In this volume, the scholar Andrei Kokoshin examines the role and place of technocrats as a socio-cultural phenomenon in contemporary societies. He examines the development of technocrats in both Russia and other countries.

The book covers the period of the 1920s and the 1930s and highlights the role played by the security organs of the VChK-OGPU to secure the security and ability of the Soviet Armed Forces to protect the national interests. The author seeks to reverse the negative image/view on the role of the agencies to strengthen the armed forces.

Reprint of the first military dictionary published in 1818. The author, S. A. Tuchkov (1767-1839) was a military officer, and this dictionary is the first attempt to create a military encyclopedia.

Граф Т. направляется в сторону загадочной местности под названием «Оптина Пустынь». Минуя всевозможные препятствия, он неуклонно приближается к цели, не видя, однако, ни смысла, ни причин своего опасного путешествия. Впрочем, вскоре ему предстоит усомниться не только в иллюзорности своей миссии, но также и в собственной реальности, а заодно и в реальности всего окружающего мира. Сомнения графа...

The author examines the German campaign in the Caucasus and in particular the battle on the Kalmyk steppe.

Since the beginning of the XVIII century Baltics over 200 years was part of Russia. Without any exaggeration, it was the most peaceful regions of the empire. However, in 1941-1944. Baltics was the only occupied by Hitler in Europe, a large part of the population which fought on the German side. And in 1990 it initiated the collapse of the Baltic republics of the Soviet Union. In the present...