[PDF] The Story Of Moscow Classic Reprint eBook

Author : Wirt Gerrare
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 18,57 MB
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780267566228

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Excerpt from The Story of Moscow It is difficult for one not of the Eastern Church to write justly of Russian Ecclesiasticism an alien, how ever carefully he may observe, is liable to obtain faulty impressions and make erroneous deductions; so to me any criticism seems an impertinence. I have tried to present its artistic phases fairly, but am conscious that the ninth chapter is the least satisfactory of all that I have written. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Willoughby Gardner
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 34,8 MB
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780267627134

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Excerpt from The Russian Historical Museum at Moscow T has been said that the proper study of man kind is man. This may be interpreted as meaning not only man as he is now, but man' as he has been during the long centuries of which we have a written record, and man as he was in ages past, before the dawn of history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : R. Van Bergen
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 36,64 MB
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : History
ISBN :

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Story of Russia" by R. Van Bergen. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : G. A. Henty
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 33,49 MB
Release : 2017-11-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780331880540

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Enjoy this freezing adventure from a master of historical fiction, G. A. Henty. Both sides of this famous military disaster are represented as our two heros battle against both people and the dangers of a Russian Winter during Napoleon's ill fated invasion and retreat. The historical background is meticulously researched and the story is fantastic. The two protagonists are heros of the old school - courageous, honest and humble, as well as inventive enough to rise above the many dangers and misfortunes they face. Henty was a prolific writer, particularly of historical adventures, and his prose is clear and direct. He influenced many later writers and is known for his strong right wing political views. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Hilaire Belloc
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 37,93 MB
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780331644494

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Excerpt from The Campaign of 1812 and the Retreat From Moscow That clattering of horses' hoofs and of wheels in the cool daybreak was the first action in the catastrophe of his creative mission and personal fate. He and the horsemen with him were setting out for the Niemen. Their departure and the moment of it were a signal that the advance upon Russia had begun. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Robert Van Bergen
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 42,41 MB
Release : 2017-12-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780484166065

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Excerpt from The Story of Russia Russia in Europe, however, with the exception Of Poland and Finland, is a country with one religion and one language: that is, the czar and his government recog nize and admit no other. That is the cause Of the perse cution Of the Jews, four fifths of whom dwell in the Southwest Of Russia in an area covering square miles, which is sometimes mentioned as the jewish terri tory. Every succeeding czar has tried to make all his subjects think and act in the manner prescribed by him. The process is known as Russianizing. And goes on incessantly in its different stages. Immediately after the conquest of a country, its people are assured that their religion, institutions, and language, shall be respected: the only difference is that the native Officials are displaced by Russians. This continues until Russian rule is firmly established, and no one dreams of resisting the czar. Then the Russian language displaces the native tongue, and if disturbances occur, the military is called in to inflict a terrible punishment. The loss of the native language carries with it that Of old institutions, and when the people have submitted to their fate, it is the turn of their religion. The Russian is in no hurry; he has a conviction that time has no changes in store for his empire, hence he bides his time, and is likely to succeed in his purpose. This process is now carried on in Central Asia where Russian power has found its greatest expansion in modern times. It is but fair to admit that Russian absorption there has been highly beneficial because robber tribes were reduced to law and order. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Guillermo Erades
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 37,28 MB
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0374714304

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Tuesday night: vodka and dancing at the Hungry Duck. Wednesday morning: posing as an expert on Pushkin at the university. Thursday night: more vodka and girl-chasing at Propaganda. Friday morning: a hungover tour of Gorky's house. Martin came to Moscow at the turn of the millennium hoping to discover the country of Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and his beloved Chekhov. Instead he found a city turned on its head, where the grimmest vestiges of Soviet life exist side by side with the nonstop hedonism of the newly rich. Along with his hard-living expat friends, Martin spends less and less time on his studies, choosing to learn about the Mysterious Russian Soul from the city's unhinged nightlife scene. But as Martin's research becomes a quest for existential meaning, love affairs and literature lead to the same hard-won lessons. Russians know: There is more to life than happiness. Back to Moscow is an enthralling story of debauchery, discovery, and the Russian classics. In prose recalling the neurotic openheartedness of Ben Lerner and the whiskey-sour satire of Bret Easton Ellis, Guillermo Erades has crafted an unforgettable coming-of-age story and a complex portrait of a radically changing city.

Author : Andrey Platonov
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 21,74 MB
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1590175859

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An NYRB Classics Original Moscow Chestnova is a bold and glamorous girl, a beautiful parachutist who grew up with the Revolution. As an orphan, she knew tough times—but things are changing now. Comrade Stalin has proclaimed that “Life has become better! Life has become merrier!” and Moscow herself is poised to join the Soviet elite. But her ambitions are thwarted when a freak accident propels her flaming from the sky. A new, stranger life begins. Moscow drifts from man to man, through dance halls, all-night diners, and laboratories in which the secret of immortality is actively being investigated, exploring the endless avenues and vacant spaces of the great city whose name she bears, looking for happiness, somewhere, still. Unpublishable during Platonov’s lifetime, Happy Moscow first appeared in Russian only in 1991. This new edition contains not only a revised translation of Happy Moscow but several related works: a screenplay, a prescient essay about ecological catastrophe, and two short stories in which same characters reappear and the reader sees the mind of an extraordinary writer at work.