The manual on stylistics for learners of Russian gives an introduction into basic concepts of stylistics, such as various functional styles and a dialogue. Manual includes exercises, questions for self-check, and tests. Topics include: Book and colloquial styles of speech, Official and informal situations of dialogue, Oral and written speech (dialogue, tactics of dialogue, the letter, dialogue...

A history of German armor of World War II.

The author is a veteran of World War Two (western Front, 33rd Army, 557th PAP RGK) and took part in the Victory parade on the 24th of June 1945. From 1963 on he served in the General Staff and the MoD USSR where he actively took part in planning for arms production of arms development for the Soviet Army.

A collection of letters written by Alla Demidova to Tom Bulter. They started writing in 1990, and their correspondence lasted 15 years. Tom Butler is a Harvard University professor and Alla Demidova is a famous Russian actress.

This book presents readers with an 'epistolary' look at Ilia Ilf. This first unabridged edition contains letters to his wife and friends, which were written over a 15 year period (1921-1936). There are no letters to Evgenii Petrov, however, since the two were practically never parted. The envelopes have stamps from Odessa, Moscow, Leningrad, and also cities in Europe and the United States....