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_aDK510.29 _b.P65 2011 |
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100 | 1 | _aPolonsky, Rachel | |
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_aMolotov's magic lantern _b: travels in Russian history _c/ Rachel Polonsky |
250 | _a1st American ed. | ||
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_aNew York _b: Farrar, Straus and Giroux _c, 2011. |
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_a390p. _b: maps _c; 25 cm. |
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500 | _a"Originally published in 2010 by Faber and Faber Ltd., Great Britain as Molotov's magic lantern : a journey in Russian history"--T.p. verso. | ||
504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _aPrologue -- Romanov -- Apartment 61 -- The banya -- Lutsino -- Mozzhinka -- Novgorod -- Staraya Russa -- Rostov-on-Don -- Taganrog -- Vologda -- Archangel -- Murmansk and Barentsburg -- Arshan and Irkutsk -- Ulan Ude and Kyakhta -- Epilogue. | |
520 | _aAfter moving to Moscow, British journalist Polonsky discovers the apartment of Stalin's henchman, Vyacheslav Molotov, and uncovers an extensive library and an old lantern--two things that lead her on a journey throughout Russia, which ultimately renews her vision of the country and its people. | ||
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_aMolotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich _d, 1890-1986 |
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_aAuthors, Russian _y-20th century |
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_aCommunism _z-Soviet Union |
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_aRussia (Federation) _x-Description and travel |
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_aMoscow (Russia) _x--History |
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