The author is a veteran of the elite Russian airborne troops. In his book, he describes not only his own career, but the service of this elite group in the Afghan war.

The book is a collection of articles dedicated to the current problems of studying memory (of recent history) as a sociocultural phenomenon.

Series: Voina i My. The Second World War, the Great Patriotic War, the author maintains, has been the victim of consistent and persistent lies. So much so that the truth has been lost. In his book, the author seeks to refute and challenge the 'false' version of the war presented too often on TV.

The author examines the causes behind the economic crises of Russia in the 1990s - which he terms the great post-Soviet depression.

The author examines new theories about the start of World War Two for the Soviet Union.

On September 1, 1939, having knocked down the border barriers, German tanks entered the territory of Poland – the Second World War began. Historians have rightly dubbed it the ‘war of motors’ – mechanized units and aviation played a decisive role in it. And yet, in essence and in its influence on the outcome of military operations, if we compare the contribution to the victory of various...

Ninety years ago, the First World War ended. In Europe, this date is still celebrated as one of the main events of the 20th century, but in Russia it has been virtually forgotten. This book is a collective work of leading Soviet ‘military experts’ of the 1920s, in which former staff officers and generals of the Tsarist army examined the course and results of the recent war, analyzing their own...

Great love stories of the famous people we all know, what they did for love, what happened with them and what is their true story. As always, an intellectual Boris Burda finds a story behind textbook history and tells us what truly happened.

The book examines the inter-war period of European history and raises the question, if the second world war was unavoidable.