This collection of articles, based on the materials presented at an international academic conference in 2002, examines the current problems of methodologym historiography and source studies for local history in the context of modern historical sciences. The participants included scholars from Russia, Switzerland and Germany.

Classic work by the founder of the Cheka - the original precursor to the KGB/FSB.

A look at state heraldry and use of symbols in Russia, the CIS, Europe and the United States.

Officials of Pre-revolutionary Russia: Biographies (19 - beginning of 20th century). Reference list of literature on their life and work. This volume covers period from 1801-1855.

A reference-handbook on the state and titular languages of the Russian Federation. Includes an appendix with relevant legislation from each republic on language.

The author of the book, who for a long time headed the headquarters of the Border Troops of the Soviet Union, vividly and with deep knowledge describes the Afghan events that followed the April 1978 revolution and undoubtedly influenced the history of our country. The weak security of the borders of Afghanistan contributed to the strengthening and equipment of the rebel formations that used the...

This book is dedicated to the study of the work of the artist and poet Mikhail Grobman. One of the most important representatives of the Moscow artistic and literary avant-garde of the 1960s, he emigrated to Israel in 1971, where he became famous for his performances in the Judean Desert, carried out by the group ‘Leviathan,’ which he founded. Grobman's art occupies a special place between...

The author was a Moscow literary critic, historian of Soviet literature, and writer. This book is a collection of articles, essays, feuilletons of the 80-90s, which the author describes in the forward: 'That was a time of hope, many of which, if you look from today, were not destined to come true. And although I never thought that the way out of that monstrous historical impasse into which the...

The newest book by Artem Drabkin continues his popular series of interviews with war veterans - and in this case, the pilots, navigators and gunners that flew into combat in the Pe-2.

This book is about real men – the pilots and navigators of the famous Po-2 (U-2) ‘crop duster’ aircraft. Operating this plane didn't require exceptional skills or abilities during initial flight training; after all, it wasn't a fighter or a long-range bomber. However, the tasks the crews had to perform demanded immense personal courage and complete dedication. As one veteran recalled: ‘The U-2...