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    Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today
    Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today ab 7.79 € als epub eBook: . Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Geschichte & Dokus,
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    Russia: The Wild East: The Complete BBC Radio 4 Series, Hörbuch, Digital, 678min
    Power struggles have a constant presence in Martin Sixsmith's story of Russia. Collected here in 50 episodes, he chronicles the Mongol hordes invading in the 13th century, through the iron autocratic fists of successive tsars, to the fall of the Soviet Union and Russia's re-emergence as a superpower. Ivan the Terrible, Catherine the Great, Peter the Great - all left their mark on a nation that pursued expansion to the East, West and South. Many tsars flirted with reform, but the gap between the rulers and the ruled widened until, in 1917, the doomed last tsar, Nicholas II, abdicated. After the whirlwind of the revolution, the Bolsheviks struggled to consolidate their victory. To rescue the economy and save the regime, Lenin made concessions to the people. But after his death, Stalin introduced forced collectivisation and industrialisation, condemning the Soviet people to conditions worse than those experienced under the tsars. Nikita Khrushchev reversed the worst excesses of Stalinism, and in 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev embarked on radical reforms of the communist system - unleashing unforeseen consequences that swept him from power and destroyed the USSR. Martin Sixsmith brings his first-hand experience of reporting from Russia in the 1980s and 90s to his narrative, witnessing the critical moment when the Soviet Union lost its grip on power. He asks if the recurring patterns of Russian history can help us understand what has happened since 1991, when the promise of Western-style democracy aroused so many hopes for change. Eyewitness accounts, archive recordings and personal testimony enrich his narrative, as well as readings from Russian authors and historians such as Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Vasily Grossman, plus music by Stravinsky, Prokofiev and others. Language: English. Narrator: Martin Sixsmith. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002873/bk_rhuk_002873_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Curse of the Romanovs - A Study of the Lives and the Reigns of Two Tsars Paul I and Alexander I of Russia 1754-1825
    The Curse of the Romanovs - A Study of the Lives and the Reigns of Two Tsars Paul I and Alexander I of Russia 1754-1825 ab 42.49 € als Taschenbuch: . Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,
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    Russia - A fascinating Journey: One Week in Russia - Audiotraveller, Hörbuch, Digital, 51min
    The tour begins with a tour of Moscow and the Kremlin, which towers on a forty meter high hill above the Moskva River. With the construction of the Kremlin, the history of the city began as the spiritual and secular center of the country.The fascinating "cruise of the tsars" leads over rivers, canals and lakes through the former empire of the tsars, past monasteries and wooden churches to St. Petersburg.The first travel destination is the historic town of Uglic and later Jaroslavl, one of the oldest trading cities on the Volga.On a shore excursion, you will visit the old boyar city of Rostov Velikij on Lake Nero and the idyllic Goricy with its typical small wooden houses.In St. Petersburg, also called "Venice of the North", magnificent buildings such as the Winter Palace with the Hermitage were built.The modern new Circum-Baikal train is already waiting for a day trip along Lake Baikal in Port Baikal. It is one of the most difficult sections of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which runs from Moscow to Vladivostok.Before you reach the Black Sea coast, a detour to the exotic city of Ulan Ude is worthwhile.In the sun-drenched spa and bathing resort of Sochi, with villas, theaters and a lively promenade, you can enjoy the subtropical climate of this region. Language: English. Narrator: James T. Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/cfsu/000096/bk_cfsu_000096_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    14 Tsars, Emperors of Russia: Russian History, Hörbuch, Digital, 186min
    The Russian Empire was the third-largest empire in world history, stretching over three continents. It played a major role in 1812-1814 in defeating Napoleon's ambitions to control Europe and expanded to the west and south. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Russian Empire extended from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea in the south, from the Baltic Sea on the west to the Pacific Ocean, and (until 1867) into Alaska in North America in the east. Its wide disparities bred dissidence and rebellions; along with its enormous size, this made it a challenge to govern for each one of its successive rulers. Learn about the history of the Russian Empire through the careful portrait of its fourteen greatest emperors, which led it through troubled times until its collapse during the February Revolution. Language: English. Narrator: Katie Haigh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/cids/001578/bk_cids_001578_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Romanov Riches
    Romanov Riches ab 15.99 € als epub eBook: Russian Writers and Artists Under the Tsars. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Biographien & Autobiographien,
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    14 russian tsars, russian history (MP3-Download)
    The Russian Empire was the third largest empire in world history, stretching over three continents. It played a major role in 1812–1814 in defeating Napoleon's ambitions to control Europe and expanded to the west and south. At the beginning of the 19th century, the Russian Empire extended from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea in the south, from the Baltic Sea on the west to the Pacific Ocean, and (until 1867) into Alaska in North America on the east. Its wide disparities bred dissidence and rebellions; along with its enormous size, this made it a challenge to govern for each one of its successive rulers. Learn about the history of the Russian Empire through the careful portrait of its ten greatest emperors, which led it through troubled times until its collapse during the February Revolution.
