Memoir of famous Soviet/Russian actor, Mikhail Kozakov. Volume 1 of 2-volume set.

From Publishers Weekly. A lively, fact-packed account of China's spectacular, 30-year transformation from economic shambles following Mao's Cultural Revolution to burgeoning market superpower, this book offers a torrent of statistics, case studies and anecdotes to tell a by now familiar but still worrisome story succinctly.

In the early days after the collapse of the Soviet Union, people were bombarded by ads for a magic new company - MMM. In fact, it was just the first Ponzi scheme to rob naive Russians and give them a hard first lesson in unfettered capitalism and weak government. The book is written by someone with first hand-knowledge - Sergei Mavrodi, who organized the MMM scam.

Before the advent of US military and political power in the Persian/Arabian Gulf region, this role was filled by England. In fact, many of these states were either under British protectorate status after WW I or were created by the British.

Athor talks about history of Islamic community in Russia and the reasons of the schizm that led to the crisis.

Dictionary covers all the aspects of American history, culture, politics, administrative and religious life from the times of the first Pilgrims and through 1994. Russian edition, originally published by Blackwell Publishers.

В марте 1921 года красные матросы, оплот и боевой авангард революции, подняли в крепости на финском заливе восстание против правительства большевиков. Это событие до сих пор вызывает яростные споры. Было ли оно протестом против правящей диктатуры, или же противники молодой Республики Советов умело воспользовались их недовольством и подготовили этот взрыв народного возмущения? Пол Эврич -...

The book examines the military reforms conducted under Tsar Paul I in which he tried to reshape the Russian Army closer to the model of the Prussian Army.

The authors examine the problems of socio-economic development of the Caucasus (esp. Central) in the context of globalization. They develop points for making comparative analyses for the countries in region, their connections between each other and other international and political entities.