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Four Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses

by Helen Rappaport ...

Narrated by Karen Cass ...

Unabridged

16 hours 8 min

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 of the last Tsar and Tsaritsa of All the Russias.Much has been written about Nicholas II, his wife ... Read more

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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 of the last Tsar and Tsaritsa of All the Russias.Much has been written about Nicholas II, his wife
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The Romanovs

The Story of Russia and its Empire 1613-1918

by Simon Sebag Montefiore ...

Narrated by Simon Russell Beale ...

Unabridged

28 hours 46 min

The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all?This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition. Montefiore's gripping ... Read more

£26.99

The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all?This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition. Montefiore's gripping
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Red Notice

A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

by Bill Browder ...

Narrated by Adam Grupper ...

Unabridged

14 hours 7 min

November 2009. An emaciated young lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, is led to a freezing isolation cell in a Moscow prison, handcuffed to a bed rail, and beaten to death by eight police officers. His crime? To testify against the Russian Interior Ministry officials who were involved in a conspiracy to steal $230 million of taxes paid to the state by one of the world's most successful hedge funds. ... Read more

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November 2009. An emaciated young lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, is led to a freezing isolation cell in a Moscow prison, handcuffed to a bed rail, and beaten to death by eight police officers. His crime? To testify against the Russian Interior Ministry officials who were involved in a conspiracy to steal $230 million of taxes paid to the state by one of the world's most successful hedge funds.
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Putin

The explosive and extraordinary new biography of Russia’s leader

by Philip Short ...

Narrated by Jonathan Keeble ...

Unabridged

29 hours 33 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Vladimir Putin is a pariah to the West.Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so. He invades his neighbours, most recently Ukraine, meddles in western elections and orders assassinations inside and outside Russia. The regime he heads is autocratic and corrupt.Yet many ... Read more

£14.40

Brought to you by Penguin.Vladimir Putin is a pariah to the West.Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so. He invades his neighbours, most recently Ukraine, meddles in western elections and orders assassinations inside and outside Russia. The regime he heads is autocratic and corrupt.Yet many
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Russia

Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921

by Antony Beevor ...

Narrated by Rob Heaps ...

Unabridged

22 hours 4 min

'A masterpiece of history'DAILY TELEGRAPHBetween 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard this savage civil war as the most influential event of the modern era. An incompatible White alliance of moderate socialists and reactionary monarchists stood little chance against Trotsky's Red Army and Lenin's single-minded Communist ... Read more

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'A masterpiece of history'DAILY TELEGRAPHBetween 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard this savage civil war as the most influential event of the modern era. An incompatible White alliance of moderate socialists and reactionary monarchists stood little chance against Trotsky's Red Army and Lenin's single-minded Communist
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Overreach

The Inside Story of Putin’s War Against Ukraine

by Owen Matthews ...

Narrated by Saul Reichlin ...

Unabridged

15 hours 23 min

Winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2023*A Telegraph Book of the Year*A Times Best Book of Summer 2023*Shortlisted for the Parliamentary Book Awards*An astonishing investigation into the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war – from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of Mariupol.The Russo-Ukrainian War is the most serious geopolitical crisis ... ... Read more

£17.09

Winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2023*A Telegraph Book of the Year*A Times Best Book of Summer 2023*Shortlisted for the Parliamentary Book Awards*An astonishing investigation into the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war – from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of Mariupol.The Russo-Ukrainian War is the most serious geopolitical crisis ...
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The Spy in the Archive

How one man tried to kill the KGB

by Gordon Corera ...

Narrated by Gordon Corera ...

Unabridged

8 hours 43 min

LONGLISTED for the CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2026The compulsively readable new book from The Rest is Classified host Gordon Corera. About how one man – Vasili Mitrokhin – turned first disaffected dissident and then traitor to the KGB, stealing the most secret Soviet archives and smuggling them to the West.How do you steal a library? Not just any library but the most secret, heavily ... Read more

£15.29

LONGLISTED for the CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2026The compulsively readable new book from The Rest is Classified host Gordon Corera. About how one man – Vasili Mitrokhin – turned first disaffected dissident and then traitor to the KGB, stealing the most secret Soviet archives and smuggling them to the West.How do you steal a library? Not just any library but the most secret, heavily
... Read more
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The Gates of Europe

A History of Ukraine

by Serhii Plokhy ...

