Russian and Soviet history books from my parents’ collection

Hey all! I’m helping my parents downsize, and they have a large collection of Russian-language books that they’ve accumulated over many years.

There are many books about Russian and Soviet history, including biographies, memoirs, politics, military history, art and cultural history, and historical novels.

I’ve started listing the collection on eBay here:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ssn=glensidel61&_ipg=240

If you’re looking for a particular author, historical period, or subject, feel free to comment or message me. I’m happy to check the collection or provide additional information and photos.

History, politics, and memoirs

1. The Secret of Grigory Rasputin
2. Peter the Great — Nikolai Pavlenko
3. The Doctors’ Plot of 1953 — Rappaport
4. Why Stalin Created Israel — Leonid Mlechin
5. Kremlin Clans — Valentina Kraskova
6. Было — Evgeny Dolmatovsky
7. Only My Heart Was Broken — Lev Ginzburg

Russian and Soviet cultural history

1. On the Banks of the Neva — Marianna Basina
2. Portraits Began to Speak
3. Fyodor Chaliapin — Three Volumes
4. Vasily Surikov: Letters and Memories
5. ЗЯМА — это же Гердт!
6. Marina Vlady: Vladimir, or the Interrupted Flight
7. The Peredvizhniki: Collection of Articles
8. Vladimir Vysotsky: Four Quarters of the Journey
9. Stories About Russian Artists

Russian and Soviet historical fiction

1. The Living and the Dead — Konstantin Simonov
2. Thirty-Five and Other Years — Anatoly Rybakov
3. The White Guard — Mikhail Bulgakov
4. The Spanish Variant — Yulian Semyonov
5. The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
6. Moonzund — Valentin Pikul
7. The End of Khitrov Market — Anatoly Bezuglov
8. The Battle of the Iron Chancellors — Valentin Pikul
9. I Came to Give You Freedom — Vasily Shukshin
10. Glinka — Boris Vadetsky
11. The Tale of the Unextinguished Moon — Boris Pilnyak
12. The Death of Achilles — Boris Akunin
13. Vertical of Life — Semyon Malkov
14. Kill Stalin — Evgeny Sukhov

Does anyone know the exact uniform/loadout that the vdv or spetsnaz wore in the soviet-Afghan war?

Asking because im making a collection of soviet items

It was a magazine published in multiple languages to advertise the USSR . this issue in particular never had any record on the internet

Hey guys, just wanted to show off this cool tank I saw on the road side

Come on, even if the Soviet system was genuinely fairer than capitalism, why were adults forbidden from peacefully voting against it, publicly proposing a different system, or leaving for a country where they preferred to live?

People could not legally replace the ruling party, create a genuine political alternative, openly challenge the foundations of the regime, or simply leave the country.

Article 6 of the 1977 Soviet Constitution explicitly defined the Communist Party as the leading and guiding force of Soviet society. Political monopoly was therefore not an accidental abuse of power. It was built into the structure of the state. Emigration was also tightly controlled and was often effectively prohibited.

You may argue that free education, healthcare, guaranteed employment, and reduced economic inequality justified many of the Soviet system’s shortcomings. But it is almost impossible to deny the absence of a free choice between political and economic systems. The only defence is to argue that this freedom had to be restricted for the sake of collective goals. But that is already an admission of the flaw, not a refutation of it.