The third title in a series of annual publications examining the problems of history and culture in the East Slav world.

A collection of articles on the history, archives, ethnography, culture and politics of the Caucasus.

The book reflects the following questions: who was the culprit of the war - Germany or the USSR; was the Soviet Union preparing a preemptive strike against Germany; what goals did Germany pursue with regard to the USSR - the destruction of statehood, dismemberment, occupation and annexation of its territory to the Third Reich or the liberation of the peoples inhabiting the USSR from Bolshevism;...