The author examines the golden age of the battleship.

In 1932, Vasily Emelyanenko, a student at the Moscow Conservatory, had no idea that his decision to leave the conservatory, join a flying club, and train as a pilot would lead him to the then-yet-to-be-established title of Hero of the Soviet Union. But to earn this title, he had to complete 92 combat sorties to attack the enemy in 1942-1943 – one of the most difficult periods for the country,...

The book examines the social processes underway in Chechnya in the middle of the 1990s. The author examines the tactics used by Russian forces, the role of Islamic fundamentalism.

Readers are presented with a fascinating story of the life and work of a major Russian statesman of the 19th century, general and diplomat Nikolai Pavlovich Ignatiev. He became famous for his successes in Central Asia, China and the Balkans. Bulgaria has always been in Ignatiev's heart, he was at the origins of the independence of modern Bulgaria, and Bulgaria still remembers and honors him.

The author helps the reader to master the nomenclature that represents a framework for the comprehension of real power and politics in the West: biopower, sympolic power, soft power technologies, communcation codes etc. The book is aimed at those who want to fully understand Russian power.

The author analyzes the nature, form and mechanisms of the construction of post-Soviet authority, as well as, the character of the transformation of Russian society in the 1990s.