The Soviet Navy during the Cold War experienced both victories and tragedies. The newest book by the author Nikolai Cherkashin examines explosions, collisions, catastrophes, mutinies and groundings.

The book presents the results of a study of some aspects of the past century, and their representations in modern Russian historiography.

Manual contains data on Russian, its norms of pronouciation, word order, stresses, specific demands when used in different professions (including mass media).

A review of the Czech arms industry.

Established in 1918, as a new state the First Czechoslovak Republic was keen to project a distinct image. Participation in World Fairs offered the perfect opportunity-. In this comprehensive account of Czechoslovak participation in international exhibitions of the interwar period Marta Filipová looks beyond the sleek façade of the modernist pavilions to examine the intersections of...

V.I. DAL AND SOCIETY OF RUSSIAN PHILOLOGISTS. The collection dated for 200th anniversary of the great scientist has been prepared for publication by The Russian Philology Lovers Society.

Illustrated manual on how to make beautiful, original buttons.

The Toropets–Kholm Offensive was a military operation conducted south of Lake Ilmen by the Red Army during World War II, from 9 January-6 February 1942. The operation contributed to the formation of the Kholm Pocket, the encirclement of the Wehrmacht's II. Army Corps in the Demiansk Pocket, and the destruction of the German Wehrmacht's 189th Infantry Regiment near Andreapol.