This volume contains works by different authors dedicated to the work of the state security, intelligence and police bodies of the USSR at different times in...

This book is a historical novel in which, on a real biographical basis, an attempt is made to describe the life of Grigory Karpovich Kotoshikhin, a clerk at ...

A collection of stories about illegal intelligence officers, written by a retired intelligence officer. All coincidences are, of course, random, and the char...

The book describes the daily life of tsarist governors and officials, starting from the time of Peter I and ending with the reign of Nicholas II. The book is...

Antonio Machado (1875-1939) is the most significant poet of Spain in the first half of the twentieth century. A subtle lyricist and profound philosopher, the...

The Swedish king Charles XII (1682-1718) is so firmly entrenched in Russian history and Russian consciousness that when it comes to the Northern War or the a...

We present to our readers the first complete, uncensored edition of the book by literary historian and critic G. M. Tsurikova “Titian Tabidze: Life and Poetr...

Queen Christina (1626–1689), an amazing woman in many respects, deserves the close attention of not only historians, but also the general public. Her persona...

The reader will not find stunning stories, exotic adventures or deadly battles under the sign of cloak and dagger in Boris Grigoriev’s “nostalgic Memoirs”. A...