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The Empire Must Die: The Brief Flowering and Brutal Demise of Russian Civil Society, 1900-1918 | Mikhail Zygar

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Interesting and informative although a bit dense at times (it read like a text book). Recommend for any history lovers.

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The Firebird and Other Russian Fairy Tales | Boris Vasil?evich Zvorykin, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

While reading The Tale of The Firebird for #ChildrensClassicRead2025 , I came across the Russian fairytale that one of my favorite books, The Snowchild is based upon!
I love a literary surprise!
What Serendipity! 🇷🇺🤍💙❤️ 🇷🇺

TheBookHippie

TheBookHippie Oh how lovely!!!!! 5d

tpixie @TheBookHippie 🤍 ⛄️ 🤍 5d

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tpixie

Tale of the Firebird | Gennady Spirin

This is interesting!
The illustrator is a master of Russian decorative art, one of the last most impressive artists in the great Russian tradition of book illustration. He left Russia after the Revolution & settled in Paris. He translated 4 Russian fairytales into French, writing them out in beautiful calligraphy & illustrating them on heavy vellum pages
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#ChildrensClassicRead2025

TheBookHippie

tpixie which he then bound in red Moroccan leather embossed with Russian motifs. It was a gift to his employer at a publishing house in gratitude for a new life. It was brought to the attention of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who edited it & published it with illustrations reproduced from the original art. She also wrote the Introduction. (edited) 6d

MariaW I have an older version at home. It is well-thumbed, but very dear. 6d

tpixie @MariaW lovely 🥰 6d

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Velvetfur That sounds fantastic! I've stacked it, thank you! 5d

tpixie @Velvetfur 🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 5d

TheBookHippie I just love this. 5d

tpixie @TheBookHippie 🐦‍🔥🧡❤️🐦‍🔥 5d

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tpixie

Tale of the Firebird | Gennady Spirin

After cleaning the house I‘m going to settle down a bit and read June‘s #ChildrensClassicRead2025
I have 2 physical books & one ebook.
I also am going to read about Baba Yaga that‘s included in the ebook.

TheBookHippie

TheBookHippie Yay!!!! 5d

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bookandbedandtea

WHEEL OF FORTUNE | Thane Gustafson

Here are June's #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin @TheAromaofBooks 😊

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Susanna Kearsley is one of those authors who writes books I don't think I should like, but I've loved the ones I've read 😂 Haven't read that one yet though!! 2w

bookandbedandtea @TheAromaofBooks 😂 I usually enjoy her books so I'm ready to read this one, even though the synopsis doesn't totally pull me in. I probably wouldn't have gotten it if it wasn't her! 2w

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