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Robert Service

    October 29, 1947

    Robert William Service is celebrated as a poet of the North, whose work evokes the wild beauty and rugged life of the Klondike. Inspired by the landscape and local tales, Service captured the spirit of adventure and the era. His poetry, often characterized by a strong rhythm and vivid imagery, draws readers into the world of the gold rush and untamed wilderness. His distinctive style and thematic focus have cemented his legacy in Northern literature.

    Robert Service
    Kremlin Winter
    The Last of the Tsars : Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution
    Trotsky
    The Penguin History of Modern Russia
    Stalin. A biography
    The Best OF Robert Service
    • 2024

      Trocki jest prawdopodobnie najbardziej intrygującą, a z pewnością najbardziej mylnie ocenianą postacią wśród przywódców sowieckiej rewolucji. Utrwalany przez długie lata wizerunek rewolucjonisty, który został wygnany, a w końcu zamordowany przez Stalina, stanowił doskonały materiał na legendę. W ten sposób Trocki stał się w powszechnej świadomości przede wszystkim przeciwnikiem, a także ofiarą stalinowskiej dyktatury. Szybko zapomniano, że to właśnie on w latach dwudziestych nie tylko kładł fundamenty pod stalinizm, ale również marzył o marszu Armii Czerwonej przez Europę. Robert Service, jeden z najwybitniejszych sowietologów, zgromadził ogromną ilość - w dużej części nowych i nigdy wcześniej niepublikowanych - informacji i stworzył pierwszą pełną biografię Lwa Trockiego. To wielowymiarowy portret sowieckiego rewolucjonisty, bezwzględnego zbrodniarza, który miał nieszczęście wejść w konflikt z kimś silniejszym i tak samo opętanym przez szaleństwo czerwonego terroru i żądzę władzy.

      Trocki. Demon czerwonego terroru
    • 2024
    • 2023

      The great historian of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Russia returns with an enthralling revisionist history of the Russian Revolution.

      Blood on the Snow
    • 2022

      Putin rządzi Rosją już ponad 21 lat. Nic nie zapowiada, by to się miało szybko zmienić Potężne wojsko, wszechobecna propaganda i wszechwładne siły bezpieczeństwa. Ograniczanie wolności demokratycznych i obywatelskich, dobrze znany w krajach komunistycznych kult jednostki. Cyberprzestępstwa, zabójstwa polityczne i zbrojne ataki. Świat patrzy na współczesną Rosję z mieszaniną strachu, respektu i podziwu. Rosja ma wielkie pieniądze i silną armię. Rosja to Władimir Putin. Niewiele można mu zrobić i trzeba się z nim liczyć. Jak Polskę widzą z Kremla? Czego jeszcze nie wiemy o rządach Putina? Co sami Rosjanie myślą na temat własnego kraju? Robert Service, jeden z najwybitniejszych historyków specjalizujących się w dziejach Rosji i ZSRS, autor biografii Lenina, Stalina i Trockiego, w swojej najnowszej książce opisuje kulisy rządów człowieka, który nagiął do swej woli naród i dużą część świata. Rządzi Rosją niepodzielnie od ponad dwóch dekad i nie powiedział jeszcze ostatniego słowa.

      Na Kremlu wiecznie zima. Rosja za drugich rządów Putina - skladem, lehce poškozený kus
    • 2021

      The collection showcases beloved ballads by Robert Service, celebrated for capturing the spirit of the North. Illustrated with vibrant art by Marilen Van Nimwegen, it includes iconic works like "The Cremation of Sam McGee," reflecting Service's deep connection to the region during his time in Whitehorse. Known for his prolific writing into his eighties, Service's creative process was inspired by simple walks, leading to the spontaneous creation of poetry.

      The Best OF Robert Service
    • 2020

      A riveting account of Vladimir Putin's rule since his return to the Russian presidency in 2012.

      Kremlin Winter
    • 2017

      In March 1917, Nicholas II, the last Tsar of All the Russias, abdicated and the dynasty that had ruled an empire for three hundred years was forced from power by revolution. Now, on the hundredth anniversary of that revolution, Robert Service, the eminent historian of Russia, examines Nicholas's reign in the year before his abdication and the months between that momentous date and his death, with his family, in Ekaterinburg in July 1918. The story has been told many times, but Service's profound understanding of the period and his forensic examination of hitherto untapped sources, including the Tsar's diaries and recorded conversations, shed remarkable new light on his reign, also revealing the kind of ruler Nicholas believed himself to have been, contrary to the disastrous reality. The Last of the Tsars is a masterful study of a man who was almost entirely out of his depth, perhaps even willfully so. It is also a compelling account of the social, economic and political foment in Russia in the aftermath of Alexander Kerensky's February Revolution, the Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917 and the beginnings of Lenin's Soviet republic.

      The Last of the Tsars : Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution
    • 2011

      "In the immediate aftermath of the Revolution, the Western powers were anxious to prevent the spread of Bolshevism across Europe. Lenin and Trotsky were equally anxious that the Communist vision they were busy introducing in Russia should do just that. But neither side knew anything about the other. The revolution and Russia's withdrawal from the First World War had ensured a diplomatic exodus from Moscow and the usual routes to vital information had been closed off. Into this void stepped an extraordinary collection of opportunists, journalists and spies -- sometimes indeed journalists who were spies and vice versa: in Moscow Britain's Arthur Ransome, the American John Reed and Sidney Reilly -- 'Ace of Spies' -- all traded information and brokered deals between Russia and the West; in Berlin, Paris and London, the likes of Maxim Litvinov, Adolf Ioffe and Kamenev tried to infiltrate the political elite and influence foreign policy to the Bolsheviks' advantage. Robert Service, acclaimed historian and one of our finest commentators on matters Soviet, turns his meticulous eye to this ragtag group of people and, with narrative flair and impeccable research, reveals one of the great untold stories of the twentieth century. --Amazon.com.

      Spies and Commissars. Bolshevik Russia and the West
    • 2009

      This popular, concise and approachable text discusses the key debates and themes surrounding the Russian Revolution. The expanded fourth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated in the light of the latest research, and now features a new scene-setting Introduction and maps.

      The Russian Revolution, 1900-1927
    • 2009

      Trotsky

      A Biography

      • 624 pages
      • 22 hours of reading
      3.9(51)Add rating

      Revolutionary practitioner, theorist, factional chief, sparkling writer, ladies man (e.g., his affair with Frieda Kahlo), icon of the Revolution, anti-Jewish Jew, philosopher of everyday life, grand seigneur of his household, father and hunted victim, Trotsky lived a brilliant life in extraordinary times. Robert Service draws on hitherto unexamined archives and on his profound understanding of Russian history to draw a portrait of the man and his legacy, revealing that though his followers have represented Trotsky as a pure revolutionary soul and a powerful intellect unjustly hounded into exile by Stalin and his henchmen. The reality is very different, as this masterful and compelling biography reveals.

      Trotsky