Roads That We Choose, or Running Around in Circles. A collection of essays on Russian history. Yakov Gordin is a chief editor of the famous Russian 'thic' magazine 'Zvezda'.

The administration of General Denikin represents a second 'Time of Troubles' in Russian history.

This manual is prepared for the teachers who use manual Golden Pen. The manual is designed for developing writing skills, which are necessary for composing business documents, personal letters, papers, and essays. Upon having mastered the skills presented in this book students will be able to successfully pass the test for II certificate level (B2). The manual is in pdf format, which makes...

This book contains essays devoted to the formation of Russian historiosophy and ideas about the special historical path of Russia. The origins of such ideas are the idea of competition between Russia and the West, adopted back in the Petrine era. The author traces competitive overtones in the works of P.Ya.Chaadaev, S.S.Uvarov, I.V.Kireevsky, A.S.Khomyakov, K.S.Aksakov, S.P.Shevyrev,...

Lynn Visson is one of the most experienced UN simultaneous translators in our country, with many years of service under her belt. She works in New York, where she was born and raised by her family, who has a history of Russian ancestry. Visson studied at Harvard, where she received her doctorate, and then worked as a professor of Russian language and literature at Columbia University. She went...

Weekday feat: Blockade life 'in Leningrad in diaries, drawings, documents. A look at the historic and tragic Leningrad blockade from the 8th of September 1941 - 27 January 1944.