Gerd Koenen is one of the most important historians of the Left in Germany, whose most recent book 'Vesper, Ensslin, Bader' investigates the roots of German terrorism. Translated from the original German edition.

Kak byli dobyty svedeniia o podgotovke Germanii k napadeniiu na SSSR

The author is a former spy. The subject of his book is the Russian scientist, Vitalii Vorontsov. As he attended a symposium in Germany, American agents tried to recruit him as a spy.

The Sino–Soviet border conflict refers to a series of armed border clashes between the Soviet Union and People's Republic of China at the height of the Sino–Soviet split in 1969. The most serious of these border clashes occurred in March 1969 in the vicinity of Zhenbao Island on the Ussuri River, also known as Damanskii Island in Russia.

The author examines the questions revolving around the development of a new ocean concept and program given the new changes in Russia's geopolitical position and the negative impacts on its navel potential. He examine the issues of trade and port infrastructure, bio-resources, the Russian continental shelf and the mineral resources under Russian jurisdiction and finally military/naval...

The memoirs of Marshal Kirill A Meretskov describes the most important military actions of the 20th century in the history of the USSR: starting with the Russian Civil War, service fighting the fascists in the Spanish Civil War, the Winter War with Finland and service during World War II, including the Japanese front.

War... This word is associated with many contradictory, sometimes repulsive images. It's not only the thunder of battles, lightning-fast attacks, bravura marches and victory parades, but also rows of chimneys in burnt-out villages, ‘death trenches,’ mass graves, the roar of collapsing buildings, the groans of mutilated, dying people, and fear in the eyes of children. War is the stench of fires...

In 1941 Lunin commanded the Shch class submarine Shch-421 with Fyodor Vidyayev as his second in command. He carried out several successful patrols in this boat, sinking a German transport. In 1942 he was given command of the new K class submarine , K-21. The K-21 made an unsuccessful attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in June 1942. He subsequently carried out further patrols in Arctic...

This two volume history examines the life of Russia and its population during World War Two. Attention is paid to the effects of major battles to the surrounding areas. The principles of leadership of the armed struggle, economic confrontation of the parties, foreign policy and diplomacy of the Soviet state are reviewed. The conditions of life of all strata of the population and their...

The book by a group of authors from the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences is based on the latest Russian and foreign archival documents and supplements and deepens our knowledge of the Great Patriotic War. The publication contains sensational documents that reveal the reasons for the belated bringing of our troops to combat readiness at the beginning of the war.