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Europe History 20th century Former Soviet republics Political science Philosophy Politics and government Presidents Presidents Russia (Federation) Biography Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich 1952- Russia (Federation) Russia (Federation) History Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991-Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich
Contents: The wood-sprite -- Russian spoken here -- Sounds -- Wingstroke -- Gods -- A matter of chance -- The seaport -- Revenge -- Beneficence -- Details of a sunset -- The thunderstorm -- La veneziana -- Bachmann -- The dragon -- Christmas -- A letter that never reached Russia -- The fight -- The return of Chorb -- A guide to Berlin -- A nursery tale -- Terror -- Razor -- The passenger -- The doorbell...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NABPutin, Vladimir Vladimirovich
Contents: Preface -- Principle [sic] figures in First Person -- The Son -- The Schoolboy -- The University Student -- The Young Specialist -- The Spy -- The Democrat -- The Bureaucrat -- The Family Man -- The Politician.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PUTKasparov, G. K. (Garri Kimovich)
Summary: The ascension of Vladimir Putin -- a former lieutenant colonel of the KGB -- to the presidency of Russia in 1999 was a strong signal that the country was headed away from democracy. Yet in the intervening years -- as America and the world's other leading powers have continued to appease him -- Putin has grown not only into a dictator but an international threat. With his vast resources and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.086 KASSummary: This program documents the achievements of the Russian avant-garde movement and the impact of the Russian Revolution, which at first nurtured modern art as an emblem of communist culture and then banned it in favor of socialist realism. Set within the context of the life of the pivotal art critic Nikolai Punin, the key events of the Lenin/Stalin years and the contributions of major artists such...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Author, lawyer, Marxist revolutionary, creator of the Soviet Communist Party, and founder of the U.S.S.R., Vladimir Lenin led the Bolsheviks and the Red Army. This Biography episode follows Lenin's revolutionary career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: In segment one of this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel and correspondent John Donvan investigate the endemic nature of corruption in Russia, where bribery is commonplace and paying protection money is considered a business expense. In segment two, Koppel and billionaire Boris Berezovsky, identified as the unseen force behind Vladimir Putin's rise to power, discuss Berezovsky's recent foray...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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O'Brien, Bridget
Summary: "On Febuary 24, 2022, Russian president Vladimir Putin announce that Russia would perform a special military operation in neighboring Ukraine. Within minutes Russian troops had invaded Ukraine and missles were flying. The world watched as the political, economic, and humanitarian fallout ensued. This series examines the war, the circumstances that led to it, and influential individals...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo & Daughters, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PUTRussian circles
Contents: I carpe -- Death rides a horse -- You already did -- New macabre.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mousetrap 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK RUSZygarʹ, Mikhail
Summary: "Charting the transformation of Vladimir Putin from a passionate fan of the West and a liberal reformer into a hurt and introverted outcast, All the Kremlin's Men is a historical detective story, full of intrigue and conspiracy. This is the story of the political battles that have taken place in the court of Vladimir Putin since his rise to power, and a chronicle of friendship and hatred...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.086 ZYGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Pol ZygarSylvan, Lu
Summary: "Learn about Putin's early life, how he became one of Russia's strongest presidents, and what has made him so controversial in current politics."--Publisher's website.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB PUTIN SYLSummary: Russian Revolution & Vladimir Lenin: Good close shot Lenin leaning from train to shake hands with people, soldiers, parade w/ lots of banners, Lenin speaking to crowd of Russian soldiers & sailors.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1917
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Igort
Summary: Graphic novelist Igort illuminates two harrowing moments in recent history--the Ukraine famine and the assassination of a Russian journalist.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.52 IGOSnoop Dogg
