В настоящем издании представлен обширный фактический материал, включающий сведения об истории создания и развития Рабоче-Крестьянского Военно-Морского Флота. Особое место в книге уделено освещению предвоенного периода в его жизни. Автором предпринята попытка на основе имеющегося архивного материала и воспоминаний непосредственных участников боевых действий на различных морских театрах страны...

New book by the famous historian B.Sokolov about the partisan movement as a complex, largely contradictory phenomenon, which has become an integral part of the Second World War. The author considers the features of guerrilla warfare, especially in the Soviet Union, as well as in Europe. The book describes how the Strategy and Tactics guerrillas and their opponents, and political...

Classic work by the founder of the Cheka - the original precursor to the KGB/FSB.

The newest book by Artem Drabkin continues his popular series of interviews with war veterans - and in this case, the pilots, navigators and gunners that flew into combat in the Pe-2.

1 сентября 1939 года, сбив пограничные шлагбаумы, немецкие танки вступили на территорию Польши – началась Вторая мировая война. Историки не зря окрестили ее «войной моторов» – механизированные части и авиация играли в ней определяющую роль. И все-таки по сути и влиянию на исход боевых действий, если сравнить вклад в победу различных родов войск, – мировой пожар 1939 – 1945 гг. был в первую...

The author was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union and retired as a General from the tank forces.

able story. The author, who was only discovered in her eighties, became one of the most successful and translated Czech writers almost overnight. He won the State Prize for Literature for his short story collection Želary, and a highly successful film was made based on Joz Hanula's novella, which was nominated for an Oscar. But who is Kveta Legátová (real name Vera Hofmanová)? What were her...

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