The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire (Estonian: Vene impeeriumi rahvaste punane raamat) is a book about the small nations of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and Russia and some other post-Soviet states of today.
It was written by Margus Kolga, Igor Tõnurist, Lembit Vaba, and Jüri Viikberg.
The foreword of the book explains the book's approach by saying, "the authors of the present book, who come from a country (Estonia) which has shared the fate of nations in the Russian and Soviet empires, endeavour to publicize the plight of the small nations whose very existence is threatened as a result of recent history."
[2] The Estonian newspaper Postimees, reviewing the English version, said the book did not "offer any tangible solutions for the peoples who are suffering".
[3] Writing in Library+Information Update, Peter Hoare called it a "fascinating book, with much well-documented information about languages, ethnic origins, current cultural and political situations etc, presented in a standard and comprehensible format complete with maps.