Tag Archives: Russia

Book Review: Leningrad: State Of Siege

Posted on September 20, 2024 by nathanalbright

Leningrad: State Of Siege, by Michael Jones The siege of Leningrad was one of the epic examples of urban warfare, of a sort, in World War II, but unlike the case of Stalingrad (to give but one example), its epic … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Bloody White Baron

Posted on September 5, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Bloody White Baron: The Extraordinary Story Of The Russian Nobleman Who Became The Last Khan Of Mongolia, by James Palmer It is difficult to fully understand why the author so deeply hates the subject of this book so much. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Short History Of Russia

Posted on August 16, 2024 by nathanalbright

A Short History Of Russia: How The World’s Largest Country Invented Itself, From The Pagans To Putin, by Mark Galeotti This book is a deeply interesting one, and being as short as it is, it makes no pretenses to being … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Russia

Posted on February 19, 2024 by nathanalbright

Russia: The Once And Future Empire Form Pre-History To Putin, by Philip Longworth This book was published in 2005, and reading it nearly 20 years later is a somewhat strange experience, not least because the book is an unapologetic attempt to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Story Of Russia

Posted on December 5, 2023 by nathanalbright

The Story Of Russia, by Orlando Figues How do you write a concise book about Russian history that seeks to be relevant to a Western audience in explaining Russia’s own perspective while not making the book unreadable in its length? … Continue reading →

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Desperate Measures

Posted on May 11, 2022 by nathanalbright

It is our grave misfortune to be in a situation where desperation lies all around. A corrupt political class within the United States (known affectionately as the uniparty) appears to have decided that Ukraine is a suitable country to engage … Continue reading →

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On The Enduring Memory Of Russian Looting During Wartime

Posted on April 27, 2022 by nathanalbright

Yesterday evening at dinner, I started reading a book loaned to me by a friend of mine, and very early on the book I was struck by something that could have been written by a contemporary Ukranian citizen, that was … Continue reading →

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Ukraine: On Finding Identity In Negative Spaces

Posted on March 23, 2022 by nathanalbright

One of the aspects of Russia’s claims about the Ukraine that has struck me as being particularly unrealistic is their denial of Ukrainian as a genuine identity. There has long been a habit of thinking among Russian leaders that those … Continue reading →

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Babies, Bathwater, And Babel

Posted on March 15, 2022 by nathanalbright

For those of us who are interested in the Tower of Babel project [1], it is common that we will read writings that have been translated from Russian that seek to discuss the long-term history of human languages. Various different … Continue reading →

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A Moment For Sweden (And Finland)

Posted on March 1, 2022 by nathanalbright

Earlier today I read an article that made a great deal out of the efforts of Sweden to abandon its habit of neutrality and non-intervention in the wars around it to provide material support to Ukraine in their defensive war … Continue reading →

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