Kremlin Wives
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Kremlin Wives
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Author : Larissa Vasilieva
language : en
Publisher: Skyhorse
Release Date : 2015-09-01
Kremlin Wives written by Larissa Vasilieva and has been published by Skyhorse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-01 with History categories.
For over seventy years the Kremlin was the bastion of the all-powerful Soviet rulers. A great deal is known about the men who held millions of fates in their iron grip, yet little is known about the women—the wives and mistresses—who shared their lives. They took part in the Revolution and its aftermath, bore children, and suffered abuse; some were arrested and sent to Siberia, driven to suicide, or even murdered. In 1991 the KGB granted the author access to its secret files, which, together with the author’s own research and interviews, provided the material for this book. Here for the first time the stark and sometimes scandalous truth about these women is revealed. Lenin’s wife worked passionately for the Revolution alongside her husband, from the time of Lenin’s exile until her death. His mistress was also a close friend of his wife. Stalin married Nadezhda Alliluyeva when she was only sixteen. Earlier, he had had a relationship with Nadezhda’s mother, and there is strong evidence that his wife may also have been his daughter. When she was found dead in a pool of blood, the official verdict was suicide, but many believe she was murdered. Secret Police Chief Lavrenti Beria, known as “The Butcher,” roamed the streets in Moscow in a curtain-drawn limousine, stalking young girls who would later be abducted by his agents. One was forced to marry Beria—his wife Nina Teimurazovna. Among the many other Kremlin “wives” portrayed here are: Alexandra Kollontai, feminist and supporter of “free love”; Larissa Reisner, Boris Pasternak’s muse; Olga Kameneva, Trotsky’s sister; Nina Khrushchev; Victoria Brezhnev; Galina Brezhneva; Tatyana Fillipovna Andropov, and Raisa Gorbachev—supposedly the only Soviet ruler’s wife to have married for love. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Kremlin Wives
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Author : Larisa Nikolaevna Vasilʹeva
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Kremlin Wives written by Larisa Nikolaevna Vasilʹeva and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Husband and wife categories.
Spanning the years from the foundation of the Soviet state in 1918 to the collapse of Perestroika, this book explores how the wives of the USSR's leaders lived, worked, bore children, fell in love and shot themselves. From Lenin's faithful partner Nadezhda Krupskaya, through the beautiful, free-loving Alexandra Kollontai, Stalin's terrified 17-year-old bride Nadezhda Alliluyeva, the wives of Kruschev and Andropov, finally to modern Raisa Gorbachev, we see the powerbroking of Soviet history revealed from a fresh and fascinating perspective.
Me And My Russian Wife
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Author : Eddy Gilmore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Me And My Russian Wife written by Eddy Gilmore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Journalists categories.
Recounts the author's attempts to marry Russian ballet dancer, Tamara Kolb-Chernashova, while working as foreign newspaper reporter in the midst of the Cold War.
Women In Russia 1700 2000
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Author : Barbara Alpern Engel
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004
Women In Russia 1700 2000 written by Barbara Alpern Engel and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
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A History Of Women In Russia
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Author : Barbara Evans Clements
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2012
A History Of Women In Russia written by Barbara Evans Clements and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
The author traces the major developments in the history of women in Russia and their impact on the history of the nation. Sketching lived experiences across the centuries, she demonstrates the key roles that women played in shaping Russia's political, economic, social, and cultural development for over a millennium, starting in 900.
Artists Writers And Diplomats Wives
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Author : Evelyn M. Cherpak
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2023-08-17
Artists Writers And Diplomats Wives written by Evelyn M. Cherpak and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-17 with History categories.
In Artists, Writers, and Diplomats' Wives: Impressions of Women Travelers in Imperial Russia, the experiences and impressions of sixteen European and North American women who both lived and traveled in Russia during times of peace and war come alive. All these women had their own reasons for going to Russia. Some went with their husband who settled there, others went to paint the aristocracy, to help the lepers or report on the Russian Revolution of 1917. Their experiences and observations of Russian political, social, and cultural life led them to write letters and books and keep journals and diaries about what they saw and how they responded to it---both positively and negatively.
Marriage Household And Home In Modern Russia
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Author : Barbara Alpern Engel
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-08-12
Marriage Household And Home In Modern Russia written by Barbara Alpern Engel and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-12 with History categories.
Barbara Alpern Engel's Marriage, Household and Home in Modern Russia is the first book to explore the intricacies of domestic life in Russia across the modern period. Surveying the period from 1700 right up to the present day, the book explores the marital and domestic arrangements of Russians at multiple levels of society and the impact of broader historical developments, including war and revolution, upon them. It also traces the evolution of marriage, household and home as institutions over three centuries, whilst also highlighting the inter-relationship between public policy and private life, in what is a wholly original historical assessment of domesticity in modern Russia. In the process, the author expertly synthesizes the key works, arguments and discussions in the field, mapping out the historiographical landscape of this compelling aspect of Russian social history. Marriage, Household and Home in Modern Russia is crucial reading for any student or scholar of modern Russian history.
Russia S Women
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Author : Nina Nikolaevna Selivanova
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Russia S Women written by Nina Nikolaevna Selivanova and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Social Science categories.
Russia S Women
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Author : Barbara Evans Clements
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1991-07-17
Russia S Women written by Barbara Evans Clements and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-07-17 with History categories.
By ignoring gender issues, historians have failed to understand how efforts to control women—and women's reactions to these efforts—have shaped political and social institutions and thus influenced the course of Russian and Soviet history. These original essays challenge a host of traditional assumptions by integrating women into the Russian past. Using recent advances in the study of gender, the family, class, and the status of women, the authors examine various roles of Russian women and offer a broad overview of a vibrant and growing field.
Women In Contemporary Russia
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Author : Vitalina Koval
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 1995
Women In Contemporary Russia written by Vitalina Koval and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Russia (Federation) categories.
The position of Russia has always been difficult. In spite of the Revolution in 1917, the legal, economic, social and political inequalities between men and women have remained severe. For more than seventy years the official propaganda of the Soviet system deliberately concealed from the public, in the West as well as the East, the actual position of women, presenting it in rose-colored hues and proclaiming that, under socialism, the issue of the position of women in society had been resolved once and for all. However, the opposite was true: women increasingly suffered from overt and covert discrimination. In fact, the discrepancy between the official and actual positioning of working women became so acute that it led to serious social problems. The democratic reforms of the mid-1980s brought some positive changes at last; for the first time, the "women's issue" was recognized as an urgent socio-political problem requiring serious investigation and practical measures. The authors of this collection of original essays, most of whom are social scientists at the Moscow Academy of Science, examine those aspects of life of women in Russia today which aremost pressing, not least those arising from the multi-ethnic composition of the Russian Federation that comprises more than one hundred different nationalities and in which women constitute fifty-three per cent of the population.