The author was a fighter pilot for the Soviet Union during World War II. He was made a Hero of the Soviet Union on two separate occasions (24 May, 1943 and July 1, 1944). He scored 61 confirmed personal victories and 4 additional shared victories in air combat. As such, he is the third highest scoring Soviet pilot in World War II. He began the war in the air over Moldova in 1941.

A look at tank warfare during WWII.

This book is the first in military history literature to compile information on ALL major amphibious operations of the Great Patriotic War, both airborne and naval, Soviet and German, that were of strategic importance and aimed at solving tactical problems. Some of them, such as the Kerch-Feodosia and Vyazma operations, were generally successful and allowed the Soviets to disrupt enemy plans,...

The Leader of Baghdad: Rise and Fall. A political portrait of Saddam Hussein and his government. The authors are both professors at the Russian Academy of Military Science.

The author of the book flew 997 confirmed night missions in an open cockpit of a Po-2. Flying at low altitudes, often too low to safely parachute out of a damaged aircraft, the pilots of these machines often flew nighttime low level bombing raids or reconaissance missions.

'The Battle of Berlin' - a collection , which is based on a study of Military History Department of the General Staff of the Soviet Army Berlin operation in 1945, previously held secret. The book gives a detailed description of the preparation of the Berlin operation and fighting 1st Byelorussian , Ukrainian 1st and 2nd Belorussian Fronts. On the basis included in the collection of documentary...

Annual statistical yearbook for the Russian Federation. Contains detailed demographic data for Russia related to administrative and territorial breakdown, population size, age and sex structure, spatial distribution, fertility/mortality, marriage/divorce and migration.

The tragic effects of Soviet planning and industry on the health and ecology of the people and territory of the former USSR. The author is a geologist and ecological expert.

The last years of WWII, the author traces the movements and battles of the Red Army to the gates of Belgrade in the Balkans.

100 Great Politicians of all times, their biographies and fascinating stories.