'There are Russian fairy tales where the hero, some kind of Ivan the Fool, stops at the crossroads of three roads. One is to the right, the other is to the left, the third is straight. If you go to the right, you will find death, if you go to the left, you will meet love, and if you go straight, the kingdom with chests full of gold. Plus a golden toilet. What to choose: death, love or wealth?...

Книга посвящена современным внутри- и внешнеполитическим проблемам Афганистана, находящегося в состоянии войны более 20 лет. Показаны деформация экономики страны, почти полная остановка промышленности, переориентация сельскохозяйственного производства на наркосодержащие культуры, а торговли на контрабандные импортно-экспортные операции. Анализируется роль межэтнического фактора и исламского...

An ethographic study of the customs and holidays of the Tatars of the Urals and Volga regions.

An annual yearbook containing articles on archaeology, archival studies and historiography of Russian history. The 2000 edition has articles examining documents from the XV to the XVII centuries.

The book, written by Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (1058-1111) is dedicated to the Elixir of Happiness and is one of al-Ghazali's later works. Unlike earlier writings, this was his first in Persian. The book contains scanned images of the Persian text and a parallel Russian translation.

The book is dedicated to examining the problems around the development of Soviet political culture in the after war years. The author looks at this development specifically through the MVD and the development of Soviet patriotism.

A concise reference work on the Americas containing information of the geography, climate, flora and fauna and other characteristics of the continents of the New World. Also information on culture and customs of indigenous peoples.