Before 1850

The knout and the Russians; or, The Muscovite empire, the Czar, and his people
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Imperial Russia and Muscovy

These books mostly cover the Russian Empire and its rulers, established after the reforms of Peter the Great and the building of St. Petersburg....

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A satirical first-person account of the live of Ivan Vejeeghen (commonly spelled Vyzhigin), a Russian orphan peasant growing up in the early 19th century. The novel is considered to be the first Russian best-seller, quickly outselling in Russia...

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History of the expedition to Russia, undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon, in the year 1812
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Nineteenth Century Russian Military History

Several volumes in French, Russian, and English, with accounts of military events in Russia in the nineteenth century, including...

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Русскiя народныя сказки (Том 1); Russian Folk Tales (Vol. 1)
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Russian Folk and Fairy Tales

Four collections of Russian "Skazki" - folk tales and fairy tales - from the nineteenth and early twentieth century. One book is in English, two...

Поэт-пророк: памяти А. А. Блока; Poet-Prophet: In Memory of A. A. Blok
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Poetry

Several books of poetry and about poetry from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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Московская справочная книжка; A Moscow Reference Book
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Souvenir Books

Several souvenir books with illustrations and photographs of various cities and tourist sites (Достопримечательности) in Russia and the former Soviet Union....

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Travels in Siberia
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Travel Literature in English and Russian
The titles in this bibliography consist of nineteenth century and early twentieth century literature about travels in various parts of...

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