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The Silent Steppe

Author : Mukhamet Shai͡akhmetov
Publisher : Stacey International Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Silent Steppe written by Mukhamet Shai͡akhmetov and published by Stacey International Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Here is a rare book. It is the first-person story of Mukhamet Shayakhmetov, born into a family of nomadic Kazakh herdsmen in 1922, the year of the consolidation of Soviet rule across his people's vast steppe-land in central Asia, specifically eastern Kazakhstan." "Thus was brought to an end, with dread ideological ruthlessness, a way of life of sanctified interdependence between man and nature. Designated as a kulak, Mukhamet's father was imprisoned as 'an enemy of the people', and his family were stripped of all possessions, including livestock, and ostracised." "Collectivisation of agriculture was forcibly imposed, and famine ensued. In the years 1932-34 alone, well over a million Kazakhs died: more than a quarter of the indigenous population across a territory as great as western Europe. Of all this, the outside world knew - or chose to know - nothing." "Somewhat as Wild Swans laid bare the truth of Mao's China, so The Silent Steppe awakens the reader to the scale of suffering of millions in Soviet central Asia under Stalin." "Shayakhmetov takes his story to his recruitment in the Red Army, his wounding at Stalingrad, and his long trek home as a discharged solider at the age of 21. He is today in his mid-eighties."--BOOK JACKET.

A Kazakh Teacher's Story

Author : Mukhamet Shayakhmetov
Publisher : Stacey International Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781906768768
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (687 download)

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Download or read book A Kazakh Teacher's Story written by Mukhamet Shayakhmetov and published by Stacey International Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title begins where 'The Silent Steppe' left off. It is 1945, and Mukhamet has travelled back to his home village in the eastern Kazakhstan steppe. Encountering scenes of desperate poverty, he realises the sacrifices made by local people. His insights portray a personal picture of life under Stalin and his pervading shadow.

The Hungry Steppe

Author : Sarah Cameron
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501730452
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Hungry Steppe written by Sarah Cameron and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hungry Steppe examines one of the most heinous crimes of the Stalinist regime: the Kazakh famine of 1930–33. More than 1.5 million people, a quarter of Kazakhstan's population, perished. Yet the story of this famine has remained mostly hidden from view. Sarah Cameron reveals this brutal story and its devastating consequences for Kazakh society. Through extremely violent means, the Kazakh famine created Soviet Kazakhstan, a stable territory with clear boundaries that was an integral part of the Soviet economy; and it forged a new Kazakh national identity. But ultimately, Cameron finds, neither Kazakhstan nor Kazakhs themselves integrated into Soviet society the way Moscow intended. The experience of the famine scarred the republic and shaped its transformation into an independent nation in 1991. Cameron examines the Kazakh famine to overturn several assumptions about violence, modernization, and nation-making under Stalin, highlighting the creation of a new Kazakh national identity and how environmental factors shaped Soviet development. Ultimately, The Hungry Steppe depicts the Soviet regime and its disastrous policies in a new and unusual light.

A Book of Silence

Author : Sara Maitland
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1619021420
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book A Book of Silence written by Sara Maitland and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personal and cultural exploration of silence and its value in our lives—“[an] artful book, mixing autobiography, travel writing, meditation, and essay” (Independent, UK). In her late forties, after a noisy upbringing as one of six children and adulthood as a vocal feminist and mother, Sara Maitland found herself living alone in the country and, to her surprise, falling in love with silence. In this fascinating, intelligent, and beautifully written book, Maitland describes how she began to explore this new love, spending periods of silence in the Sinai desert, the Scottish hills, and a remote cottage on the Isle of Skye. Maitland also delves deep into the rich cultural history of silence, exploring its significance in fairy tale and myth, its importance to the Western and Eastern religious traditions, and its use in psychoanalysis and artistic expression. Her story culminates in her building a hermitage on an isolated moor in Galloway. “Her book is probably unique in its subject, and timely, because good, healing silence is becoming hard to find, and we may not know we need it” (Guardian, UK).