Narrated by Ralph Lister ...

Unabridged

15 hours 21 min

A New York Times BestsellerThe definitive history of Ukraine from antiquity to today.**“An admirable new history.... In his elegant and careful exposition of Ukraine’s past, Mr. Plokhy has also provided some signposts to the future.” ―**EconomistAs Ukraine is embroiled in an ongoing struggle with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and political independen... ... Read more

£17.09

A New York Times BestsellerThe definitive history of Ukraine from antiquity to today.**“An admirable new history.... In his elegant and careful exposition of Ukraine’s past, Mr. Plokhy has also provided some signposts to the future.” ―**EconomistAs Ukraine is embroiled in an ongoing struggle with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and political independen...
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The House of Government

A Saga of the Russian Revolution

by Yuri Slezkine, Claire Bloom ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

Unabridged

45 hours 10 min

On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destructionThe House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment. Written in the tradition of Tolstoy’s War and Peace, Grossman’s Life and Fate, and Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago, Yuri ... Read more

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On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destructionThe House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment. Written in the tradition of Tolstoy’s War and Peace, Grossman’s Life and Fate, and Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago, Yuri
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When Titans Clashed

How the Red Army Stopped Hitler

by David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House ...

Narrated by James Romick ...

Unabridged

17 hours 49 min

Revised and updated to reflect recent Russian and Western scholarship on the subject, this new edition maintains the 1995 original's distinction as a crucial volume in the history of World War II and of the Soviet Union and the most informed and compelling perspective on one of the greatest military confrontations of all time.In 1941, when Pearl Harbor shattered America's peacetime pretensions, ... Read more

£16.66

Revised and updated to reflect recent Russian and Western scholarship on the subject, this new edition maintains the 1995 original's distinction as a crucial volume in the history of World War II and of the Soviet Union and the most informed and compelling perspective on one of the greatest military confrontations of all time.In 1941, when Pearl Harbor shattered America's peacetime pretensions,
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Modern Latvia: The History and Legacy of Latvia’s Struggle for Independence in the 20th Century

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Colin Fluxman ...

Unabridged

1 hour 28 min

The three modern Baltic states - Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia - may occupy small tracts of lands bordering the Baltic Sea, but their respective histories are unique. Latvia, like its neighbours, was settled thousands of years ago, with a number of distinct Baltic peoples emerging. By around 900 CE, numerous Baltic and Scandinavian tribes dominated the region. Modern day Latvia is home to just ... Read more

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The three modern Baltic states - Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia - may occupy small tracts of lands bordering the Baltic Sea, but their respective histories are unique. Latvia, like its neighbours, was settled thousands of years ago, with a number of distinct Baltic peoples emerging. By around 900 CE, numerous Baltic and Scandinavian tribes dominated the region. Modern day Latvia is home to just
... Read more
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Stalingrad

by David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House ...

Narrated by Paul Woodson ...

Abridged

18 hours 39 min

Tantor Audio presents the complete audio version of the long awaited one-volume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of Nazi and Soviet forces at Stalingrad. Stalingrad is an abridged edition of the five-volume Stalingrad Trilogy. ... Read more

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Tantor Audio presents the complete audio version of the long awaited one-volume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of Nazi and Soviet forces at Stalingrad. Stalingrad is an abridged edition of the five-volume Stalingrad Trilogy.
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Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia: The History and Legacy of the Multiethnic Nations that Split Apart after the Cold War

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Colin Fluxman, C ...