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    The Romanovs: 1613-1918 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1726min
    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 20 tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition. Montefiore's gripping chronicle reveals their secret world of unlimited power and ruthless empire building, overshadowed by palace conspiracy, family rivalries, sexual decadence and wild extravagance and peopled by a cast of adventurers, courtesans, revolutionaries and poets, from Ivan the Terrible to Tolstoy, from Queen Victoria to Lenin. To rule Russia was both imperial-sacred mission and poisoned chalice. Six tsars were murdered, and all the Romanovs lived under constant threat to their lives. Peter the Great tortured his own son to death while making Russia an empire and dominated his court with a dining club notable for compulsory drunkenness, naked dwarfs and fancy dress. Catherine the Great overthrew her own husband - who was murdered soon afterwards - loved her young male favourites, conquered Ukraine and fascinated Europe. Paul was strangled by courtiers backed by his own son, Alexander I, who faced Napoleon's invasion and the burning of Moscow, then went on to take Paris. Alexander II liberated the serfs, survived five assassination attempts, and wrote perhaps the most explicit love letters ever written by a ruler. The Romanovs: 1613-1918 climaxes with a fresh, unforgettable portrayal of Nicholas and Alexandra, the rise and murder of Rasputin, war and revolution - and the harrowing massacre of the entire family. Written with dazzling literary flair, drawing on new archival research, The Romanovs: 1613-1918 is at once an enthralling story of triumph and tragedy, love and death, a universal study of power and an essential portrait of the empire that still d ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Russell Beale. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/orio/000931/bk_orio_000931_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Summary of Simon Sebag Montefiore's The Romanovs: 1613-1918 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 34min
    The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface for three centuries. 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 20 tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition. Simon Sebag Montefiore's gripping chronicle reveals their secret world of unlimited power and ruthless empire-building, overshadowed by palace conspiracy, family rivalries, sexual decadence and wild extravagance, with a global cast of adventurers, courtesans, revolutionaries and poets, from Ivan the Terrible to Tolstoy and Pushkin, to Bismarck, Lincoln, Queen Victoria and Lenin. To rule Russia was both imperial-sacred mission and poisoned chalice: six of the last 12 tsars were murdered. Peter the Great tortured his own son to death while making Russia an empire, and dominated his court with a dining club notable for compulsory drunkenness, naked dwarves and fancy dress. Catherine the Great overthrew her own husband (who was murdered soon afterward), enjoyed affairs with a series of young male favorites, conquered Ukraine and fascinated Europe. Paul I was strangled by courtiers backed by his own son, Alexander I, who in turn faced Napoleon's invasion and the burning of Moscow, then went on to take Paris. Alexander II liberated the serfs, survived five assassination attempts and wrote perhaps the most explicit love letters ever composed by a ruler. The Romanovs climaxes with a fresh, unforgettable portrayal of Nicholas II and Alexandra, the rise and murder of Rasputin, war and revolution - and the harrowing massacre of the entire family. Dazzlingly entertaining and beautifully written from start to finish, The Romanovs brings these monarchs - male and female, great and flawed, their families and courts - blazingly to life. Drawing on new archival research, ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Norma Jean Gradsky. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/068922/bk_acx0_068922_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Catholic Church and Russia
    The Catholic Church and Russia ab 41.99 € als epub eBook: Popes Patriarchs Tsars and Commissars. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik, Erzählungen,
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