TO THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOVIET-FINNISH WAR. Rifle troops account for about 95% of those killed on the Karelian Isthmus in December 1939 - the first month of the 'Winter War'. Undoubtedly, it was the Soviet infantry that suffered the main losses in the subsequent battles of 'that unremarkable war,' because 52 of the 166 rifle divisions of the Red Army took part in the battles with our...

Series: Rossiia zabytaia i neizvesntnaia. A victory in 1853 of the Russian Navy over the Ottoman fleet in Sinope, in the Black Sea .

The short guidebook to the State Military-Historical Archives includes information on all materials (as of 1 Jan 2001) held by the archives. There is also information on the organization of the materials and how to search for documents. The guidebooks is essential for those wishing to work in the archives. Includes information on armies, corps and smaller units and formations (including...

Diese Gesamtgeschichte des Ersten Weltkriegs ist konkurrenzlos. Noch nie wurde die Urkatastrophe des 20. Jahrhunderts so vielschichtig erzählt: europäisch vergleichend, global in der Perspektive, souverän in der Darstellung.

In 2014, a well-trained, mysterious band of mercenaries arrived in Ukraine, part of Russia's first attempt to claim the country as its own. Upon ceasefire, the ‘Wagner Group’ faded back into shadow, only to reemerge in the Middle East, where they'd go toe-to-toe with the U.S., and in Africa, where they'd earn praise for ‘tough measures’ against insurgencies yet spark outrage for looting,...