The publication is a detailed and most complete description of the history of the three-month battle of the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940 in the area of the Taipaleen-Yoki River (now the Burnaya River), on the easternmost flank of the Mannerheim Line. The book is based on numerous archival and documentary sources and gives a broad idea of the conditions of military life of both Soviet and...

Rudolph Peterskhagen was a colonel in the Knights Cavalier and was gravely wounded near Stalingrad. After his recovery he was named commander of the city of Greifsvald [Neuenkirchen, Germany]. In the spring of 1945, not wanting more senseless death, Peterskhagen gave the city to the Red Army. This was the only instance in which the Red Army took a city without combat. In the early 1950's,...

The highest military decoration in the Russian Empire, and in the Russian Federation after 1994. The order was created by Catherine the Great in 1796.

Левана Бердзенишвили в Грузии знают все. Он один из основателей Республиканской партии, президент неправительственной организации «Республиканский институт», авторитетный филолог-классик, бывший диссидент и заключенный печально знаменитого мордовского Дубравлага ЖК 385/3-5, а теперь – автор этой, мгновенно разошедшейся на его родине книги, принесшей ему славу «грузинского Довлатова».

This work is an attempt by the author to help linguists to master one of the many layers of English sports terminology, and to representatives of a wonderful game and journalists and TV commentators in Russia and the CIS who are covering, to improve their knowledge of English. The English-Russian encyclopedic dictionary of hockey terminology is not only a collection of a large number of...

Sasha Filipenko had his own reader immediately - after the success of The Former Son and the next two novels. 'Bullying', published by 'Znamen' even before the book was published, according to the electronic portal 'Journal Hall', became in 2016 the most popular text of all Russian thick literary magazines. This means that your reader understands what to expect from the Red Cross. He will...

This book is about the bitter and funny world of people who live without noticing time. People who are not afraid to fly and know how to find something funny even in the tragic. A world of old people and children, adults and those who have lost their faith, but have not despaired. The world of people who are forever stuck in that dimension where dreams will come true someday.

Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy-it is his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to excuse...

The beginner's Russian language course is comprised of two parts (1.1 & 1.2). It is designed for an average of 80-120 hours of classroom instruction. Each part includes a textbook, a workbook (with keys to the exercises), and an audio component. QR-codes with links to the appropriate audio recordings are placed in the text of the books.