Russian Historical Fiction Literature

Anna, a young countess, has lived in the glittering city of St Petersburg all her life in an ice-blue palace overlooking the River Neva. But when revolution tears Russia apart, her now-penniless family is forced to flee to England. Armed with an out-of-date book on housekeeping, Anna determines to become a housemaid and she finds work at the Earl of Westerholme's crumbling but magnificent mansion.

St. Petersburg, 1725. Peter the Great lies dying in his magnificent Winter Palace. The weakness and treachery of his only son has driven his father to an appalling act of cruelty and left the empire without an heir. Russia risks falling into chaos. Into the void steps the woman who has been by his side for decades: his second wife, Catherine Alexeyevna, as ambitious, ruthless, and passionate as Peter himself.

"Белая гвардия" - роман Михаила Афанасьевича Булгакова, описывающий события Гражданской войны на Украине в конце 1918 года.

На сей раз действие романа разворачивается в далеком 1877 году, в самый разгар русско-турецкой войны. Девушки, путешествующие в это неспокойное время в одиночестве, очень рискуют, особенно если они делают это, переодевшись в мужской костюм, как главная героиня романа - Варвара Суворова.

From an internationally acclaimed author Elvira Baryakina, who masterfully blends in multicultural backgrounds, flamboyant characters of differing nationalities, and mesmerizing plot, comes a new historical novel about an unthinkable turn of events in the early 1920s. White colonialists in Shanghai see themselves as an impregnable supreme race. But then, a horde of strangers enter the city and ruin the perfect world Europeans and Americans built for themselves in China.

A man wakes up in a hospital bed, with no idea who he is or how he came to be there. The only information the doctor shares with his patient is his name: Innokenty Petrovich Platonov. As memories slowly resurface, Innokenty begins to build a vivid picture of his former life as a young man in Russia in the early 20th century, living through the turbulence of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath. But soon, only one question remains: How can he remember the start of the 20th century, when the pills by his bedside were made in 1999?

From the author of the “fast-paced, heartbreaking, and hopeful” (Kristin Harmel, author of The Room on Rue Amélie) The Light After the War, a riveting and heartfelt story of a young woman recruited to be a spy for the resistance on the French Riviera during World War II.

Действие романа развивается параллельно в современной России и в России конца семнадцатого века. Английский историк Николас Фандорин, потомок знаменитого детектива Эраста Петровича Фандорина, идёт по следам своего предка, Корнелиуса фон Дорна.

Like a wave that, having crashed against the shore rocks, seashells, and crabs who fail to cling and are washed out to sea, so the wave of immigration to Israel swept up everyone: those who were willing and those who were not, those with Jewishness in their soul, those Jewish by passport only, and even non-Jews - those who left out of necessity, following their husbands and wives, and those who were ready to leave for any price.

1905 год. Разгар Русско-японской войны. Между Москвой и Санкт-Петербургом разрушен Тезоименитский мост. Эраст Фандорин, сотрудник жандармско-полицейского управления железных дорог, занимающийся разработкой системы безопасности путей сообщения, сразу же предполагает теракт.

On the eve of his execution, in a desperate attempt to save the Romanov Dynasty, Tsar Nicholas II signs in secret his last Ukase, an irrevocable royal edict, bestowing untold riches and power on his legitimate heir, 'the one designated by blood'.

In Russian Winter, the beautiful debut novel by critically acclaimed writer Daphne Kalotay, a famed ballerina’s jewelry auction in Boston reveals long-held secrets of love and family, friendship and rivalry, harkening back to Stalinist Russia. Called “tender, passionate, and moving” by Jenna Blum, the New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us, Russian Winter is a perfect choice for fans of the novels of Debra Dean (The Madonnas of Leningrad), Ann Patchett (Bel Canto), and Ian McEwan (Atonement).

Первый вариант романа В круге первом был написан А.И. Солженицыным в 1955-1958 годы без какой-либо надежды на публикацию. В 1964 году Солженицын переделал роман, надеясь напечатать его легально. В новой редакции неприемлемые для цензуры места были изъяты или сглажены.

Он брутален и неотразим. Перед его чарами не может устоять ни одна особа женского пола. Он выходец из интеллигентной петербургской среды. Ненавидит предателей и провокаторов и уверен, что все силы мы черпаем из любви и ненависти. Он обладает удивительным даром - читать мысли людей.

Москва. 1882 год. После шести лет службы в российском посольстве в Японии, Фандорин снова приезжает на Родину. Сразу же по прибытию, он узнает о смерти своего давнего друга генерала Соболева. В убийстве подозревается немецкая певица Ванда.

Мистический детектив. Россия. Начало XIX века. Молодой Владимир Даль, военный врач, пылко интересующийся русским языком и культурой, совершает вынужденное и очень опасное путешествие из Дерпта в Петербург. Каждая серия – новое таинственное медицинское расследование.

On Christmas Day, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev delivered a ten-minute televised speech announcing his resignation as Soviet president. Moments later, with little pomp and less circumstance, the red flag was lowered from its floodlit perch atop the Kremlin, and the Soviet Union ceased to exist. Into the vacuum—before a new democracy had time to put down roots—surged the Russian mafia, supplying what the new state could not: krysha, or “roof”—protection for the privately owned businesses sprouting across the country.

Действие нового романа развивается параллельно: в последний год царствования Екатерины Великой и в начале XXI века. Семилетний вундеркинд по имени Митридат становится свидетелем заговора против императрицы.

When Arkady Petrovich returns home from college, his father finds his eager, naïve son changed almost beyond recognition, for the impressionable Arkady has fallen under the powerful influence of the friend he has brought home with him. A self-proclaimed nihilist, the ardent young Bazarov shocks Arkady's father with his determination to overthrow the traditional values of society. Vividly capturing the hopes and fears of a changing Russia in the 19th century, Fathers and Sons is Ivan Turgenev's masterpiece. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

Arguably Turgenev's greatest work and certainly one of the most controversial Russian novels ever written, Fathers and Sons incited protests from all branches of Russian society. Turgenev dramatized the volcanic issues that divided a Russia torn by social unrest and conflict: peasants against masters, generations against generations, and fathers against sons.