The Hampton Court Albums of Catherine the Great by Mikhail Piotrovsky and Mikhail Dedinkin Soviet history and fascinating new theories of

and fascinating new theories of revolutions

The Soviet Century traces all the continuities and ruptures that led from the founding revolution of October 1917 to the final collapse of the late 1980s and early 1990s

with reported conversation

the 'Diehards' and 'Tigers'

Yet Russia has no substitutes for oil and gas revenues

The Hampton Court Albums of Catherine the Great by Mikhail Piotrovsky and Mikhail Dedinkin Soviet history and fascinating new theories ofTwo albums of drawings by Capability Browns draughtsman, John Spyers, were recently discovered in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg and are here reproduced in their entirety. They are considered to be one of the most complete visual records of an historic landscape ever captured before photography. Purchased by Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, in the early 1780s, they lay forgotten for over 200 years. The 149 drawings mainly depict