russia

In the Russian shtetl where she and her family live, Hannah is given a diary for her tenth birthday, and in it she records the dramatic story of her journey to America.

An old woman who was too busy to travel with the Wise Men to find the Child now searches endlessly for Him each Christmas season.

Chronicles the life of nineteenth-century Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky, who wrote "Swan Lake," "Sleeping Beauty," and "The Nutcracker.".

The life story of the Russian composer known for his musical innovations.

Prince Ivan wanders into an enchanted garden and, with the help of the magnificent Firebird, rescues a princess from an evil sorcerer.

Forced to marry an ugly frog, the youngest son of the queen is astounded to learn that the frog is really a beautiful princess.

A biography of Catherine the Great, discussing her eighteen-year effort to form alliances and gain power, which culminated with her seizing the throne from her husband, Peter III.

In 1897, fifteen-year-old Reuven Bloom, a Russian Jew, must set aside his dreams of playing the violin in order to save himself and his baby sister after the rest of their family is murdered.

Presents an illustrated introduction to the life and career of Russian-born artist Marc Chagall, discussing his participation in the art community of Paris in the early twentieth century, his marriages and children, and his work in Germany, France, Russia, and the United States.

In mid-nineteenth century Russia, Mendel Cholinsky, a twelve-year-old Jewish boy tries to escape to America to avoid being taken into the Czar's army for twenty-five years of military service.