Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of his birth. Abaev was an expert on the Northern Caucasus and published a historical-etymological dictionary of the Osetian language.

The author is a veteran of the elite Russian airborne troops. In his book, he describes not only his own career, but the service of this elite group in the Afghan war.

The book is a collection of articles dedicated to the current problems of studying memory (of recent history) as a sociocultural phenomenon.

Series: Voina i My. The Second World War, the Great Patriotic War, the author maintains, has been the victim of consistent and persistent lies. So much so that the truth has been lost. In his book, the author seeks to refute and challenge the 'false' version of the war presented too often on TV.

The author examines the causes behind the economic crises of Russia in the 1990s - which he terms the great post-Soviet depression.

The author examines new theories about the start of World War Two for the Soviet Union.

The author examines WWII from the perspective of armor - and the overwhelming role played by the tank.

Ninety years ago, the First World War ended. In Europe, this date is still celebrated as one of the main events of the 20th century, but in Russia it has been virtually forgotten. This book is a collective work of leading Soviet ‘military experts’ of the 1920s, in which former staff officers and generals of the Tsarist army examined the course and results of the recent war, analyzing their own...