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The Apartment: A Century of Russian History
The Apartment: A Century of Russian History | Alexandra Litvina
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20th-century Russian history comes to life through six generations of a family in their Moscow apartment The Apartment: A Century of Russian History explains the true history of 20th-century Russia through the fictitious story of a Moscow family and their apartment. The Muromtsev family have been living in the same apartment for more than a century, generation after generation. Readers are taken through different rooms and witness how each generation actually lived alongside the larger social and political changes that Russia experienced. A search-and-find element has readers looking for objects from page to page to see which items were passed down through the generations. Beautifully illustrated with minute details, this book helps readers engage with Russias history in an all new way. The book includes a timeline, glossary, bibliography, and index.
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jlhammar
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This graphic novel provides a nice overview of 20th-century Russian history. Follows the lives of the residents of one Moscow apartment from 1902 to 2002. Lots of fun, detailed artwork. Can be enjoyed by middle grade readers and adults alike.

Parvez Quite Interesting 10mo
Megabooks I‘m loving these great graphic novel recs. I have 3 checked out from the library now and am trying to read 2 a month. 10mo
jlhammar @Megabooks Have you tried Joe Sacco yet? This is one of my favorite works of graphic nonfiction from recent years 10mo
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jlhammar
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#bookmail part 1

The Darkshire book is so lovely and can‘t wait to try this graphic novel!

dabbe Gorgeous! 🤩 13mo
batsy The tagged book sounds so interesting! 13mo
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Adventures-of-a-French-Reader
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Very interesting book that retraces one century of Russian history (1902-2022) through the story of an apartment and its occupants.

Well constructed with lovely illustrations

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GatheringBooks
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#DivineDecember Day 9: I am fairly certain there are #Bells in this apartment complex steeped in history. 🔔
Recent book haul - review is forthcoming.

Eggs Perfect 👍🏼 1y
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