The book is dedicated to the most mysterious city connecting Europe and Asia — Istanbul. The heir of ancient Byzantium, the city became the successor of the great Constantinople — the capital of the largest Orthodox empire of the Middle Ages, turning into the center of the Ottoman Empire and an attraction for Muslims from all over the world. The everyday life of Istanbul in its brilliant era,...

The book is the published version of a lecture given by Garri Kasparov, Chess Master and passionate politician, who attempted to run for president in Russia. He discusses the challenges facing Russia and Russian society under the corrupt non-democratic regime of Putin & Co.

Over the past 15 years, the Americans have overthrown nine freely elected governments, including those of Afghanistan, Haiti, Serbia, and Iraq, sacrificing thousands of lives in these countries in the process. Is it possible to drag the Iraqis from the twelfth century into the twenty-first, or are these just political illusions? Is ‘mature American democracy’ needed in post-Saddam Iraq? Will...

The author maintains that the Russian Empire did not truly begin with Peter the Great, but rather with his father, Aleksei Mikhailovich.

The writings of Viktor Suvorov, always controversial, have sparked furious debates inside and outside of Russia. In this volume, his supporters offer what the feel is the conclusive answer and rebuttal to his opponents - proving once and for all, that his analysis is correct.

General Denikin's reign, which lasted a year and a half minus three days, forms a complete, complete era in the history of the ‘second Russian turmoil.’ It is this era that Sokolov, who ‘stood close enough to General Denikin's government that the main facts of the era remain imprinted in his memory more or less accurately,’ writes about. ‘I recount what I saw and observed myself, that is,...

The author, a historian, examines the roles of the 'informal' organizations that arose during perestroika and glasnost. These proto-democratic movements were active during the stormy years of political reform under Gorbachev and mobilized people, held rallies and then were used and then abandoned by the rising new elites remaining from the old Soviet system.