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The Diary of Olga Romanov: Royal Witness to the Russian Revolution: With Excerpts from Family Letters and Memoirs of the Period by 
The Last of theTtsars : Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution by 
Russia: A 1,000-Year Chronicle of the Wild East by 
Optical Play: Glass, Vision, and Spectacle in Russian Culture by 
Architecture of Oblivion: Ruins and Historical Consciousness in Modern Russia by 
The Holy Place: Architecture, Ideology, and History in Russia by 
Food Culture in Russia and Central Asia by 
High Society Dinners by You can find additional "Taste of Russia" episodes on YouTube!
Bibliographer
Dennis Hyde, Slavic Studies Librarian
Originally created by Deborah Bishov
New selections and annotations by
Mia Capozzoli, Liaison Services
Edited by Rebecca Stuhr
Director, Liaison Services
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From Byzantium to Holy Russia: Nikodim Kondakov (1844-1925) and The Invention of the Icon by 
Russia: Art, Royalty, and the Romanovs by 
The Russian Canvas: Painting in imperial Russia, 1757-1881 by 
Before I Croak: A Novel by 
War and Peace by 
Anna Karenina by 
The Brothers Karamazov by 
Piano Makers in Russia in the Nineteenth Century by 
Punk in Russia: Cultural Mutation from the 'Useless' to the 'Moronic' by 
Fandom, Authenticity, and Opera: Mad Acts and Letter Scenes in Fin-De-Siècle Russia by 
The Russian "House": An Examination of Post-Soviet Russian Culture in the Times of Putin by 
Russia After 2012: From Putin to Medvedev to Putin - Continuity, Change, or Revolution? by 
Material Culture in Russia and the USSR: Things, Values, Identities by 
Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today by 
Swans of the Kremlin: Ballet and Power in Soviet Russia by Alexander Sokurov’s masterpiece is a multi-award winning film consisting of one unbroken camera shot that moves through St. Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum. Glides through 33 rooms of the Hermitage, moving in and out of cathedral-like galleries, opulent ballrooms and shadowy corridors and workrooms, three centuries of Russian history and European art are compressed into a single 96 minute shot. Get the DVD here!
Russian Ark: Aleksandr Sokurov by 