I have listed these books in historical order. The ones without much detail where were I could only track down the title.
The Cossacks by B Bartos-Hoppner.1959
(translated from German) Mitya, a 14 year old boy accompanies Yermak Timofeyev
on his campaign to claim the land of Siberia for Ivan the Terrible.
Abraham Hannibal and the battle for the
throne by Frances Somers Cocks.Sequel to Abraham Hannibal and the raiders of
the sand. Abraham arrives at the court of Peter the Great as a slave.
Catherine, the Great Jo urney (Royal diary) Russia
1743
Masha by Mara Kay. Masha is a dancer in the
time of Catherine the Great and becomes a pupil at her school for girls.
The Youngest Lady in waiting by Mara Kay.
Sequel to Masha. Masha is now working in Catherine’s court.
Crimea: The Story of Michael Pope, 110th Regiment, 1853-1857 by Bryan Perrett (2004) (My story)
Little Katia by E M Almedingen. Set before
the revolution.
Toyon a dog of the North and his native
people by Nicholas Kalashnikoff Set in Siberia during Czarist times, deals with the faith and practices of the
native people.
Jumper: the life of a Siberian horse by
Nicholas Kalashnikoff. A Russian War Horse, this is the story of a horse taken
away to fight in the first world war and the Russian revolution.
The defender by Nicholas Kalashnikoff. Set
in Siberia and about a man and the herd of wild rams in his care. Great
reviews on amazon.
My friend Yakub by Nicholas Kalashnikoff
They that take the sword by Nicholas
Kalashnikoff
White nights of St Petersburg by
Geoffrey Trease Set during the time of the Russian revolution.
Frossia a novel of Russia by
E M Almedingen. Set in post 1917 Ukraine
and loosely based on the life of the author.
The Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig. A
family’s story of their survival of exile to Siberia .
A Desert in Bohemia by Jill
Paton Walsh Set in a fictional communist country covering the period 1945-1990