Pyotr Alekseevich Kropotkin (1842-1921) is an amazing, but in some ways very typical figure in Russian history: a prince from an old family who became a revolutionary, a scholar and encyclopedist immersed in politics, an anarchist who sharply criticized violence and the ‘Red Terror’. He became famous as a geographer and explorer of the North, a historian and philosopher, a literary critic and...

The book offers a radically new view of Russian history and the current situation in the country.

A biographical dictionary of the main figures in Russian history.

The assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo started a chain of events that led to the beginning of World War One. It lis less clear, in the eyes of the author, as to why security was minimal for the Archduke, how dangerous was the 'Black Hand' organization and who stood to benefit from the destruction of the old man of Europe?

The author examines the fate of the Kurds and the tensions over the strategically valuable territory they inhabit in the Middle East.

Will Fowler's book, ‘Kursk Bulge: 24 Decisive Hours,’ is an illustrated chronicle of the tank battle near Prokhorovka on July 12, 1943, against the backdrop of the larger Battle of Kursk. The publication includes more than 120 rare photographs and drawings documenting the failed attempt by the German II SS Panzer Corps to crush the Soviet 5th Guards Tank Army. Color maps show the combat zones,...