THE LANGUAGE OF THE RUSSIAN EMIGRANT PRESS (1919-1939). The book reflects results of the research based on a material of the richest foreign archives. It is addressed to experts in the field of language of press, language and culture of Russian abroad and to everyone who is interested in history of the first wave of Russian emigration.

An air battle tactic first used in 1914 (by a Russian pilot), ramming the enemy's aircraft with your own was a last-ditch effort to stop a bombing raid. Russian pilots used this tactic over 1000 times during World War Two - often if their airplane was already damaged or out of ammunition. Unlike a kamikaze, these were not considered suicide missions, as the pilot might try to bail out after...

The seminal work of the French Sociologist Roger Caillois, a translation of Les jeux et les hommes (1958). It is an influential book on the sociology of play and games, or rather in Caillois' terms sociology derived from play. Caillois sees many of the structures in society as elaborate forms of games and many behaviours as forms of play.

Partiinoe rukovodstvo; gosudarstvennye organy upravleniia. Skhemy. This monograph is key for anyone researching the state sponsored/directed cultural development of life during the early Soviet period.

The author examines the questions revolving around the development of a new ocean concept and program given the new changes in Russia's geopolitical position and the negative impacts on its navel potential. He examine the issues of trade and port infrastructure, bio-resources, the Russian continental shelf and the mineral resources under Russian jurisdiction and finally military/naval...

A new series of titles specializing on Iranian affairs. A Russian translation of a title originally published in Tehran. Includes chapters on government bodies and structure, civil rights, political freedoms and Iranian foreign policy.