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Howard Amos@howardamos · Feb 27

Publication day for 'Russia Starts Here'! Huge thanks to my agent @EmF1nn and all the team at @BloomsburyBooks who made it happen.

howardamos's tweet image. Publication day for 'Russia Starts Here'! Huge thanks to my agent @EmF1nn and all the team at @BloomsburyBooks who made it happen.

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Howard Amos@howardamos · Jul 22

Friends in Berlin! I will be 'in conversation' with @yaffaesque about my book, 'Russia Starts Here' on Thursday at 18-45 at Shakespeare & Sons. The event is free and no need to register. Please do come along! shakespeareandsons.com/pages/26-6-mee…

howardamos's tweet image. Friends in Berlin! I will be 'in conversation' with @yaffaesque about my book, 'Russia Starts Here' on Thursday at 18-45 at Shakespeare &amp; Sons. The event is free and no need to register. Please do come along!
shakespeareandsons.com/pages/26-6-mee…

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Howard Amos@howardamos · Jul 15

"If you want a picture of Russian life outside Moscow today, get this book" - very kind review of Russia Starts Here by @Clemochka for @rightsinrussia rightsinrussia.org/cecil-2/

howardamos's tweet card. 'If you want a picture of Russian life outside Moscow today, get this book.'

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Farida Rustamova@faridaily_ · Jun 27

🟥please welcome the first edition of our new English-language newsletter—your essential guide to Russian politics and economics. this time our main stories are about why Putin picks Trump over Iran and DME airport ownership saga find the link below and please spread the word 👇

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Olia Hercules 🇺🇦🇬🇧@Olia_Hercules · Jun 20

We work doggedly, fighting for our culture, and there is still no category for us on amazon? Why is a Ukrainian Family Story in russian historical biography section…

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Pushkin House@Pushkin_House · Jun 5

Our Book Prize events programme kicks off this evening! Still time to get tickets for tonight's conversation with @howardamos and @parfitt_tom - 'Russia Starts Here: Real Lives in the Ruins of Empire' 🎟️pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/event…

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Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations@five_books · Jun 4

NEW: "I hope I’ve done them all justice. They’re incredible books." Political scientist @GulnazSharaf talks us through the shortlist of this year's @Pushkin_House Book Prize, awarded annually for a nonfiction book about Russia: fivebooks.com/best-books/rus…

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Howard Amos@howardamos · Jun 4

Really looking forward to interviewing Howard Amos about his exquisitely-observed and searching book "Russia Starts Here" tomorrow - do join us, some tickets left!

HHoward Amos@howardamos · Jun 3

If you're in London on Thursday, please do consider coming to hear me speak at @Pushkin_House - I'll be talking about my book 'Russia Starts Here' with the wonderful writer & journalist @parfitt_tom. Tickets here: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/event…

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Howard Amos@howardamos · Jun 3

If you're in London on Thursday, please do consider coming to hear me speak at @Pushkin_House - I'll be talking about my book 'Russia Starts Here' with the wonderful writer & journalist @parfitt_tom. Tickets here: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/event…

howardamos's tweet image. If you're in London on Thursday, please do consider coming to hear me speak at @Pushkin_House - I'll be talking about my book 'Russia Starts Here' with the wonderful writer &amp; journalist @parfitt_tom. Tickets here: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/event…

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Howard Amos@howardamos · May 30

I wrote a piece for @BBC_Future about the Soviet plan to reverse some of the country's great rivers, diverting them south to Central Asia: bbc.co.uk/future/article…

howardamos's tweet card. In the 1970s, the USSR used nuclear devices to try to send water from Siberia's rivers flowing south, instead of its natural route north.

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Howard Amos@howardamos · May 29

Sadly, I’m already committed that evening, but if you’re free, do go along to @Pushkin_House for this: @howardamos has written a great book and he and @parfitt_tom are fine storytellers and nuanced observers of Russia

PPushkin House@Pushkin_House · May 28

Join us for the first author talk of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2025! @howardamos and @parfitt_tom will discuss “Russia Starts Here” – a nuanced, anthropological exploration of modern Russia through the prism of Pskov Region. pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/event…

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Howard Amos@howardamos · May 28

Please come along if you're in London next Thursday!

PPushkin House@Pushkin_House · May 28

Join us for the first author talk of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2025! @howardamos and @parfitt_tom will discuss “Russia Starts Here” – a nuanced, anthropological exploration of modern Russia through the prism of Pskov Region. pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/event…

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Pushkin House@Pushkin_House · May 28

Join us for the first author talk of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2025! @howardamos and @parfitt_tom will discuss “Russia Starts Here” – a nuanced, anthropological exploration of modern Russia through the prism of Pskov Region. pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/event…

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The Moscow Times@MoscowTimes · May 22

🎙️ Episode 1 of the Russia Underground podcast is an introduction to what it means to be "underground" in modern Russia, and the ways anti-war Russians can — and do — express their opposition. Listen here: themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/21/lif…

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Pushkin House@Pushkin_House · May 15

Excited to announce our Book Prize events! 📍5 Jun: @howardamos & @parfitt_tom 📍10 Jun: @DrRadchenko & @GulnazSharaf 📍13 Jun: @ArchTait and Stephen Dalziel 📍16 Jun: @BenjaminNathans & @martinbright 📍18 Jun: Donald Rayfield & Ekaterina Schulmann Stay tuned - more to come!

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Howard Amos@howardamos · May 12

My first talk about 'Russia Starts Here' in London - this Wednesday (14th) at 19-00 at @KingsCollegeLon. Everybody welcome! You can sign up here (also available online): kcl.ac.uk/events/russia-…

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Howard Amos@howardamos · May 6

Doing two events in London about 'Russia Starts Here' in the next few weeks: on Wednesday 14th May at Kings for the Great Britain-Russia Society (gbrussia.org/russia-starts-…) & at @Pushkin_House on Thursday June 5th with @parfitt_tom (pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/event…). Please join!

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Shaun Walker@shaunwalker7 · Apr 30

Repeated beatings, electric shocks, suffocation, prisoners wrapped from head to toe in sticky tape and then “used as human furniture”… Inside one Russian torture facility (of many) where Ukrainian POWs and civilian detainees are held. A horror story: theguardian.com/world/2025/apr…

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Howard Amos@howardamos · Apr 30

'A wistful account of the country’s years of dimming hope and gathering darkness' - Amazing to see a review of 'Russia Starts Here' in the @TheTLS (by Kevin M.F, Platt) alongside reviews of books by Sheila Fitzpatrick and Philippe Sands: the-tls.co.uk/history/twenti…

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The Moscow Times@MoscowTimes · Apr 27

We begin our coverage of the #PushkinHouseBookPrize2025 with a book we already read and reviewed - @howardamos' insightful and beautifully written and illustrated portrayal of Russia's most western region. Let the reading begin! themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/27/how…

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Jeremy Morris@postsocialismus · Apr 9

Inside Russia’s ‘Micro-Politics’: Ethnographer Jeremy Morris on the Quiet Resilience of Daily Life themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/09/ins…

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