PQ 17 was the code name for an Allied World War II convoy in the Arctic Ocean. In July 1942, the Arctic convoys suffered a significant defeat when Convoy PQ 17 lost 24 of its 35 merchant ships during a series of heavy enemy daylight attacks which lasted a week.

The history of INTERPOL, the organization that is active in over 179 countires.

A romantic love story by Dostoevsky. The text is adapted for the level of 2300 frequently used words and supplied with stresses. It provides exercises, tests, keys to the exercises, vocabulary and illustrations.

Гудрун Энслин и Андреас Баадер были своего рода прародителями немецкого терроризма; поджог универмага во Франкфурте, устроенный ими в 1968-м, стал сигналом к прямому действию. Оба они оставили своих спутников жизни и своих детей ради того, чтобы вступить на тропу, которая два года спустя привела их к созданию RAF (Фракция Красной Армии). Какими внутренними конфликтами это сопровождалось,...

Kak byli dobyty svedeniia o podgotovke Germanii k napadeniiu na SSSR

The author is a former spy. The subject of his book is the Russian scientist, Vitalii Vorontsov. As he attended a symposium in Germany, American agents tried to recruit him as a spy.

The Sino–Soviet border conflict refers to a series of armed border clashes between the Soviet Union and People's Republic of China at the height of the Sino–Soviet split in 1969. The most serious of these border clashes occurred in March 1969 in the vicinity of Zhenbao Island on the Ussuri River, also known as Damanskii Island in Russia.

The author examines the questions revolving around the development of a new ocean concept and program given the new changes in Russia's geopolitical position and the negative impacts on its navel potential. He examine the issues of trade and port infrastructure, bio-resources, the Russian continental shelf and the mineral resources under Russian jurisdiction and finally military/naval...