Unabridged

5 hours 38 min

On New Year’s Day 1993, Czechoslovakia broke into two separate countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Thus ended one of the creations brought about by the Treaty of Versailles after World War I, and as a country that had existed for just under 75 years, Czechoslovakia spent most of its time under the tyranny of fascism or communism.Of course, the country’s origins go back far longer than the ... Read more

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On New Year’s Day 1993, Czechoslovakia broke into two separate countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Thus ended one of the creations brought about by the Treaty of Versailles after World War I, and as a country that had existed for just under 75 years, Czechoslovakia spent most of its time under the tyranny of fascism or communism.Of course, the country’s origins go back far longer than the
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Биполярный мир

by Катерина Логинова ...

Narrated by Катерина Логинова ...

Unabridged

20 min

С какой стороны подступиться к Истории? Можно ли найти общие для всех времен и народов тенденции? Существуют ли исторические законы или История всего лишь бессвязное и бессистемное нагромождение событий? Есть ли у Истории и у отдельного человека смысл и назначение или мы случайны? Научный журналист ищет ответы на эти вопросы и излагает их в простой и доступной форме. ... Read more

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С какой стороны подступиться к Истории? Можно ли найти общие для всех времен и народов тенденции? Существуют ли исторические законы или История всего лишь бессвязное и бессистемное нагромождение событий? Есть ли у Истории и у отдельного человека смысл и назначение или мы случайны? Научный журналист ищет ответы на эти вопросы и излагает их в простой и доступной форме.
... Read more
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Градостроительный план Москвы

by Станислав Симонов ...

Unabridged

50 min

£1.05
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Театры Москвы

by Станислав Симонов ...

Unabridged

50 min

£1.05
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Внешнеполитическая доктрина СССР в предвоенные годы

by Сергей Рыбка ...

Unabridged

49 min

£1.05
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СТАЛИН

by Леонид Млечин ...

Narrated by Леонид Млечин, Владимир Левашев ...

Unabridged

9 hours 18 min

Студия АРДИС предлагает вашему вниманию аудиокнигу известного журналиста, международного обозревателя, телеведущего Леонида Млечина «Сталин» из авторского цикла, посвящённого людям и событиям последних ста лет отечественной истории.Почему в нашем обществе не прекращаются споры о Сталине? Что в этом человеке было такого, что и сейчас заставляет одних восторгаться им, а других – его ненавидеть? ... Read more

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Студия АРДИС предлагает вашему вниманию аудиокнигу известного журналиста, международного обозревателя, телеведущего Леонида Млечина «Сталин» из авторского цикла, посвящённого людям и событиям последних ста лет отечественной истории.Почему в нашем обществе не прекращаются споры о Сталине? Что в этом человеке было такого, что и сейчас заставляет одних восторгаться им, а других – его ненавидеть?
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Shadow State

Murder, Mayhem and Russia's Remaking of the West

by Luke Harding ...

Narrated by John Sackville ...

Unabridged

11 hours 6 min

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST and #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF COLLUSIONA gripping investigative account of how Russia's spies helped elect Donald Trump, backed Brexit, murdered enemies and threatened the very basis of western democracy.'Luke Harding is one of the best reporters in the world . . . [they are] an oustanding writer, stuck in the beating heart of political and cr... ... Read more

£22.49

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST and #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF COLLUSIONA gripping investigative account of how Russia's spies helped elect Donald Trump, backed Brexit, murdered enemies and threatened the very basis of western democracy.'Luke Harding is one of the best reporters in the world . . . [they are] an oustanding writer, stuck in the beating heart of political and cr...
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Последний Иван на престоле. Рождение, жизнь и смерть под властью женщин

by Николай Буканев, Николай Буканев ...

Narrated by Александр Воробьев ...

