The last years of WWII, the author traces the movements and battles of the Red Army to the gates of Belgrade in the Balkans.

1956 - the middle of the Soviet era, the XXth Congress and Khruschev's denunciation of Stalin and his cult of personality, the beginning of the post-Stalin 'thaw.' An amazing look at this critical year in Soviet history.

The author of this book, Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Military Pilot of the USSR Vasily Vasilyevich Reshetnikov, during the Great Patriotic War, made 307 combat sorties, bombed Konigsberg, was shot down twice - by anti-aircraft fire and enemy fighters (and the second time, having jumped from a burning plane with a parachute, landed on a minefield and miraculously remained alive), but...

The experience of World War II shows that the officer corps of the SS troops proved to be one of the most effective among the armies of the warring parties. This cannot but cause surprise, since the SS troops, essentially being the Nazi party guard, had neither history, nor even traditions. How did the SS troops manage to achieve such a high level of training of the officer corps? How, where...

The Complete Book of Crochet Stich Designs. 500 different designs for crocheting. Each design is complemented with a scheme, photograph of a sample, and detailed description of the process. Beautiful, oversized edition with large colorful photographs on every page!

Aleksandr Vasil'evich Kolchak is by right one of the most famous and significant figures in the military-political history of Russia in the beginning of the twentieth century. However, despite the considerably large amount of literature about this person, many aspects of his work remain shrouded in shadow to this day. This book about Admiral Kolchak-the polar researcher, naval commander,...

Political police of Russian Empire and its enlisting methods (1880-1917). Documents.

Albert Camus: his life, his work, his impact on the literature. Biography and peculiar facts.

Kak byli dobyty svedeniia o podgotovke Germanii k napadeniiu na SSSR

Collected interviews from 1992-2005 with the intellectual power behind the reforms and opening of the USSR under Gorbachev and the perestroika policy. Aleksandr Iakovlev was one of the first Soviet citizens to receive a Fulbright Scholarship (along with Oleg Kalugin) in the 1950s.

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