Dimitrov and Stalin

Author : Georgi Dimitrov
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300080212
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dimitrov and Stalin written by Georgi Dimitrov and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bulgarian Georgi Dimitrov, Stalin's close confidant and trusted ally, served as secretary general of the Communist International (Comintern) from 1934 to its dissolution in 1943. In this collection of more than fifty top-secret letters, the real workings of the Comintern emerge clearly for the first time. Drawn from classified Soviet archives only recently opened to Russian and American scholars, these letters offer unique insights into Soviet foreign policy and Stalin's attitudes and intentions while the Great Terror of the 1930s was in progress and in the years leading up to the Second World War. Annotated by the editors to provide the historical context in which these letters were written, the collection is vivid and startlingly significant. The letters confirm the complete dependence of the Comintern on the Kremlin, while also exposing bureaucratic maneuvering, backbiting, and jockeying for influence. These messages cast much light on the Soviet confusion about policies toward foreign Communist parties, and they uncover the extent to which Stalin shaped the Comintern. Stalin's perspectives on America, French communism, and the Spanish Civil War are recorded, as are his differences with Mao Zedong and with Marshal Tito at important turning points. With the publication of these letters, the history of twentieth-century communism gains authentic evidence about a critical decade.

The Stalin Phenomenon

Author : Jean Elleinstein
Publisher : London : Lawrence and Wishart
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Stalin Phenomenon written by Jean Elleinstein and published by London : Lawrence and Wishart. This book was released on 1976 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Stories of the Steppe

Author : Maksim Gorky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stories of the Steppe written by Maksim Gorky and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Mammoth Book of Muhammad Ali

Author : David West
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1849017352
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Muhammad Ali written by David West and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games to his defeat of Sonny Liston to claim the world heavyweight championship in 1964, the unforgettable 'Thrilla in Manila' against Joe Frazier and the 'Rumble in the Jungle' against George Foreman, 'The Greatest of All Time', Muhammad Ali, has captured the attention of the world. His conversion to Islam, his refusal to serve in the in the Vietnam War ('I ain't got no quarrel with them Vietcong') and his speaking tours in the 1960s have all contributed to his status as one of the most revered sporting figures ever. Here, drawn from books, specialist periodicals, newspapers, college magazines (covering his speaking tours) and the work of major literary figures such as Thomas Hauser is the biggest and best collection ever of writing on 'The Greatest'.

Dreaming of Samarkand

Author : Martin Booth
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Dreaming of Samarkand written by Martin Booth and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1989 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the relationship between the poet James Elroy Fleeker and T.E. Lawrence, as lovers and as fellow spies. Author of H̀iroshima Joe'.

On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House

Author : Peter Handke
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 146689539X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House written by Peter Handke and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2015-12-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House is Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke's evocative, moving, often fantastic, short novel about one man's conflict with himself and his journey toward resolution. During one night shift, an unnamed, middle-aged pharmacist in Taxham, an isolated suburb of Salzburg, tells his story to a narrator. The pharmacist is known and well-respected, but lonely and estranged from his wife. He feels most comfortable wandering about in nature, collecting and eating hallucinogenic mushrooms. One day he receives a blow to the head that leaves him unable to speak, and the narrative is transformed from ironic description into a collection of sensual impressions, observations and reflections. The pharmacist, who is now called the driver, sets out on a quest, travelling into the Alps with two companions—a former Olympic skiing champion and a formerly famous poet--where he is beaten and later stalked by a woman. He drives through a tunnel and has a premonition of death, then finds himself in a surreal, foreign land. In a final series of bizarre, cathartic events, the driver regains his speech and is taken back to his pharmacy—back to his former life, but forever changed. A powerful, poetic exploration of language, longing and dislocation in the human experience, On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House reveals Handke at his magical best.

Russia in World History

Author : Choi Chatterjee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350026433
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Russia in World History written by Choi Chatterjee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russia in World History uses a comparative framework to understand Russian history in a global context. The book challenges the idea of Russia as an outlier of European civilization by examining select themes in modern Russian history alongside cases drawn from the British Empire. Choi Chatterjee analyzes the concepts of nation and empire, selfhood and subjectivity, socialism and capitalism, and revolution and the world order in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. In doing so she rethinks many historical narratives that bluntly posit a liberal West against a repressive, authoritarian Russia. Instead Chatterjee argues for a wider perspective which reveals that imperial practices relating to the appropriation of human and natural resources were shared across European empires, both East and West. Incorporating the stories of famous thinkers, such as Leo Tolstoy, Emma Goldman, Wangari Maathai, Arundhati Roy, among others. This unique interpretation of modern Russia is knitted together from the varied lives and experiences of those individuals who challenged the status quo and promoted a different way of thinking. This is a ground-breaking book with big and provocative ideas about the history of the modern world, and will be vital reading for students of both modern Russian and world history.

Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China, 1844-1846

Author : Evariste Régis Huc
Publisher : Arkose Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China, 1844-1846 written by Evariste Régis Huc and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 1928 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Fragile Empire

Author : Ben Judah
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300185251
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Fragile Empire written by Ben Judah and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A beautifully written and very lively study of Russia that argues that the political order created by Vladimir Putin is stagnating” (Financial Times). From Kaliningrad on the Baltic to the Russian Far East, journalist Ben Judah has traveled throughout Russia and the former Soviet republics, conducting extensive interviews with President Vladimir Putin’s friends, foes, and colleagues, government officials, business tycoons, mobsters, and ordinary Russian citizens. Fragile Empire is the fruit of Judah’s thorough research: A probing assessment of Putin’s rise to power and what it has meant for Russia and her people. Despite a propaganda program intent on maintaining the cliché of stability, Putin’s regime was suddenly confronted in December 2011 by a highly public protest movement that told a different side of the story. Judah argues that Putinism has brought economic growth to Russia but also weaker institutions, and this contradiction leads to instability. The author explores both Putin’s successes and his failed promises, taking into account the impact of a new middle class and a new generation, the Internet, social activism, and globalization on the president’s impending leadership crisis. Can Russia avoid the crisis of Putinism? Judah offers original and up-to-the-minute answers. “[A] dynamic account of the rise (and fall-in-progress) of Russian President Vladimir Putin.” —Publishers Weekly “[Judah] shuttles to and fro across Russia’s vast terrain, finding criminals, liars, fascists and crooked politicians, as well as the occasional saintly figure.” —The Economist “His lively account of his remote adventures forms the most enjoyable part of Fragile Empire, and puts me in mind of Chekhov’s famous 1890 journey to Sakhalin Island.” —The Guardian

The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years

Author : Chingiz Aitmatov
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253058686
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years written by Chingiz Aitmatov and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " . . . a rewarding book." —Times Literary Supplement Set in the vast windswept Central Asian steppes and the infinite reaches of galactic space, this powerful novel offers a vivid view of the culture and values of the Soviet Union's Central Asian peoples.

A History of Land Use in Mongolia

Author : Elizabeth Endicott
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137269669
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book A History of Land Use in Mongolia written by Elizabeth Endicott and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of the pastoral nomadic way of life in Mongolia, this book examines the many challenges that Mongolian herders continue to face in the struggle over natural resources in the post-socialist free market era.

On the Trail of Genghis Khan

Author : Tim Cope
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408839881
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book On the Trail of Genghis Khan written by Tim Cope and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were the Mongols of the thirteenth century – a small tribe, which, under the charismatic leadership of Genghis Khan, created the largest contiguous land empire in history. Inspired by the extraordinary life nomads still lead today, Tim Cope embarked on a journey that hadn't been successfully completed since those times: to travel on horseback across the entire length of the Eurasian steppe, from Karakorum, the ancient capital of Mongolia, through Kazakhstan, Russia, Crimea and the Ukraine to the Danube River in Hungary. From horse-riding novice to travelling three years and 10,000 kilometres on horseback, accompanied by his dog Tigon, Tim learnt to fend off wolves and would-be horse-thieves, and grapple with the extremes of the steppe as he crossed sub-zero plateaux, the scorching deserts of Kazakhstan and the high-mountain passes of the Carpathians. Along the way, he was taken in by people who taught him the traditional ways and told him their recent history: Stalin's push for industrialisation brought calamity to the steepe and forced collectivism that in Kazakhstan alone led to the loss of several million livestock and the starvation of more than a million nomads. Today Cope bears witness to how the traditional ways hang precariously in the balance in the post-Soviet world.

Siberian Dream

Author : Irina Pantaeva
Publisher : Quill
ISBN 13 : 9780380793716
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book Siberian Dream written by Irina Pantaeva and published by Quill. This book was released on 1999-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A triumphant story of determination and passion, Siberian Dream is a tale of two worlds -- one in Siberia, one in America -- and a young woman with a heart and spirit big enough to span them both. Irina's story begins amid the final days of the Soviet Union. Born into an ancient indigenous Siberian culture, she came Of age with a rich heritage of spirituality often at odds with a world in which individuality was stifled and poverty was a way of life. Picked by a talent scout to star in a Soviet film, Irina came to Moscow, then made her way to Paris where she struggled to break into the fashion industry enduring rejection because her exotic beauty was not readily accepted. Finally, in New York, she found herself embraced by the open spirit and industry of America, her struggle to survive transformed into a meteoric rise in fashion and film.