Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia

Beginning in the eighteenth century with the building of St. Petersburg and culminating with the Soviet regime, Figes examines how writers, artists, and musicians grappled with the idea of Russia itself--its character, spiritual essence, and destiny. Skillfully interweaving the great works--by Dostoevsky, Stravinsky, and Chagall--with folk embroidery, peasant songs, religious icons, and all the customs of daily life, Figes reveals the spirit of "Russianness" as rich and uplifting, complex and contradictory--and more lasting than any Russian ruler or state.

• A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891-1924
• The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture
• The Russia Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The World Readers)
• A Concise History of Russia (Cambridge Concise Histories)
• Boris Godunov and Other Dramatic Works (Oxford World's Classics)
• Russian History: A Very Short Introduction
• Everything Flows (New York Review Books Classics)
• Hadji Murat (Vintage Classics)
• Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A History
• Journey into the Whirlwind