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В разное время задачи спецслужб были самыми разными и отвечали интересам государства в тот или иной момент его истории. Например в 1920-е - 1930-е годы для советских спецслужб это были операции против белоэмигрантских, троцкистских и националистических организаций.

Согласно различным историческим источникам Шейх Мансур являлся одним из видных деятелей кавказской войны конца XVIII века. Настоящее имя его было Ушурма, родился он в Алды, в Большой Чечне. История как его самого, так и проповеданного им учения до сих пор до конца не выяснена.

"A book that belongs on the shelf alongside The Gulag Archipelago. -- Kirkus Reviews "A short, haunting and beautifully written book." -- The Wall Street Journal The Gulag was a monstrous network of labor camps that held and killed millions of prisoners from the 1930s to the 1950s. More than...

Beginning with the death of Stalin in 1953, the "sixties" era in the Soviet Union was just as vibrant and transformative as in the West. The ideological romanticism of the revolutionary years was revived, with renewed emphasis on egalitarianism, equality, and the building of a communist utopia. Mass terror was reined in, great victories were won in the space race, Stalinist cultural dogmas were challenged, and young people danced to jazz and rock and roll. Robert Hornsby examines this remarkable and surprising period.

A searing chronicle of ambition, brutality, and collapse, Broken Supremacy: The Rise and Fall of the Wehrmacht in Russia reveals the untold dimensions of the most catastrophic military campaign in modern history.

Vladimir Lenin lies in a tomb in Moscow's Red Square. History has not been kind to this Russian leader, his teachings reviled by modern mainstream politics. But in today's capitalist society, riven by class inequality and imperialist wars, perhaps it is worth returning to this communist icon's demand for "Peace, Land and Bread", and his radical understanding of democracy.

По всей нашей стране разбросано огромное количество исторических памятников. Большой объём культурного наследия России сегодня находится под угрозой.

There is growing evidence that Trump has spent decades cultivating ties to corrupt Russians and the post-Soviet state. In Trump/Russia: A Definitive History, Seth Hettena chronicles the many years Trump has spent wooing Russian money and power. From the collapse of his casino empire - which left Trump desperate for cash - and his first contacts with Russian deal makers and financiers, on up to the White House, Hettena reveals the myriad of shady people, convoluted dealings, and strange events that suggest how indebted to Russia our 45th president might be.

I denne bog følger vi den russiske sikkerhedstjenestes første spor fra Ivan den Grusomme i det 16. århundrede, videre gennem tsarernes Rusland og bolsjevikkernes Sovjetunionen til Putins sikkerhedstjeneste. Hovedvægten i bogen ligger på tjenestens aktiviteter inden for landets grænser, men der tages enkelte afstikkere til de udenlandske aktiviteter, herunder også til Danmark.

Яков Миркин давно известен как собиратель и бережный хранитель исторического опыта России в преодолении войн, революций, репрессий, кризисов. Он выстроил целую портретную галерею политиков, ученых, деятелей культуры, по-разному реагировавших на стресс. Автор собрал более 100 личных историй своих подписчиков и создал поистине исцеляющую книгу – без поиска правых и виноватых, без ярлыков и обвинений. Врачующую душу книгу о том, как на протяжении 200 лет наши предки и современники выживали в эпохи бесконечных перемен.

Nella primavera del 1986 Černobyl' era, ufficialmente , una delle centrali nucleari meglio funzionanti dell'Unione Sovietica. Eppure, il 26 aprile il reattore n. 4 viene sventrato da un'esplosione catastrofica, scatenando il peggior disastro nucleare della Storia. Da oltre trent'anni lo spettro di Černobyl' vive nell'immaginario collettivo, insieme al mistero su quanto realmente accaduto quella notte.

La sera del 23 agosto 1942 la Sedicesima divisione corazzata tedesca si assestava sulle rive del Volga, a breve distanza dalla città di Stalingrado . Era l'avanguardia della "grande armata" che poco più di un anno prima Hitler aveva lanciato a sorpresa contro l'Unione Sovietica "per schiacciare il comunismo slavo". L'Armata Rossa pareva in rotta. Gli uomini della Wehrmacht non potevano sapere che la città assediata sarebbe diventata un baluardo insuperabile, una trappola per le ambizioni del Reich e la tomba di decine di migliaia di suoi soldati.

În acest eseu de o impresionantă luciditate, Mihail Șișkin demontează mitul conform căruia Rusia este o „enigmă învăluită într-un mister" și susține că pur și simplu nu știm suficiente lucruri despre ea. Așadar, care este adevărata poveste din spatele regimului autocratic al lui Putin și al invaziei sale în Ucraina? Șișkin urmărește rădăcinile problemelor Rusiei, pornind de la „Rutenia (Rusia Kieveană)", trecând prin Marele Ducat al Moscovei, imperiu, revoluție și Războiul Rece, până la Federația Rusă creată acum mai bine de treizeci de ani.

Few political figures of the twentieth century have aroused such intensities of fierce admiration and reactionary fear as Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. His extraordinary life and extensive writings have left an indelible mark on the revolutionary consciousness. Yet there was once a danger that his life and influence would be relegated to the footnotes of history. Published over the course of ten years, beginning in 1954, Deutscher's magisterial three-volume biography turned back the tide of Stalin's propaganda, and has since been praised by everyone from Tony Blair to Graham Greene.

"Это был воистину русский парадокс. В стране домостроя, где многочисленные народные пословицы довольно искренне описывают положение женщины - "Курица не птица, баба не человек", "Кому воду носить? Бабе! Кому битой бить? Бабе! За что? За то, что баба" - весь XVIII век русским государством самодержавно правили пять выдающихся и очень разных правительниц. Например, Елизавета, дочь Петра Первого. "Государственными делами она почти не интересовалась", - приходят к единодушному выводу историки и современники. Чем же она занималась 20 лет на троне? Была, например, верховным главнокомандующим.

Zero Sum brings to life the complex, vivid color of one of the greatest experiments in the history of global commerce. What have businesses learnt—or failed to learn—from this adventure, both about Russia and about dynamics between countries and companies in the face of relentless change?

""An affecting, singular story...a bracing tale of life on the edge of death."" —Kirkus Reviews When veteran war reporter Benjamin Hall woke up in Kyiv on the morning of March 14, 2022, he had no idea that, within hours, Russian bombs would nearly end his life. As a journalist for Fox News...

Russia is the largest country in the world, with the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons. Over a thousand years this multifaceted nation of shifting borders has been known as Rus, Muscovy, the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Thirty years ago, it was reinvented as the Russian Federation. Russia is not an enigma, but its past is violent, tragic, sometimes glorious, and certainly complicated. Like the rest of us, the Russians constantly rewrite their history. They too omit episodes of national disgrace in favour of patriotic anecdotes, sometimes more rooted in myth than reality.

In 1941 Hitler's armies blocked the last roads leading into Leningrad. What followed was one of the most horrific sieges in history. When the German High Command encircled Leningrad it was a deliberate policy to eradicate the city's civilian population by starving them to death. As winter set in and food supplies dwindled, starvation and panic set in.

Au lieu d'un récit chronologique ou linéaire, l'auteur a choisi de raconter dix-sept épisodes fracassants et emblématiques de ce siècle de feu et de sang, où se côtoient le drame et le romanesque. Autant de drames, autant de secrets qui méritaient qu'on mène à nouveau l'enquête.