The book examines the role and place of the upper military elites in the politics of the Stalinist system.

The Commandant of the Kremlin is a unique position in the Armed Forces of the USSR and Russian Federation. The author, a military historian, examines the men who filled this position from 1918-1953 - from the rise to power of Lenin to the death of Stalin.

The author offers the reader an engaging book exploring the relevance of Russia's earlier 'Time of Troubles' and the experiences of contemporary troubles in Russia as its people search for freedom and order.

Ot otriadov drevnikh slavian do massovoi armii epokhi Aleksandra II

Combining history and analysis, Petrov traces the course of the Russian Civil War that was waged east of the Volga River in Siberia. He asserts that the Russian Civil War in the east was not solely a Siberian experience, but rather influenced by various anti-Bolshevik military uprisings that acted independent of Siberia's 'White' army. Utilizing biographical portraits of protagonists from...

The book seeks to examine the secrets of the beginnings of WWII, about which historians and eyewitnesses have argued for over 60 years.

The book actually contains two historical works on the history of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus.

The author describes not only the air battles of the Second World War, but also investgates the development of strategy and tactics in the air war for fighters, bombers and close air support.