Here is a stunning introduction to the fascinating and diverse land of Russia. Color photographs of costumes, crafts, jewels and palaces offer an eyewitness view of Russia and the lives of its inhabitants through the ages. See a Mongol warrior's suit of armor, the diamond-encrusted crown jewels, and the spectacular architecture of Russia's most famous cities. Learn about the sinister secret police, about the opulent and extravagant life-styles of the tsars, why the peasant, Pugachev, was locked up in a cage, and about the Bolsheviks.

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