В монографии рассматриваются проблемы развития взаимосвязей между персами и арабами, генезис и современное состояние ирано-иракских отношений. Автор прослеживает процесс зарождения исламской цивилизации, характер арабских завоевательных походов, исторические судьбы мусульманских народов в Средние века, ход Новой и Новейшей истории Ирана и Ирака. Анализируются истоки противоречий, которые...

Series: Rossiia zabytaia i neizvesntnaia. Beloe dvizhenie

The book contains excerpts from several classic works on the Caucasus: articles on the war from the Entsiklopedicheskii slovar' Brokgauz i efron; chapters from V A Potto's 5 volume work on the Caucasus War and finally, Tbilisi in the 1830's, from the memoirs of F F Tornau.

In the series Militaria antiqua. The book examines the military-political history of the Bosporan Kingdom through the first three centuries AD. During this time, the former Roman province prospered as a client state of Rome. Its king led campaigns against and defeated the Scyths and consolidated power around the Black Sea, including such modern day cities such as Kerch.

The book examines the philosophical and legal concept of war and the gight against international terrorism in different democracies. The crisis of democracies on issues of war and peace. The essence and nature of wars waged by democratic states. Methods of warfare employed by democratic states. Civilizations and wars: history and modernity. The humanization of military policy and military...

The 'Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases' contains over 17,000 common loan words and expressions, as well as words which are formed from loan words. Each entry contains detailed commentary and information about the word's origin. The dictionary contains the newest loan words which have entered Russian within the past 10-15 years. There is a special section devoted to 'catch phrases,'...

The monograph explores the industrial production and cadre politics of the Volga-Viatsk region of Russia in the pre-War period through the end of the Second World War.

Пронзительную, безысходную правду о жизни людей и мира рассказал в романе-эпопее "Жизнь и судьба" безжалостный и отважный писатель Василий Гроссман. Лучшие герои этой книги неизбежно попадают между двух огней: сражаясь с фашизмом, защищают сталинскую систему, но существенно ли различаются немецкий лагерь и Лубянка?.. Из последних сил люди воюют за свободу и справедливость, но наступят ли они...

A biographical dictionary of the main figures in Russian history.

Russian-English Dictionary for Escort Interpreters and Tour Guides