This book covers the defensive period of the Battle of Stalingrad – one of the decisive battles of the Great Patriotic War and the entire Second World War. It examines the crucial decisions of the German and Soviet high commands and front commanders that determined the outcome of this great struggle. It explores the clash of military doctrines, strategies, and plans of the German and Soviet...

Gilyarovsky was undoubtedly one of the brightest figures in Moscow at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. From it, Repin painted one of the Cossacks writing a letter to the Turkish Sultan. He was not only a Moscow legend, but also a chronicler of Moscow.

In light of the current struggles in the Caucasus, the author reviews the wars of the 19th century, the struggles between the mountain tribes of the Northern Caucasus under the leadership of Imam Shamil and the forces of Tsarist Russia.

Series: Velikaia Otechestvennaia: Neizvestnaia voina. The author examines several controversial questions about World War Two on the Russian front. The major question that has been debated, could the USSR have stopped the Germans before they reached Moscow and Stalingrad?

Originally published by the University of California Press in 1961, the author examines the appearance and development of mounted soldiers in Ancient Greece.

The author writes about the little-known Azerbaijani Democratic Republic and its relations with the new state of Soviet Russia. Both governments arose from the collapse of Imperial Russia in 1917.

The result of 12 years of research in the archives, this monograph presents statistical materials on the Chechens. The author has used the data to create original tables and creates a window on to the status and development of the Chechen in socio-economic terms, migration and demographic trends, taxes, land ownership and development and more.

Stefan Zweig was enchanted with Mary Stuart, whose life he perceived as immensely paradoxical and from whom he perceived a ‘inexhaustible attraction of mystery.’ Thus, he investigated the queen of Scotland and Elizabeth I's fierce rival through the lens of a novelistic biography. Zweig is the undisputed master of this genre: he meticulously details the tumultuous life of this amazing woman, who...

A classic of Russian theater, the play, based on an actual event, highlights the tragic tale of a woman, scorned by her lover decided to marry someone else. Her new fiance proves to be an embarassment and she returns to her old lover, hoping to wed. He's turns her down, as he is already engaged to someone else. Feeling dejected she contemplates suicide, only to be murdered by her drunk, jealous...