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 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.

All that is told in this amazing, fascinating history - the absolute truth from the beginning to the end, moreover, confirmed by a number of documents and evidence. Life itself, scorched by war, brought so tightly knotted, heart-breaking story. Here, in one story, intertwined and invisible fatal bout of special services fighting against the backdrop of the grand battles of the Great Patriotic...

The memoirs of Marshal Kirill A Meretskov describes the most important military actions of the 20th century in the history of the USSR: starting with the Russian Civil War, service fighting the fascists in the Spanish Civil War, the Winter War with Finland and service during World War II, including the Japanese front.

Series: Rossiia zabytaia i neizvesntnaia. A victory in 1853 of the Russian Navy over the Ottoman fleet in Sinope, in the Black Sea .

Vasilii Chapaev was one of the most active participants in Russia's Civil War; in our time, he is known as the hero of many jokes. The real story of his life is interwoven with fabrications from the well-known movie about his life. Before the fall of the USSR, the name Chapaev was surrounded by an aura of heroism and whole-hearted devotion to the Revolution. This book is based on archival...

In 1941 Lunin commanded the Shch class submarine Shch-421 with Fyodor Vidyayev as his second in command. He carried out several successful patrols in this boat, sinking a German transport. In 1942 he was given command of the new K class submarine , K-21. The K-21 made an unsuccessful attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in June 1942. He subsequently carried out further patrols in Arctic...

A concise reference work with biographical information on the leading military leaders and commanders of the modern period.

In 1961, the Soviet nuclear powered submarine K-19 suffered from a near melt-down of its reactor. This book examines the event, using archival materials that have now been made public. The events on the sub were the basis for the Harrison Ford movie, K-19 Widowmaker.