The book actually contains two historical works on the history of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus.

The author examines the relationship between the military and religious components of Christian culture in Ancient Rus X-XVI centuries.

The book traces in detail the history of the merchant class of six towns located in the Yenisei river basin, included in 1822 in the Yenisei province. In the author examines the number and social composition, commercial and economic activities, the way of life of the merchant class. All this is considered with the involvement of a large number of sources, mainly archival materials. Many of them...

Political police of Russian Empire and its enlisting methods (1880-1917). Documents.

Pyrrhus or Pyrrhos (319/318 BC—272 BC) was a Greek general and statesman of the Hellenistic era. He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house (from ca. 297 BC), and later he became King of Epirus (306-302, 297-272 BC) and Macedon (288-284, 273-272 BC). He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome. Some of his battles, though successful, cost him heavy losses,...

The war diaries of a Russian volunteer who fought with the Serbs 1993-1999.

This book by the renowned military historian and writer A.V. Shishov is dedicated to the military conflicts of the 20th century, from the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 to the Chechen conflict of 1991-2006. It covers all significant interstate conflicts (so-called local wars) of the past century, as well as civil wars, national liberation movements, rebellions, coups, and religious and ethnic...

The author maintains that the Russian Empire did not truly begin with Peter the Great, but rather with his father, Aleksei Mikhailovich.