable, in

russia, russian, scifi

The Romance of Leonardo Da Vinci

Dmitri Merejkowski

Classic Fiction

How Leonardo da Vinci become a creative genius? How did he live, love, suffer? With a care for detail & an insp

art, christian, dissident, historical, russian, symbolism

Seven Hanged

Leonid Andreyev

Classic Fiction

It was like walking along the knife-edge of the highest possible mountain range, seeing life on one side and de

crime, execution, russia, russian, tsarist

Three Short Novels

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Classic Fiction

Includes The Poor Folk, The Double and The Eternal Husband.

collection, russia, russian

Mother

Maxim Gorky

Contemporary Fiction

907. Maxim Gorky, pseudonym of Alexei Maksimovich Peshkov, Soviet novelist, playwright and essayist, who was a

russia, russian, socialrealism, soviet

Three Sketches from a Hunters Album

Ivan Turgenev

Classic Fiction

Early stories from a master of Russian literature. When first published in book form in 1852, Turgenevs remarka

russia, russian, serfdom, shortstories

The Black Monk

And Peasants

Anton Chekhov

Classic Fiction

In ancient times a happy man grew at last frightened of his happiness — it was so great — and to propitiate t

russian, shortstories

The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

Vladimir Voinovich

Contemporary Fiction

Ivan Chonkin is a simple, bumbling peasant who has been drafted into the Red Army. Shortly before the outbreak

comedy, russia, russian, soviet

Babi Yar

A Documentary Novel

Anatoly Kuznetsov

Contemporary Fiction

Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel is an internationally acclaimed documentary novel by Anatoly Kuznet

history, holocaust, russian, ukraine, ww2

The Overcoat and Other Short Stories

Nikolai Gogol

Classic Fiction

Four works by great 19th-century Russian author – The Nose, a savage satire of Russias incompetent bureaucrats;

collection, fantasy, folktales, russia, russian, shortstories

The Cossacks

Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Classic Fiction

To read Tolstoys early sketch, The Raid, and his first novel, The Cossacks, is to enter the workshop of a great

christiananarchist, collection, realism, russia, russian, war

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Mikhail Dostoyevsky

Classic Fiction

Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a

existentialism, nihilism, psychoanalysis, russia, russian

Lady With Lapdog and Other Stories

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Classic Fiction

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov may be likened to his contemporaries, the pointilliste painters. Piece by piece, episod

collection, modernism, russia, russian, shortstories

War and Peace

Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Classic Fiction

In Russias struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind. Greater than a historical c

christiananarchist, napoleon, realism, russia, russian, war

Anna Karenin

Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Classic Fiction

Acclaimed by many as the worlds greatest novel, Anna Karenin provides a vast panorama of contemporary life in R

agrarian, christiananarchist, realism, russia, russian

The Gulag Archipelago

1918-1956

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

History

Drawing on his own incarceration and exile, as well as on evidence from more than 200 fellow prisoners and Sovi

dissident, gulag, prison, russia, russian, soviet

August 1914

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Non-fiction

In his monumental narrative of the outbreak of the First World War and the ill-fated Russian offensive into Eas

dissident, russia, russian, soviet, war, ww1

The First Circle

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Contemporary Fiction

Set in Moscow during a three-day period in December 1949, The First Circle is the story of the prisoner Gleb Ne

dissident, nobel, russia, russian, soviet

For the Good of the Cause

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Contemporary Fiction

Like Solzhenitsyns world famous novels One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, The First Circle and Cancer Ward

dissident, nobel, russia, russian, soviet

And Quiet Flows the Don

Mikhail Sholokhov

Contemporary Fiction

And Quiet Flows the Don or Quietly Flows the Don lit. The Quiet Don) is 4-volume epic novel by Russian writer M

russia, russian, socialrealism, soviet

Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol

Classic Fiction

Dead Souls is eloquent on some occasions, lyrical on others, and pious and reverent elsewhere. Nicolai Gogol wa

russia, russian, serfdom

The Squabble

Nikolai Gogol

Classic Fiction

Nikolai Gogols short story is a sublime work of tragi-comedy. In it, he brilliantly ridicules the Ukrainian pas

russia, russian, satire, shortstories

The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Gogol

Classic Fiction

More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogols stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a

collection, fantasy, folktales, russia, russian, satire, shortstories

A Hero of Our Time

Mikhail Lermontov

Classic Fiction

In its adventurous happenings, its abductions, duels, and sexual intrigues, A Hero of Our Time looks backward t

romantic, russia, russian

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Classic Fiction

The Brothers Karamasov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series

existentialism, patricide, philosophy, russia, russian

Oblomov

Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov

Classic Fiction

The novel evolved and expanded from an 1849 short story or sketch entitled Oblomovs Dream. The novel focuses on

natural, russia, russian

The Captain’s Daughter and Other Stories

Alexander Pushkin

Classic Fiction

Pushkins version of the historical novel in the style of Walter Scott, this final prose work also reflects his

collection, historical, romantic, russia, russian, shortstories

The Possessed Vol 2

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Classic Fiction

The Devils, or The Posessed, is the most controversial of Dostoyevskys masterpieces. A political drama, it has

revolution, russia, russian

Selected Stories

Anton Chekhov

Classic Fiction

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Russian: Антон Павлович Чехов, IPA: 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904

collection, russia, russian, shortstories

The Black Arab and Other Stories

Mikhail Prishvin

Classic Fiction

Mikhail Prishvin was born in the family mansion of Krutschevo in Oryol Governorate (now in Stanovlyansky Distri

russia, russian, shortstories, soviet

The Life of a Useless Man

Maxim Gorky

Contemporary Fiction

This book was begun by Maxim Gorky in 1907, less than two years after the unsuccessful armed rebellion on Blood

russia, russian, socialrealism, soviet

The Burn

Vassily Aksyonov

Contemporary Fiction

Aksyonovs magnum opus – and quite something: shaggy, surrealist, knowingly comic, painful, and always utterly c

beat, counterculture, russia, russian, soviet

The White Guard

Mikhail Bulgakov

Contemporary Fiction

Although less famous than Mikhail Bulgakovs comic hit, The Master and Margarita, The White Guard is still an en

civilwar, revolution, russia, russian, soviet

The Fatal Eggs

Mikhail Bulgakov

Contemporary Fiction

As the turbulent years following the Russian revolution of 1917 settle down into a new Soviet reality, the bril

dissident, russia, russian, scifi, soviet

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Classic Fiction

Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) is best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina, commonly regarded as amongst t

christian, christiananarchist, collection, russia, russian, shortstories

Cancer Ward

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Contemporary Fiction

One of the great allegorical masterpieces of world literature, Cancer Ward is both a deeply compassionate study

autobigrophy, dissident, hospital, russia, russian, soviet

Fathers and Sons

Ivan Turgenev

Classic Fiction

Bazarov’s gifted, impatient, and caustic young man has journeyed from school to the home of his friend Arkady K

realism, russia, russian

Home of the Gentry

Ivan Turgenev

Classic Fiction

Home of the Gentry is a novel by Ivan Turgenev published in the January 1859 issue of Sovremennik. It was enthu

realism, russia, russian

The Idiot

Fyodor Mikhail Dostoyevsky

Classic Fiction

Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin finds himself en

existentialism, polyphony, religion, russia, russian

Peter The First

Alexey Tolstoy

Contemporary Fiction

Here, for the first time, in its final form and in a new translation, is the epic Russian novel which has sold

russia, russian, socialrealism, soviet, tsar