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There are certain books that are always on lists of “books you must read” and the like, and these books are generally two things: old and complex. After all, this week’s hot new bestseller is often an easy read for the simple reason that it’s part of the current zeitgeist — you don’t have to work very hard to get the references and understand the relationships more or less intuitively. Even the most ambitious books on the store shelves right now are easy enough to "get" because there are familiar aspects to the style and ideas, the sort of subtle stuff that marks something as fresh and current. Here are 6 Russian Classics that you must read before your trip to Russia, they are sure to give you a feel for their culture, traditions and somewhere along the way they may impact your life, positively too. "The Brothers Karamazov," by Fyodor Dostoevsky The argument over which novel is Dostoevsky’s greatest can stretch out to insane lengths, but "The Broth...