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Author Topic: Russian Movies; Russian Literature Recommendations (eastern europe too  (Read 2193 times)

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Offline IAmZon

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I am sort of overdosing on Latin Culture in South America.  Nothing bad, just a little too much.

I would love recommendations on good movies; books; documentaries that present the Russian / Ukrainian / Eastern European culture.

I have watched Doctor Zhivago too many times:)

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I would love recommendations on good movies; books; documentaries that present the Russian / Ukrainian / Eastern European culture.
http://www.russianwomendiscussion.com/index.php?topic=8897.0 ;)
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Unfortunately this is a short list:

A History of Soviet Russia, M K Dziewanowski
Culture Shock, A Survival Guide, Anna Pavlovskaya *
Da to Nyet: Understanding Russians, Yale Richmond  *
Klass: How Russians Really Live, David K Willis *
Parting with Illusions, Vladimir Pozner
Perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev
Red Victory, W Bruce Lincoln (1917-1920 civil war)
Rulers and Victims : The Russians in the Soviet Union *
Shadow of the Winter Palace, Edward Crankshaw
The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin, Ian Schott
Moscow Correspondents, Whitman Bassow *
Private Life of Kim Philby, H Peake & M Lyubimov
The Russian Mind, Ronald Hingley *
The Russians, Hedrick Smith (1) *
The New Russians, Hedrick Smith (2) *
Two Lives, One Russia, Nicholas Daniloff
Анюта, Anton Chekhov
Death of Ivan Ilych, Leo Tolstoy
Grisha [Гриша], Anton Chekhov
Унтер Пришибеев, Anton Chekhov
Ванька, Anton Chekhov
War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy

I've put an * beside the ones I felt most helpful to your question.

It's easy to watch Russian movies on YouTube. Just type in "Russian movies with English subtitles" and lots will appear. Most are broken up into succeeding segments to get thru YouTube's time rules.
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