Documents of the Soviet state security agencies, declassified in Ukraine, have become a real Klondike for researchers and journalists. Month after month, year after year, stories found by Eduard Andryushchenko in archival files were turned into articles for Ukrainian and foreign publications. And now they are published under one cover. The heroes of these stories were outstanding artists and...

On February 24, 2022, the writer Andrii Kurkov did not write anything. And in the next few days too. An ethnic Russian who had spent his whole life in Kyiv faced the same danger as other Ukrainians. Because in his worldview, behavior and attitude to reality, the worldview and behavior of the Ukrainian Cossacks of the 16th century prevails, when Ukraine was not yet part of the Russian Empire,...

Space technology is also military technology. Developments in ballistics served not only to further the goal of space exploration, but also allowed the development of ICBMs. The author in this volume, examines some of the military/security implications of rocket design.

Автор рассматривает смертельные бои на Юго-Западном фронте с июля по сентябрь 1941 года. Частью этих кампаний была попытка защитить и удержать Киев от наступающей немецкой армии. Битва за Киев закончилась трагически для Красной Армии, так как тысячи солдат были окружены немцами. В книгу включено более 300 фотографий, карт и других иллюстраций.

A unique handbook and collection of information for Russian officers and generals. Examines the best thinking in military science from both Russian and foreign military leaders.

31 июля 1937 года политбюро ЦК ВКП(б) утвердило оперативный приказ № 00447 Народного комиссара внутренних дел Н.И. Ежова. Этот приказ, направленный против «бывших кулаков, уголовников и других контрреволюционных элементов», в течение одного года, по заранее установленным разнарядкам, должен был стоить жизни либо многолетнего лагерного заключения почти 770 тыс. человек.... На основании...

Olbia was one of the main centers of Greek colonization of the Northern coast of the Black Sea. This book traces the development of this thriving city and its military campaigns against both the forces of Alexander the Great and against the Scythians. Eventually falling under Roman control, the area was abandoned in the 4th century AD. The author uses descriptions of the city written by...