The book includes the memoirs of Mikhail Dmitriev (1796-1866), Russian poet and writer.

The book tells a story of the famous Russian family of Riabushinsky, their struggle with the government in 1917 and subsequent emigration to Paris.

The book was based on materials from the family archive - memoirs, diaries, letters, photographs, as well as documents from the archives of the NKVD-KGB-FSB, which the authors managed to get acquainted only in 1998-2000. As a result, a story about many and many people connected with family, professional and friendly ties turned out. And broader is the story of the twentieth century, how it...

Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three he was performing his first gig in America, facing an astonished audience in his bright yellow dungarees, a star-spangled T-shirt, and boots with wings. Elton John had arrived and the music world would never be the same...

The Ninth Circle is a story about punitive psychiatry that arose in the USSR at the initiative of F. Dzerzhinsky in the early 1920s. Decades passed, and thousands of completely innocent people sat in Soviet special hospitals and nothing changed.

Tests on Russian Language skills. I level. Includes separate tests for Lexicon, Grammar, Audio Comprehension, Reading, Writing, Speaking. (+Answer Keys and Methodical Recommendations for Teachers).

From Amazon: Only serious cineastes will seek out this collection of conversations with Luis Bunuel (1900-1983), but their efforts will be amply repaid with a wealth of information about the Spanish filmmaker's techniques. Mexican film scholars de la Colina and Perez Turrent spent some 50 hours interviewing Bunuel; here they supply transcripts in which his quicksilver wit fairly gleams....

The second half of the 20th Century was marked by local conflicts: Korea, Vietnam, Falkland Islands, the Persian Gulf, etc. In each of these conflicts, naval forces played a critical role.

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...