Revealing portrait of the former Soviet Union taking an intimate look at the human faces behind radical socialism. ... one of the best books on Russia to appear in years }New York Times Among the Russians is a marvellous account of a solitary journey by car from St. Petersburg and the Baltic States south to Georgia and Armenia. A gifted writer and intrepid traveller, Thubron grapples with the complexities of Russian identity and relays his extraordinary journey in characteristically lyrical style.
