Soviet Science

In the early morning hours of February 24, 2022, Russia—or the Russian Federation—under the leadership of President Vladimir Putin, launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. To date, though Russia has realized only limited territorial gains, the toll on human life has been extensive, with nearly 500,000 casualties and massive destruction of resources, infrastructures, and food supplies.

From learning about Lenin and the Red Army to discovering how and why Stalin rose to power and his eventual leadership during World War II and beyond, this book provides an essential look at one of the most important periods in Russian history. Listeners will be enthralled by this fascinating tale that delves into every aspect of Russia's struggles and successes.

This DIA report examines a resurgent Russia’s military power to foster a deeper understanding of its core capabilities, goals, and aspirations in the 21st century. The resurgence of Russia on the world stage - the Crimean Peninsula, destabilizing Eastern Ukraine, intervening on behalf of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and shaping the information environment to suit its interests - poses a major challenge to the United States. Moscow will continue to aggressively pursue its foreign policy and security objectives by employing the full spectrum of the state’s capabilities.

Sie wollten schon immer mehr über die russische Geschichte erfahren? Sie finden aber kaum Zeit, sich über die über tausendjährige Geschichte des größten Landes der Welt zu Genüge zu informieren? Sie wollten schon immer aktuelle Ereignisse des globalen Geschehens erfassen und dabei besonders die aktuelle russische Politik verstehen? Vielleicht wollen Sie auch einfach nur nach Russland reisen und vorher die Geschichte und die Kultur des Landes besser kennen lernen? Dann haben Sie zum richtigen Hörbuch gegriffen, denn hier werden kurz und knapp die wichtigsten historischen Ereignisse Russlands skizziert.

Aus einer klerikalen Bildungseinrichtung in die Ferien entlassen strömen die jungen Rhetoriker, Grammatiker, Theologen und Philosophen ihren Elternhäusern zu. Der elternlose Choma Brut bekommt einen Sonderauftrag - er soll bei der verstorbenen Tochter eines Gutsbesitzers eine dreitägige Gebetszeremonie durchführen. Im Prinzip kein Problem für den abergläubischen und gottesfürchtigen Philosophen, aber wenn erst mal Tote auferstehen, Särge durch Kirchen fliegen und der Wij - ein grauenerregender Gnomen-Fürst - einem ins Angesicht blickt sieht die Sache schon etwas anders aus.

Рассазы о мистической любви. Самый молодой майор Коттар, заслуживший славу и уважение среди солдат и офицеров, не имел никакой склонности к женскому полу. Он видел сны, и именно они связали его с той единственной, которой он без остатка отдал своё сердце и свою любовь.

Le vicende della Russia di oggi non possono essere affrontate senza volgere almeno per un momento lo sguardo al loro trascorso storico. La Russia del passato recente coincideva con il fulcro del grande stato socialista, la Russia che conosciamo oggi coincide senza ombra di dubbio con il dominio incontrastato dell'attuale presidente federale, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.

Shortly after World War II, Congress' House Committee on Un-American Activities began investigating Americans across the country for suspected ties to communism. Among the people called before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, none are as controversial as Alger Hiss.

“A Maior das Lições–Memórias do Comunismo Soviético” conta a história real de João Cisman, um brasileiro que se mudou com a família para a URSS no começo da década de 1960 para viver na terra onde nasceram seus pais e irmãos mais velhos. Lá, conheceu a realidade imposta aos cidadãos comuns do sistema, muito diferente daquela que havia experimentado meses antes, enquanto membro de uma comitiva de sindicalistas brasileiros simpáticos ao regime comunista.

Today the Space Race is widely viewed poignantly and fondly as a race to the Moon that culminated with Apollo 11 “winning” the Race for the United States. In fact, it encompassed a much broader range of competition between the Soviet Union and the United States that affected everything from military technology to successfully launching satellites that could land on Mars or orbit other planets in the Solar System.

The Cold War is usually thought of in terms of fear, potential nuclear war, and espionage. While these were elements of the years between the end of World War II and the 1990s, the competition between the US and the USSR had some real benefits. Perhaps, the best and most impressive accomplishments during this time resulted from the Space Race.

After going through three elderly leaders in three years, Mikhail Gorbachev was chosen as the new General Secretary of the Soviet Union at the relatively youg age of 54 in March 1985. Gorbachev hoped to build the Soviet economy to relieve the persistent shortages of consumer goods it faced, which were caused by enormous military spending of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev tried to introduce some economic reforms, but they were blocked by communist hardliners. Gorbachev then came to the belief that the Soviet economy could not improved without political reform as well.

Kosmos 954 and Operation Morning Light: The History of Efforts to Contain Radioactive Debris Spread Across Canada by a Soviet Satellite examines how the satellite malfunctioned, the disastrous results, and efforts to clean up the radioactivity.

Индийские рассказы. Жил-был человек и однажды сделал невозможное: его просто не стало. Но однажды он вернулся, но совершенно неординарным способом, благодаря находчивости и выдержке бывалого сыщика.

Индийские рассказы. Только брамин из браминов, находясь на пике признания, власти, богатства, авторитета, может оставить всё, надеть монашеский плащ, взять монашескую миску из кокосового ореха и посох и поселиться в покинутом храме высоко в горах.

Biograficheskiy i politicheskiy podtexty povesti I.S. Turgeneva "Pervaya lyubov". Drama Gertsena. Dacha naprotiv Neskuchnogo sada. Varen'ka Bogdanovich. Na zare detektivnogo zhanra. Politichesky podtekst povesti.