Theme of Money in Russian literature. The examples from Fonvizin, Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky and Chekhov are used.

The publication is a detailed and most complete description of the history of the three-month battle of the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940 in the area of the Taipaleen-Yoki River (now the Burnaya River), on the easternmost flank of the Mannerheim Line. The book is based on numerous archival and documentary sources and gives a broad idea of the conditions of military life of both Soviet and...

In 1968, North Korean forces seized the USS Pueblo, an intelligence gathering vessel off the coast of Korea. One of the first books published in Russia to seriously exam this dangerous moment of the Cold War. What secrets did the KGB gain?

The book is dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Lake Khasan, fought in 1938 between the Red Army and the Japanese Imperial Army. The Russian commander in the battle, Vasilly Blucher was later blamed for the loss and executed.

The author discusses issues related to historical and contemporary questions about Tatarstan and its relations with the Russian Federation (Russia). Essays on the history of Tatarstan and the Tatar ethnic group. The repressive policies of the Soviet regime are covered in Part 1, 'Pages of History: The Beginning of Perestroika.' The Sultan-Galiev case. The current ethnopolitical situation in...

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

The President of Kazakhstan outlines his political vision for his country and people in the 21st century.

The memoirs of Marshal Kirill A Meretskov describes the most important military actions of the 20th century in the history of the USSR: starting with the Russian Civil War, service fighting the fascists in the Spanish Civil War, the Winter War with Finland and service during World War II, including the Japanese front.

The author of the book is a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, who served with his battery from Leningrad to Berlin. ‘I had already adapted to firing for effect with the entire battery without preliminary sighting. This time I quickly ‘caught’ my bursts, made some adjustments, and switched to firing at the target with rapid fire. The first salvos sent fountains of black, greasy earth and fire...

The history of New Russia began with shock therapy and the senseless imitation of the United States, which stunned the Russians and astounded the Americans with their oligarchic capitalism. The American experience is turned into a Russian version with Eltsin's flourishes. At the turn of the 20th century, Russia opened a new, still unwritten, chapter in its history.