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Verlag: John Murray, 2002
ISBN 10: 0719560276ISBN 13: 9780719560279
Anbieter: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, USA
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hardcover. Zustand: Very Good.
Verlag: John Murray Press, United Kingdom, 2002
ISBN 10: 0719560276ISBN 13: 9780719560279
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. To catch a Tartar: it has ever been thus when the Russian empire has sought to subdue the Chechens. The war continues to this day at inhuman cost in the valleys and mountains of the Caucasus. Sergei Novikov, a colonel and Arabist in the KGB, warned Chris Bird in 1993 not to go to the Caucasus, telling him he would be shot or kidnapped down the first side street. He spoke darkly of fellow agents travelling the region in armoured trains and of railway bandits working the Steppe. Chris Bird ignored his friend's advice and took his young family to the Georgian capital Tblisi, where he worked as a reporter. The nights were broken by gunfire, his flat lit by storm lanterns run on stolen jet fuel. The anarchy on the streets outside his courtyard and across the turbulent Caucasus mountains was reminiscent of revolutionary Russia, and the Russian soldiers driving off to the front to start a new war in Chechnya brought to mind the armies of War and Peace. In To Catch a Tartar, Chris Bird traces a personal journey through the violent decolonization of the Soviet empire recording a war in which lightly-armed Chechen fighters held their own against tens of thousands of Russian troops, a conflict that in many essentials has not changed since Lermontov and Tolstoy fought the gortsy, the mountaineers of the Caucasus. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: -, 2002
ISBN 10: 0719560276ISBN 13: 9780719560279
Anbieter: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. To Catch a Tartar This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.
Verlag: John Murray, 2002
ISBN 10: 0719560276ISBN 13: 9780719560279
Anbieter: Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Zustand: Fine. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, F/F. xiv+304pp, 8pp b/w plates, 2 b/w maps, index, a nice fine copy. New. Account of a journey through the violent region of the Old Soviet Union between the Black & Caspian Seas. Covers Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan but the main part of the book is taken up with travels in the war torn province of Chechnya. 550 grams.