Rudolph Peterskhagen was a colonel in the Knights Cavalier and was gravely wounded near Stalingrad. After his recovery he was named commander of the city of Greifsvald [Neuenkirchen, Germany]. In the spring of 1945, not wanting more senseless death, Peterskhagen gave the city to the Red Army. This was the only instance in which the Red Army took a city without combat. In the early 1950's,...

The highest military decoration in the Russian Empire, and in the Russian Federation after 1994. The order was created by Catherine the Great in 1796.

‘Продолжение легендарного романа Харпер Ли «Убить пересмешника…» …Непростые тридцатые годы остались в прошлом. На смену им пришли «золотые» пятидесятые. Выросли дети, состарились взрослые. Повзрослевшая Джин-Луиза возвращается в родной город навестить больного  отца. Но что ждет ее там? Как изменились те, с кем прошло ее детство?..’

Левана Бердзенишвили в Грузии знают все. Он один из основателей Республиканской партии, президент неправительственной организации «Республиканский институт», авторитетный филолог-классик, бывший диссидент и заключенный печально знаменитого мордовского Дубравлага ЖК 385/3-5, а теперь – автор этой, мгновенно разошедшейся на его родине книги, принесшей ему славу «грузинского Довлатова». На вопрос...

В издание включены романы А. Б. Мариенгофа «Циники» и «Бритый человек». Впервые опубликованные за границей, в берлинском издательстве «Петрополис» («Циники» — в 1928 г., «Бритый человек» — в 1930 г.), в Советской России произведения Мариенгофа были признаны «антиобщественными». На долгие годы его имя «выпало» из литературного процесса....

This work is an attempt by the author to help linguists to master one of the many layers of English sports terminology, and to representatives of a wonderful game and journalists and TV commentators in Russia and the CIS who are covering, to improve their knowledge of English. The English-Russian encyclopedic dictionary of hockey terminology is not only a collection of a large number of...

This book is about the bitter and funny world of people who live without noticing time. People who are not afraid to fly and know how to find something funny even in the tragic. A world of old people and children, adults and those who have lost their faith, but have not despaired. The world of people who are forever stuck in that dimension where dreams will come true someday.

Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy-it is his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to excuse...

The beginner's Russian language course is comprised of two parts (1.1 & 1.2). It is designed for an average of 80-120 hours of classroom instruction. Each part includes a textbook, a workbook (with keys to the exercises), and an audio component. QR-codes with links to the appropriate audio recordings are placed in the text of the books.

The beginner's Russian language course is comprised of two parts (1.1 & 1.2). It is designed for an average of 80-120 hours of classroom instruction. Each part includes a textbook, a workbook (with keys to the exercises), and an audio component. QR-codes with links to the appropriate audio recordings are placed in the text of the books.

The beginner's Russian language course is comprised of two parts (1.1 & 1.2). It is designed for an average of 80-120 hours of classroom instruction. Each part includes a textbook, a workbook (with keys to the exercises), and an audio component. QR-codes with links to the appropriate audio recordings are placed in the text of the books.