The book talks about important participants of Russian intelligence and counterintelligence during Civil War and World War II.

Vospominaniia vypusknitsy tsentral'noi zhenskoi shkoly snaiperskoi podgotovki 1944-1945. Seriia na linii fronta. Julia Konstantinovna Zhukova went to the Red Army as a volunteer at the age of 18. In 1944 she graduated from the Central Women's School of Sniper Training. For several months of hard fighting in East Prussia, as an active sniper she had went through both an offensive action and...

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

The Black Sea Fleet has always held a special place in the history of wars and revolutions that took place in Russia in the twentieth century. Three times: in 1920, 1941 and 1991 - Black Sea fleet proved to be on the verge of death. Twice he quickly revived and became even stronger. How did this happen? Why do we know so little about the actual events of three wars and three revolutions? Are...

Panzer IV—that was the name under which this combat vehicle was virtually unknown to the soldiers and commanders of the Red Army. Even now, 60 years after the end of the Great Patriotic War, the combination of the German words ‘Panzer Vier’ still baffles many. Then, as now, this tank is better known by its ‘Russified’ name, the T-IV, which is not used anywhere outside of our country.

The book examines the military reforms conducted under Tsar Paul I in which he tried to reshape the Russian Army closer to the model of the Prussian Army.

All the works included in this collection are dedicated to the work of intelligence services during the First World War and were written by employees of these services. For Basil Thomson, head of the Scotland Yard's Criminal Investigation Department during the First World War, there were almost no secrets that he was not privy to. Throughout the four years of the war, he was in constant contact...

In the present work, in fact the first time, a description of all military campaigns Russian sailing fleet of more than 160 years: the war for Tsar Peter I and the Azov campaign to Russian squadrons to the shores of the United States during the Civil War between North and South.

The author of the book is a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, who served with his battery from Leningrad to Berlin. ‘I had already adapted to firing for effect with the entire battery without preliminary sighting. This time I quickly ‘caught’ my bursts, made some adjustments, and switched to firing at the target with rapid fire. The first salvos sent fountains of black, greasy earth and fire...

In 1961, the Soviet nuclear powered submarine K-19 suffered from a near melt-down of its reactor. This book examines the event, using archival materials that have now been made public. The events on the sub were the basis for the Harrison Ford movie, K-19 Widowmaker.