The author of the book, who for a long time headed the headquarters of the Border Troops of the Soviet Union, vividly and with deep knowledge describes the Afghan events that followed the April 1978 revolution and undoubtedly influenced the history of our country. The weak security of the borders of Afghanistan contributed to the strengthening and equipment of the rebel formations that used the...

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.

A calendar of daily events in the military history of the Russian Army.