The Commandant of the Kremlin is a unique position in the Armed Forces of the USSR and Russian Federation. The author, a military historian, examines the men who filled this position from 1918-1953 - from the rise to power of Lenin to the death of Stalin.

The book examines the role and place of the upper military elites in the politics of the Stalinist system.

Po itogam rossiisko-kanadskogo proekta Universitet Kalgari - Gorbachev Fond

The book offers a detailed examination of the little studied military traditions of medieval Vietnam. Of particular interest is the period of the 10th to the 18th centuries, which saw many conflicts, mostly in opposing the expansion of the Chinese Empire into Indochina. The author examines the development of strategy and tactics, force organization and weapons.

За все в этой жизни нужно заплатить. За мимолетные минуты славы, богатство и за многое другое поплатился главный герой нашей книги. Как он потом понял ни деньги, ни известность не могут заменить чувства, которые испытывает человек, испытывающий любовь, радость, человеческое счастье. Дойдя до вершины славы, герой заплатил главным в жизни – своим сердцем. Смерть ходит за ним по пятам. Кто может...

Gilyarovsky was undoubtedly one of the brightest figures in Moscow at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. From it, Repin painted one of the Cossacks writing a letter to the Turkish Sultan. He was not only a Moscow legend, but also a chronicler of Moscow.

The author is a veteran of World War Two (western Front, 33rd Army, 557th PAP RGK) and took part in the Victory parade on the 24th of June 1945. From 1963 on he served in the General Staff and the MoD USSR where he actively took part in planning for arms production of arms development for the Soviet Army.