Contents: Don Doggy -- Da boss would like to see you -- Stoplight -- From tha chuuuch to da palace / feat. Pharrell -- I believe in you / feat. LaToiya Williams -- Lollipop / feat. Jay-Z, Soopafly, Nate Dogg -- Ballin' / feat. the Dramatics, Lil' Half Dead -- Beautiful / feat. Pharrell, Uncle Charlie Wilson -- Paper'd up / feat. Mr. Kane, Traci Nelson -- Wasn't your fault -- Boss playa -- Hourglass /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Priority 2002
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP SnoSorokin, Vladimir
Summary: "A dazzling, utterly distinctive saga from Russia's most celebrated-and most controversial-novelist. Vladimir Sorokin is one of Russia's most popular and provocative novelists. In his scabrous dystopian satire Day of the Oprichnik, American readers were introduced to his distinctive style, which combines an edgy avant-garde sensibility with a fondness for the absurd and even the grotesque-all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SORHorowitz, Vladimir
Contents: Disc 1. Polonaise in A-flat major, op. 53 "Heroic" ; Étude in E major, op. 10, no. 3 ; Étude in C-sharp minor, op. 10, no. 4 / Chopin. Poème in F-sharp major, op. 32, no. 1 / Scriabin. Arabeske in C major, op. 18 / Schumann. Sonata in E major, K. 531 ; Sonata in G major, K. 455 / Scarlatti. Impromptu in G-flat major, op. 90, no. 3 / Schubert. Etude-tableau in E-flat minor, op. 39, no. 5 /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Legacy 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL HORSummary: Fueled by surging oil and metal prices, the Russian economy once soared. Now, it borders on collapse-with dire global consequences. This CNBC Original documentary goes inside the crisis, profiling the nation's super-rich oligarchs, average Russians fighting for survival, and American companies that have bet big with investments in Russia. Several experts on the erstwhile superpower contribute...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Horowitz, Vladimir
Contents: Toccata in C major, op. 7 / Schumann (6:21) -- Etude in E major, op. 10, no. 3 / Chopin (3:33) -- Etude in D-sharp minor, op. 8, no. 12 / Scriabin (2:13) -- Etude in A-flat major, op. 72, no. 11 / Moskowski (1:27) -- Arabesque in C major, op. 18 / Schumann (7:11) -- Etude in G-flat major, op. 10, no. 5 / Chopin (1:35) -- Impromptu in G-flat major, op. 90, no. 3 / Schubert (5:50) -- Sonata in E...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS Records 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL HORMyers, Steven Lee
Summary: An epic tale of the path to power of Vladimir Putin, who emerged from obscurity to become one of the world's most conflicted and important leaders. Vladimir Putin rose out of Soviet deprivation to the pinnacle of influence in the new Russian nation. He came to office in 2000 as a reformer, cutting taxes and expanding property rights, bringing a measure of order and eventually prosperity to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PUTIN VLADIMIR MYEStakhnevich, Julia.
Summary: Whether you're planning a trip to Russia or adding a second language to your resume, this book will help you to: recognize and read Cyrillic letters; pronounce Russian words like a native; ask for directions, order dinner, and conduct business; and hold your own in a conversation. Includes step-by-step lessons in vocabulary, grammar, and conversation.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.782 STAKalz, Jill.
Summary: "Simple text paired with themed illustrations invite the reader to learn to speak Russian."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: No episode of history illustrates the interplay between violence and radical idealism more clearly than the overthrow of Russia’s czar and aristocracy. Using vivid reenactments and colorized archival footage, this program depicts the seizure of power by a political party which, although initially representing a small fraction of the Russian nation, rapidly engulfed it. Viewers learn about the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Investigates the theory that the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine had been orchestrated by the Soviet Union as a screen for the decommissioning of the Duga (i.e., Woodpecker) ballistic missle advance warning system (based in the vicinity of the reactor) because of the inevitable change in relations between Ukraine and what was soon to become post-Cold War Russia.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RUSNabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich
Summary: "The letters of the great writer to his wife--gathered here for the first time--chronicle a decades-long love story and document anew the creative energies of an artist who was always at work,"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 NABOram, Hiawyn.
Summary: A little girl with the advice of her wise doll, escape a terrifying witch and her toads.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 1998