The authors of this book examine the historic period of the late 1980s and early 1990s, which saw the Communist regimes of Central and SE Europe being overthrown.

This manual is prepared for the teachers who use manual Golden Pen. The manual is designed for developing writing skills, which are necessary for composing business documents, personal letters, papers, and essays. Upon having mastered the skills presented in this book students will be able to successfully pass the test for II certificate level (B2). The manual is in pdf format, which makes...

This reader presents an adapted text of the novel 'Princess Mary' by Mikhail Lermontov. The book is designed for foreign students learning Russian at the level B2. It includes lexical commentary, exercises, and illustrations.

Manual and reader for basic level includes short stories by famous Russian writers. Texts are accompanied by questions, and exercises. 24 lessons total.

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.

From the description of the English edition: In Cambodia's recent, tragic past, no figure looms larger or more ominously than that of Pol Pot. Yet information about his life and career is largely inaccessible. In this first book-length study of the man, the historian David P. Chandler casts light on the shadowy figure of Pol Pot, illuminating the ideas and behavior of this enigmatic man and his...

Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Russian Language. Over 5 000 entires!

Предлагаем Вашему вниманию книгу из серии ‘Библиотека Златоуста’. Серия включает адаптированные тексты для 5 уровней владения русским языком: произв...

In this issue: Alexander Genis Literary Nonfiction by A. Genis, The View from the Window, Red Bread, USA from A to Y, Brodsky in New York, Darkness and Silence: The Art of Subtraction. These literary pieces by one of Russia's foremost essayists reflect the author's bi-culturalism - Russian and American civilizations are compared in their various manifestations. Genis is a shrewd and observant...

Brief Content: Forward by Fleet Admiral Vladimir Kuroyedov, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. First time coverage on a system-wide basis SLBM systems, anti-ship and and anti-submarine missile weapons, ship-borne air-defense missile and artillery systems and more. There is also detailed examinination of torpedo systems, ASW mines and sea mines, anti-mine weapons. Beyond weapon platforms, there is...