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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. From the reign of Tsar Nicholas I to the brutal cult of Stalin to the ebullient, uncertain days of perestroika, nowhere has the inextricable relationship between politics and culture been more starkly illustrated than in twentieth-century Russia. In the first book to fully examine the intricate and often deadly interconnection between Russian rulers and Russian artists, cultural historian Solomon Volkov brings to life the experiences that inspired artists like Tolstoy, Stravinsky, Akhmatova, Nijinsky, Nabokov, and Eisenstein to create some of the greatest masterpieces of our time. Epic in scope and intimate in detail, The Magical Chorus is the definitive account of a remarkable era in Russia's complex cultural life.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Entering the shady world of what he calls "violent entrepreneurship," Vadim Volkov explores the economic uses of violence and coercion in Russia in the 1990s. Violence has played, he shows, a crucial role in creating the institutions of a new market.

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Hardback. Condition: Fair. This is the powerful memoirs which an ailing Dmitri Shostakovich dictated to a young Russian musicologist Solomon Volkov. When it was first published in 1979 it became an international bestseller. This 25th anniversary edition includes a new foreword by Vladimir Ashkenazy as well as black-and-white photos. Testimony changed the perception of Shostakovich's life and work dramatically and influenced innumerable performances of his music. New Grove Dictionary.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. This is the powerful memoirs which an ailing Dmitri Shostakovich dictated to a young Russian musicologist Solomon Volkov. When it was first published in 1979 it became an international bestseller. This 25th anniversary edition includes a new foreword by Vladimir Ashkenazy as well as black-and-white photos. Testimony changed the perception of Shostakovich's life and work dramatically and influenced innumerable performances of his music. New Grove Dictionary.…

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. A comprehensive portrait of Nobel Laureate, Joseph Brodsky, based on the author's tape-recorded conversations with the poet over a period of 15 years. From imprisonment in the Soviet Union and flight to the West, to a new beginning in the United States, Brodsky's life was epic in scope.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. A comprehensive portrait of Nobel Laureate, Joseph Brodsky, based on the author's tape-recorded conversations with the poet over a period of 15 years. From imprisonment in the Soviet Union and flight to the West, to a new beginning in the United States, Brodsky's life was epic in scope.…

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. From the reign of Tsar Nicholas I to the brutal cult of Stalin to the ebullient, uncertain days of perestroika, nowhere has the inextricable relationship between politics and culture been more starkly illustrated than in twentieth-century Russia. In the first book to fully examine the intricate and often deadly interconnection between Russian rulers and Russian artists, cultural historian Solomon Volkov brings to life the experiences that inspired artists like Tolstoy, Stravinsky, Akhmatova, Nijinsky, Nabokov, and Eisenstein to create some of the greatest masterpieces of our time. Epic in scope and intimate in detail, The Magical Chorus is the definitive account of a remarkable era in Russia's complex cultural life.…

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