Series series История без купюр
Unabridged

7 hours 26 min

Что мы знаем о правлении Ивана VI? Этот период истории известен всем как женский век, время череды женщин на престоле. Мало кто задавался вопросом правления Иван Антоновича, а именно недолгий период его правления отражает все перипетии и интриги, охватившие престол. Мы знаем не мало примеров детей во главе государства, но что, а точнее кто за ними стоят? Как правили великие женщины 18 века, и как ... Read more

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Что мы знаем о правлении Ивана VI? Этот период истории известен всем как женский век, время череды женщин на престоле. Мало кто задавался вопросом правления Иван Антоновича, а именно недолгий период его правления отражает все перипетии и интриги, охватившие престол. Мы знаем не мало примеров детей во главе государства, но что, а точнее кто за ними стоят? Как правили великие женщины 18 века, и как
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Суздаль. Полная история города

by Василий Берг ...

Narrated by Алексей Воскобойников ...

Series series История города на пальцах
Unabridged

7 hours 2 min

Суздаль… Сердце Золотого кольца, известный туристический центр России, но что мы о нем знаем? Василий Берг написал, по его собственным словам, «не путеводитель», а «биографию древнего города». На страницах этой удивительной книги разворачиваются события более чем 800-летней истории Суздаля. Восстания волхвов и горожан, не желавших принимать христианскую веру и подчиняться приезжавшим в город ... Read more

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Суздаль… Сердце Золотого кольца, известный туристический центр России, но что мы о нем знаем? Василий Берг написал, по его собственным словам, «не путеводитель», а «биографию древнего города». На страницах этой удивительной книги разворачиваются события более чем 800-летней истории Суздаля. Восстания волхвов и горожан, не желавших принимать христианскую веру и подчиняться приезжавшим в город
... Read more
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Putin's Sledgehammer

The Wagner Group and Russia's Collapse into Mercenary Chaos

by Candace Rondeaux ...

Narrated by Allyson Johnson ...

Unabridged

17 hours 4 min

**The astonishing inside story of the Wagner Group, the world’s deadliest militia“Putin’s Sledgehammer provides an in-depth account of, and essential political and economic background to, the story of Prigozhin’s meteoric rise and abrupt demise.” ―Times Literary SupplementA Washington Independent Review of Books Best Book of the Year**In June 2023, the Wagner Group assembled an armed convoy that ... Read more

£21.59

**The astonishing inside story of the Wagner Group, the world’s deadliest militia“Putin’s Sledgehammer provides an in-depth account of, and essential political and economic background to, the story of Prigozhin’s meteoric rise and abrupt demise.” ―Times Literary SupplementA Washington Independent Review of Books Best Book of the Year**In June 2023, the Wagner Group assembled an armed convoy that
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Cossack Hetmanate, The: The History and Legacy of the Cossacks and Their Autonomous Republic in the Ukraine

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by David Pickering ...

Unabridged

52 min

“Had I just 10,000 Cossacks, I would have conquered the whole world.” – Napoleon BonaparteThe history of Ukraine is a fascinating story of how cultures, political systems, religions, and power have met, intersected, morphed, and expanded. The region was relatively sparsely populated for much of ancient history, a wilderness of rivers, forests, and steppes, but that does not detract from the rich ... Read more

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“Had I just 10,000 Cossacks, I would have conquered the whole world.” – Napoleon BonaparteThe history of Ukraine is a fascinating story of how cultures, political systems, religions, and power have met, intersected, morphed, and expanded. The region was relatively sparsely populated for much of ancient history, a wilderness of rivers, forests, and steppes, but that does not detract from the rich
... Read more
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Russian History

Disasters, Famines, and Dictators (4 in 1)

by Kelly Mass ...

Narrated by Kelly Fraser ...

Unabridged

5 hours 14 min

This book consists of 4 titles, which are about the following topics:Chernobyl - On April 26, 1986, the world witnessed one of the gravest technological disasters in human history: the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe. Occurring at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant's No. 4 reactor in Pripyat, then part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the event not only claimed lives but also left a legacy ... Read more

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This book consists of 4 titles, which are about the following topics:Chernobyl - On April 26, 1986, the world witnessed one of the gravest technological disasters in human history: the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe. Occurring at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant's No. 4 reactor in Pripyat, then part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the event not only claimed lives but also left a legacy
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