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An account of the daily life of the political prisoners in the vast network of Russian prisons. Translat ed from the Russian by Thomas P. Whitney.

Translated by Constance Garnett ; edited and with a forward by Manuel Komroff.

Includes Catherine I, Anna Ioannovna, Anna Leopol'dovna, Elizabeth and Catherine the Great.

Presents Anton Chekov's classic drama about three sisters, Olga, Masha, and Irina, who dream of escaping from their dull lives and marriages in a small provincial garrison town to the far more exciting Moscow; and contains explanatory footnotes.

During her 44 years on the throne of England she made herself into the living symbol of her nation. Her reign is remembered as an era of victory, culture and discovery.

Discusses the topography, ethnic mixture, history, and current political situation of Russia, the largest republic in the former Soviet Union.

Recounts the story of the eighteenth-century Empress of Russia, describing her life as wife, mother, and ruler.