General
Russian History G.Hosking (OUP Very Short Introduction)
Russia M.Sixsmith
The Romanovs All About History (Magazine format)
The Romanovs S.Sebag Montefiore
Lost Kingdom S.Plokhy (Russian Nationalism)
The Gates of Europe S.Plokhy (Ukraine with Russian references)
A Short History of Russia M.Galeotti (to be published May 2022)
Peter and Catherine
Peter the Great RK Massie
Armies of the Great Northern War Osprey Series
Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great I de Madriaga
Catherine the Great RK Massie
Catherine the Great & Potemkin S. Sebag Montefiore
Journey from St Petersburg to Moscow A.Radishchev (18th cent, a fictional journey)
In the Shadow of the Empress N.Goldstone
The History of a Town ME Saltykov-Shchedrin (19th cent satirical novel)
Nicholas II
The Last of the Tsars R.Service
A Lifelong Passion Maylunas & Mironenko (Nicholas and Alexandra's correspondence)
The Last Tsar M.Paterson
Nicholas and Alexandra RK Massie
War and Revolution
The Three Emperors M.Carter
Towards the Flame D.Lieven
A People's Tragedy O.Figes
The Russian Revolution SA Smith (OUP very Short Introduction)
Reaction and Revolution M.Lynch (Textbook)
The Russian Civil War Osprey Series
The Red Flag D.Priestland
Stalin
Stalin: The Court of The Red Tsar S.Sebag Montefiore
Stalin's Russia M.Whittock (Textbook)
Stalin A.Marrin
The Great Bear at War C.McNab
Bloodlands - Europe between Hitler and Stalin T.Snyder
Behind Closed Doors L.Rees
The Shortest History of The Soviet Union S.Fitzpatrick
Later USSR
The Khruschev Era M.McCauley (Textbook)
The Cold War JL Gaddis
Perestroika M.Gorbachev
The Last Empire S.Plokhy
Today
Midnight Diaries B.Yeltsin
Putin's People C.Belton
Putin P.Short (to be published in June 2022)