'This exciting and provocative book blows apart misconceptions about the Russian past' Lara Douds, Times Higher Education Russia is an exceptional country, the biggest in the world. It is both European and exotic, powerful and weak,...

'Superb... Immensely important... This is a tragic story, and Smith tells it magnificently' The Telegraph One of the most anticipated books of 2026 according to Financial Times and New Statesman An extraordinarily atmospheric and...