This book by the renowned writer and Captain 1st Rank Vladimir Shigin is the first to compile fascinating information concerning sea ghosts, superstitions, omens, mysterious marine UFOs, and other unexplained phenomena. It also explores how the names of ships mystically influenced their fates. Furthermore, based on unique documents from the Main Staff of the Navy and the Naval Archive, the...

The new novel by the renowned writer and Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Karpov is dedicated to one of the most brilliant and talented commanders of the Great Patriotic War, Army General I.D. Chernyakhovsky. He was loved and respected by everyone – from soldier to general. Decisiveness and integrity, a sharp, quick mind and personal courage, and at the same time openness and warmth in his...

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The author of this book, Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Military Pilot of the USSR Vasily Vasilyevich Reshetnikov, during the Great Patriotic War, made 307 combat sorties, bombed Konigsberg, was shot down twice - by anti-aircraft fire and enemy fighters (and the second time, having jumped from a burning plane with a parachute, landed on a minefield and miraculously remained alive), but...

Evgeny Ivanovich Fokin served in a reconnaissance company from May 1943. He repeatedly participated in capturing enemy prisoners (‘languages’) at the front lines and in the enemy's rear. A special chapter in the author's military biography is his participation in a daring operation by a special detachment to save crucial facilities in Krivoy Rog in February 1944. E.I. Fokin vividly and...

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...

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 examines the golden age of the battleship.

This book is dedicated to the people often called ‘heroes of the invisible front.’ It is based on the memoirs of participants in unique operations conducted by our intelligence services during the Civil War and the Great Patriotic War. As is known, intelligence officers had their own front line. They competed with the enemy in military cunning, fought behind enemy lines, obtaining prisoners and...

The Black Sea Fleet has always held a special place in the history of wars and revolutions that took place in Russia in the twentieth century. Three times: in 1920, 1941 and 1991 - Black Sea fleet proved to be on the verge of death. Twice he quickly revived and became even stronger. How did this happen? Why do we know so little about the actual events of three wars and three revolutions? Are...

The author examines the history of the Russian volunteer movement from 1824-1941, Russian citizens or immigrants fighting with foreign armies. In particular the book highlights Russian volunteers fighting in the English-Boer war (1898-1902), Paraguay-Bolivia (1932-1935), the Balkans in the late 19th century, China (1924-1940) and more.

This work, for the first time, provides a comprehensive description of all the military campaigns of the Russian sailing fleet over more than 160 years: from Tsar Peter I's war for Azov to the voyages of Russian squadrons to the shores of the United States during the American Civil War. The battles are described by comparing data from various sources, ensuring maximum accuracy of the overall...