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Times to the Death of Dostoevsky (1927) and Contemporary RussianLiterature, 1881-1925 (1926); P. Milyukov, Outlines of Russian Culture,vol. 2, Literature (ed. by M. Karpovich; Philadelphia, 1942); G.Struve, Soviet Russian Literature (1935).D. R. Buxton, Medieval Russian Architecture . . . (1934; excellentphotographs; includes Transcaucasia); N. P. Kondakov, The RussianIcon (1927; the authoritative work by the greatest master of the subject;excellent reproductions); P. Milyukov, Outlines of Russian Culture,vol. 3, Architecture, Painting, Music (ed. by M. Karpovich; Philadelphia,1942); L. Reau, Uart russe des origines a Pierre le Grand (Paris, 1921),and Uart russe de Pierre le Grand a nos jours (Paris, 1922; these twobooks form a comprehensive survey of architecture, painting, andsculpture).M. D. Calvocoressi and G. Abraham, Masters of Russian Music(1936; from Glinka to Scriabin). See also Milyukov, vol. 3, above.R. Fill op-Miller and J. Gregor, The Russian Theatre: its Characterand History (1930; numerous excellent illustrations, prefixed by asketch of the growth and ideas of the theatre and ballet); JosephMacleod, The New Soviet Theatre (1943).7. CERTAIN REGIONSW. E. D. Allen, The Ukraine (1940; detached); D. Doroshenko,History of the Ukraine (Edmonton, 1939; Ukrainian nationalist standpoint);M. Hrushevsky, A History of Ukraine (New Haven, 1941;abridged version of the monumental work by the great Ukrainiannationalist historian).R. Grousset, L'empire des steppes (Paris, 1939; the nomad peoplesfrom Attila to the eighteenth century); A. S. Krausse, Russia in Asia,1558-1899 (New York, 1899); F. H. Skrine and E. D. Ross, The Heartof Asia (1899; Central Asia from the earliest times to the end ofthe nineteenth century); C. Steber, L'Asie centrale sovietique et leKazakhstan (Paris, 1939; mainly geographical and economic);V. A. Yakhontoff, Russia and the Soviet Union in the Far East (1932).There are a number of first-class historical articles on the Moslemsin Russia, most of them by Barthold, in the Encyclopaedia of Islam(1908-38).8. CERTAIN PERIODSIn addition to the treatment in the books mentioned above in §§ 3and 4, the following are particularly useful :For pre-Varangian history and the general Slav background:E. H. Minns, Scythians and Greeks (1913); M. I. Rostovtsev,Iranians and Greeks in South Russia (1922); L. Niederle, Manuel del'antiquiti slave (Paris, 2 vols., 1923-26; authoritative survey of themain problems concerning the history and civilization of the Slavpeoples up to the tenth century).For the Varangian question:V. Thomsen, The Relations between Ancient Russia and Scandinavia453