For Russia, the Caucasus has never been a testing ground for military force. Through the Caucasus, the Russian state laid its geopolitical route to the East, bringing peace to the peoples and salvation from Ottoman and Persian enslavement.

About the tragic fates of pilots who reached the heights of glory in the Soviet Union, but for various reasons were deprived of the highest honor of their homeland, about heroes without Gold Stars.

Between 1943 and 1945 1200 Soviet tank-troopers won the Medal, Hero of the Soviet Union. In his book, former General Zhilin examines and highlights the best of the best!

This publication presents extensive factual material, including information on the history of the creation and development of the Workers' and Peasants' Navy. A special place in the book is given to the coverage of the pre-war period in its life. The author has attempted, on the basis of available archival material and the memoirs of direct participants in military operations in various naval...

New book by the famous historian B.Sokolov about the partisan movement as a complex, largely contradictory phenomenon, which has become an integral part of the Second World War. The author considers the features of guerrilla warfare, especially in the Soviet Union, as well as in Europe. The book describes how the Strategy and Tactics guerrillas and their opponents, and political...

Classic work by the founder of the Cheka - the original precursor to the KGB/FSB.

During the Great Patriotic War, the following joke circulated: Why is the Li-2 so fat, the Il-2 so 'humpbacked', and the Pe-2 so thin? Because the Li-2 was speculating throughout the war, the attack aircraft carried the burden of the war on its shoulders, and the Pe-2, like a prostitute, was thrown into various roles – sometimes as a reconnaissance aircraft, sometimes as a fighter, sometimes as...

On September 1, 1939, having knocked down the border barriers, German tanks entered the territory of Poland – the Second World War began. Historians have rightly dubbed it the ‘war of motors’ – mechanized units and aviation played a decisive role in it. And yet, in essence and in its influence on the outcome of military operations, if we compare the contribution to the victory of various...

The author was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union and retired as a General from the tank forces.

It's an almost unbelievable story. The author, who was only discovered in her eighties, became one of the most successful and translated Czech writers almost overnight. He won the State Prize for Literature for his short story collection Želary, and a highly successful film was made based on Joz Hanula''s novella, which was nominated for an Oscar. But who is Kveta Legátová (real name Vera...

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