Soviet Science

Kaum einer kennt Russland besser als Michael Thumann, der seit über 25 Jahren aus Osteuropa für die ZEIT berichtet. Er legt nun ein atemberaubend geschriebenes Buch vor, das Russlands Absturz in eine zunehmend totalitäre Diktatur und den Weg in Putins imperialistischen Krieg aus nächster Nähe nachzeichnet. Das Motiv des Diktators und seiner Getreuen: Revanche zu nehmen für die demokratische Öffnung nach 1991 und die vermeintliche Demütigung durch den Westen. Putins Herrschaft radikalisiert sich weiter. Es ist das bedrohlichste Regime der Welt.

The Soviet invasion of its neighbour Afghanistan in December 1979 sparked a nine-year conflict until Soviet forces withdrew in 1988–89, dooming the communist Afghanistan government to defeat at the hands of the Mujahideen, the Afghan popular resistance backed by the USA and other powers. Gregory Fremont-Barnes reveals how the Soviet invasion had enormous implications on the global stage; it prompted the US Senate to refuse to ratify the hard-won SALT II arms-limitation treaty, and the USA and 64 other countries boycotted the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics.

Lenin's work and influence have often been written off as no longer relevant, and many today consider this to be so. Lenin has, they claim, had his day, even though he is still revered in China, the world's most populous country. However, Lenin, like his mentor Marx, has had a tendency to rise from apparent decline and oblivion to renewed force and influence.

With a practitioner's eye honed during decades of work on Russian affairs, Thomas Graham deftly traces the evolution of opposing ideas of national purpose that created an inherent tension in relations. Getting Russia Right identifies the blind spots that prevented Washington from seeing Russia as it really is and crafting a policy to advance American interests without provoking an aggressive Russian response.

L’interferenza nelle elezioni americane, il sostegno alle forze populiste in Italia e in tutta Europa, la guerra in Ucraina. Negli ultimi anni, la Russia di Vladimir Putin ha condotto una poderosa campagna per espandere la sua influenza e indebolire le istituzioni occidentali. Come è potuto accadere? E, soprattutto, chi si nasconde dietro questo piano ambizioso? Catherine Belton, giornalista investigativa già corrispondente da Mosca, racconta la storia segreta dell’ascesa al potere di Vladimir Putin e del ristretto gruppo di ex agenti del KGB che lo circonda.

The Three Sisters is Anton Chekhov's 1901 play about the Prosorov family, who are stuck in a provincial Russian town. The sisters - Olga, Masha, and Irina - fantasize about one day returning to Moscow. Meanwhile, their brother Andrey courts village girl Natasha, and the family socializes with the soldiers stationed nearby. Dreams, longing, and illicit love drive the action of Chekhov's comic drama.

Drawing on new archival research, Robert Service's gripping new investigation of the final years of the Cold War - the first to give equal attention to the internal deliberations from both sides of the Iron Curtain - opens a window onto the dramatic years that would irrevocably alter the world's geopolitical landscape and the men at their fore.

This is a very timely study of Russia's development into a global energy power from the Russian Revolution to the present day. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, Russia emerged not only as a key producer but also as one of the world's leading exporters of oil. Russia's transformation into a modern global power was connected to its ability to make use of its vast natural resources and produce energy in increasing quantities.

Krieg in Europa. Mit rücksichtsloser Gewalt überfällt Wladimir Putins Russland die Ukraine und bringt sämtliche Eckpfeiler zum Einsturz, die den Frieden in Europa seit mehr als einem halben Jahrhundert gesichert haben. Zeitenwende. In was für einer Welt werden wir morgen aufwachen? Wie wird Europa am Ende dieses Krieges aussehen? Rüdiger von Fritsch, ehemaliger Botschafter in Moskau, ist Wladimir Putin oft begegnet. Was diesen antreibt, was ihn stoppen könnte und was sein Krieg für uns bedeutet - davon handelt sein neues Hörbuch.

В Стиксе тысячи дорог и на каждой из них притаилась смерть. Награда в этой безумной лотерее - возможность прожить еще несколько дополнительных дней. Но хватит ли твоей удачи, чтобы стать по-настоящему бессмертным?

Хищник уже немного привык к жизни среди двуногих и даже обзавёлся другом, вот только проблемы продолжают сыпаться со всех сторон. Всем-то он нужен, всем-то он важен. Хург, голова пухнет от обилия событий!

Маленькая коммуна, закрытая со всех сторон непроходимой чернотой, населённая людьми современными, но с домами двенадцатого века. Социальный эксперимент хозяев Стикса, где умения компенсируют недостаток технического развития.

Имперский граф - фантастический роман Серга Усова, третья книга цикла Попаданец в Таларею, жанр боевое фэнтези, попаданцы.

Империя сосредотачивается - фантастический роман Сергея Тамбовского, третья книга цикла Империя у края, жанр альтернативная история, попаданцы.

Империя отходит от края - фантастический роман Сергея Тамбовского, вторая книга цикла "Империя у края", жанр альтернативная история, попаданцы.

Последний рубеж пройден. Теперь Максим может сам выбирать свой путь. Вот только сможет ли он избежать внимания демонов, покровителей и систем? А если сможет, то получится ли создать мир, о котором он мечтал? Или все таки придется с кем-то вступить в союз?

До последнего серва - фантастический роман Андрея Ливадного, эпизод четвертый основное время действия 4197 год, цикл "История Вселенных", жанр боевая фантастика, космическая фантастика, научная фантастика.

"Выжить любой ценой" - известная и понятная истина. "Остаться человеком", это абстрактное понятие, очень похожее на пропагандистский штамп, - какое у него реальное наполнение?

In The Long Hangover, Shaun Walker provides new insight into contemporary Russia and its search for a new identity, telling the story through the country's troubled relationship with its Soviet past. Walker not only explains Vladimir Putin's goals and the government's official manipulations of history, but also focuses on ordinary Russians and their motivations. He charts how Putin raised victory in World War II to the status of a national founding myth in the search for a unifying force to heal a divided country, and shows how dangerous the ramifications of this have been.

The heroic story of Pussy Riot, who resurrected the power of truth in a society built on lies. On February 21, 2012, five young women entered the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. In neon-colored dresses, tights, and balaclavas, they performed a “punk prayer” beseeching the “Mother of God” to “get rid of Putin.” They were quickly shut down by security, and in the weeks and months that followed, three of the women were arrested and tried, and two were sentenced to a remote prison colony. But the incident captured international headlines, and footage of it went viral.