Russia, and Turkey

Molotov's magic lantern: travels in Russian history / Rachel Polonsky.
 A note from 1 November 2011: reading "Sashenka" and searched for Pushkin & travel. Didn't care for Sashenka much, but always intrigued by Pushkin.


Snow. by Orhan Pamuk.
 read article by Elif Batuman in 24 October 2011 New Yorker issue: Natural Histories (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/24/111024fa_fact_batuman)