A detailed, rich history of flight from ancient to modern times. The book also describes the development of aviation in Russia and includes discussion of powered and non-powered (ballon) flight.

The author, a historian and philosopher, after emigrating from Russia, lectured at Oxford University. He dedicated his life to researching and understanding the failed February Revolution in Russia.

The British sociologist Roger Pethybridge attempts to create a complete picture of the dramatic events in Russian history. He worked with eyewitness accounts from both observers and active participants in these events. He was able to accurately capture the atmosphere and mood of those days.

The book seeks to analyze international conflicts and offers theoretical and practical suggestions to regulate conflict.

The name of Father Gapon is intimately connected with the history of the first Russian revolution (1905-1907). During the Soviet period he was considered by many and indeed labeled in Soviet history books as a police provocateur. But was he really?

The memoirs of O.G. Ivanovsky are one of the rare books written by officers of the Soviet military counterintelligence 'SMERSH'. The author frankly writes about the attitude in the troops towards the Chekists of SMERSH, about the methods of operational work of military counterintelligence at its initial level, and about the battles, campaigns, and raids of the cavalry regiment in which he was...