Potemkin
Potemkin

Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 682

ISBN-13: 1400077176

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A racy page-turning history of one of Russia's greatest leaders explores the life and incredible career of Potemkin, lover of Catherine the Great and architect of Russian imperial power. Originally published as Prince of Princes. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

The Prince of Princes
The Prince of Princes

Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2001-11-07

Total Pages: 692

ISBN-13: 9780312278151

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A history of one of Russia's greatest leaders explores the life and career of Potemkin, lover of Catherine the Great and architect of Russian imperial power.

Catherine the Great & Potemkin
Catherine the Great & Potemkin

Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2021-08-04

Total Pages: 689

ISBN-13: 0593467914

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From the author of The Romanovs: a vivid account of history's most successful political partnership—as sensual and fiery as it was creative and visionary. Catherine the Great was a woman of notorious passion and imperial ambition. Prince Potemkin—wildly flamboyant and sublimely talented—was the love of her life and her co-ruler. Together they seized Ukraine and Crimea, territories that define the Russian sphere of influence to this day. Their affair was so tumultuous that they negotiated an arrangement to share power, leaving each of them free to take younger lovers. But these “twin souls” never stopped loving each other. Drawing on the pair’s intimate letters and on vast research, Simon Sebag Montefiore's widely acclaimed biography restores these imperial partners to their rightful place as titans of their age.

Red Mutiny
Red Mutiny

Author: Neal Bascomb

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2008-05-06

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 0547348452

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In 1905 more than seven hundred Russian sailors mutinied against their officers aboard the battleship Potemkin, one of the most powerful battleships in the world. Led by the charismatic firebrand Matyushenko, they risked their lives to take control of their ship and fly the red flag of revolution. What followed was a violent port-to-port chase that spanned eleven harrowing days and came to symbolize the Russian Revolution itself. This pulse-pounding story alternates between the opulent court of Nicholas II and the drama on the high seas. Neal Bascomb combines extensive research and fresh information from Soviet archives to tell the true story of the deadliest naval mutiny in history. Red Mutiny is a terrific adventure filled with epic naval battles, heroic sacrifices, treachery, bloodlust, and the rallying cries of freedom.

The Post-Soviet Potemkin Village
The Post-Soviet Potemkin Village

Author: Jessica Allina-Pisano

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-09-24

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9780521879385

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In the 1990s, as the Soviet Empire lay in ruins, the Russian and Ukrainian governments undertook a project to dismantle the collective farm system that was created under Stalin and in the process privatize an expanse of farmland larger than Australia. Ordinary people were supposed to benefit from the reform, but local government leaders quietly rebelled against it. The end result was the dispossession of millions of rural people. This is the first book to explain why and how this happened through the perspective of a firsthand observer in the Black Earth region.