Richard Lourie: Putin

dissidence and

Kazakhstan and

Putin’s esteem for

Soviet economy and

Ukraine and

Sophia

Soros, George

Southern, Terry

Soviet Civilization (Sinyavsky)

Soviet Union, see Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Spiegel, Der

Stalin, Joseph

achievements of

Arctic and

collective agriculture and

comparisons between Hitler and

comparisons between Putin and

demise of

genetics and

iconoclasm and

Kazakhstan and

KGB and

Khrushchev’s denunciation of

oil and

Putin’s family connections with

Soviet national anthem and

statues of

Tatars and

Ukraine and

World War II and

Star Wars missile defense program

Stasi

Dresden and

and Green Beret bases in West Germany

Nazi criminals and

Putin’s bronze medal and

Stasi (Koehler)

Statoil

Steinbeck, John

Sweden

Sword and the Shield, The (Andrew and Mitrokhnin)

Sword and the Shield, The (miniseries)

Syria

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Talbott, Strobe

Taliban

Tamm, Igor

Tatars

Tatiana Café

Telegram

terrorists, terrorism

Chechnya and

China and

France and

Internet and

Kazakhstan and

and Law of the Sea Treaty

Mongols and

National Guard and

U.S. and

“Testament” (Shevchenko)

Thatcher, Margaret

Three Days of the Condor

Tiananmen Square

Tibet

Time Machine

Time of Troubles

Titanic

To Build a Castle (Bukovsky)

Tolstoy, Count Leo

Tretyakov, Sergei:

and capabilities of secret service

KGB and

Putin’s relationship with

U.S. defection of

Trotsky, Leon

Trump, Donald

Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin

Turkmenistan

Turks, Turkey

Uighurs

Ukraine

agriculture in

and collapse of Soviet Union

economy of

independence declared by

Kazakhstan and

language of

in myth and history

national anthem of

national liberation sought by

national poet of

nuclear weapons and

peasants of

Poland and

presidential elections in

as real country

revolution in

Russia and

split between east and west of

starvation in

World War II and

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Afghani war of

Andropov’s leadership in

and Arctic

and China

civil war in

collapse of

collective agriculture in

comparisons between East Germany and

comparisons between Russian Federation and

and coup against Gorbachev

defectors and asylum seekers from

dissidence in

and Doctors’ Plot

and Dresden

economy of

as evil empire

expansionism of

free elections in

genius for survival of

grain shortages of

and Hungarian Uprising

hybrid warfare of

and iconoclasm

illegal agents of

and Kaliningrad

and Kazakhstan

and military superiority of West

national anthem of

nostalgia for

and oil

organized crime in

peasants of

and political assassinations

population of

privatizing assets of

and Putin’s outing himself

Putin’s return to

and Putin’s writings on snitches

regular army of

and reuniting Germany

Russian Orthodox Church in

saints of

sciences and education in

scientific socialism as basis of

submarine transfers of

and television

trade of

transition to Russian Federation from

and Ukraine

U.S. relations with

and World War II

United Kingdom

Arctic and

Berezovsky’s life in

China and

exit from EU of

and pedophilia charges against Bukovsky

political assassinations and

Putin’s education and

Putin’s statism and

Ukraine and

World War II and

United Nations

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

United States

Arctic and

China and

as Cold War victor

and collapse of Soviet Union

comparisons between Russia and

defectors and asylum seekers in

gas and

Internet and

Kazakhstan and

and Law of the Sea Treaty

military equipment production of

oil and

organized crime in

politics in

Putin’s education and

Putin’s statism and

reuniting Germany and

Russian aircraft buzzing military ships and aircraft of

Russian-Chechen wars and

Russian presidential elections and

Russian relations with

Russian sanctions and

sciences in

slavery in

Snowden and

Soviet relations with

terrorism and

Ukraine and

World War II and

Usoltsev, Vladimir “Big Volodya”

Uzbekistan

VEB

Vickers, Michael G.

Victory Day

Vietnam

Vikings

V Kontakte (VK)

Vladimir of Kiev, Grand Prince

Voice of America

Volodin, Vyacheslav

Vonnegut, Kurt

Wang Haiyun

Wang Jisi

War and Peace (Tolstoy)

Warsaw Pact

Washington Post, The

Washington Station (Shvets)

Wiesenthal, Simon

WikiLeaks

Williams, Brad

Wolf, Markus

World Economic Forum

World War I

World War II

Arctic and

and comparisons between Hitler and Stalin

Dresden and

Leningrad and

oil and

Soviet casualties in

Ukraine and

Xi Jinping

Xinjiang

Yamani, Sheikh Ahmed Zaki

Yanayev, Gennady

Yanukovich, Viktor

Yeltsin, Boris

Chubais’s relationship with

comparisons between Putin and

corruption investigation of

and coup against Gorbachev

drunkenness of

and Loans for Shares

memoirs of

organized crime and

parliamentary opposition to

and presidential campaigns and elections

Putin as successor to

Putin’s prime minister appointment and

Putin’s relationship with

resignation of

and tank firing on parliament

Yugoslavia

Yukos

absorbed by Rosneft

Chevron’s merger with

Khodorkovsky’s ownership of

Zhivkov, Todor

Zolotov, Viktor

Zuchold, Klaus

Zukunft, Paul

Zyuganov, Gennady

Sakharov: A Biography

Hunting the Devil

Russia Speaks: An Oral History from the Revolution to the Present

Predicting Russia’s Future

Letters to the Future: An Approach to Sinyavsky-Tertz

A Hatred for Tulips

The Autobiography of Joseph Stalin

Zero Gravity

First Loyalty

Sagittarius in Warsaw

Memoirs by Andrei Sakharov

The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin by Vladimir Voinovich

Visions from San Francisco Bay by Czeslaw Milosz

My Century by Aleksander Wat

RICHARD LOURIEis the critically acclaimed author of both fiction and nonfiction, including The Autobiography of Joseph Stalin and Sakharov: A Biography . He has translated thirty books and served as Mikhail Gorbachev’s translator for The New York Times . His articles and reviews have appeared in many influential publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New Republic , and The Nation . He served as a consultant on Russia to Hillary Clinton during her 2008 presidential run. You can sign up for email updates here.