Manual is designed for students who want to learn about Russia along with learning Russian on the intermediate/advanced level (approximately 60-80 academic hours). The manual contains texts on various topics that cover different aspects of Russian life. Each chapter is independent from the others. This manual is intended for foreign students at an intermediate to advanced level, and for anyone...

The Space Race to Mars! The Red Planet has always fascinated mankind and has been the target for probes and the goals for manned spaceflight. Examines Soviet and American designs and plans - both realized and theoretical for manned and unmanned exploration.

Weekday feat: Blockade life 'in Leningrad in diaries, drawings, documents. A look at the historic and tragic Leningrad blockade from the 8th of September 1941 - 27 January 1944.

The book is dedicated to the most mysterious city connecting Europe and Asia — Istanbul. The heir of ancient Byzantium, the city became the successor of the great Constantinople — the capital of the largest Orthodox empire of the Middle Ages, turning into the center of the Ottoman Empire and an attraction for Muslims from all over the world. The everyday life of Istanbul in its brilliant era,...