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This book is a comprehensive exploration of the Wagner Group, a private military company with ties to the Russian government. It covers the origins and expansion of the group, its involvement in conflicts around the world, including Syria, Ukraine, Libya, and Africa, as well as its controversial relationship with the Russian government. The book provides a detailed account of the group's tactics and strategies in military operations, resource extraction, and political interference, and analyzes the implications for regional security and international relations. The author, Sahil A Gosalia, is an expert in international relations and security studies and has extensively researched the Wagner Group and its activities. His fascination with secretive and often controversial topics led him to delve deep into the workings of this elusive private military company. This book is a result of his years of research, interviews, and analysis, and provides a unique insight into the Wagner Group and its impact on global security. It is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the dynamics of modern warfare and the role of private military companies in it.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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"... Chez nous, chers lecteurs, cela soit dit sans vous fâcher (peut-être vous fâcherez-vous qu'un éleveur d'abeilles vous parle aussi familièrement qu'à son compère), chez nous, à la campagne, voici ce qui se passe de toute éternité : aussitôt que les travaux des champs sont terminés, le moujik grimpe pour tout l'hiver sur son poêle, et nous autres, nous cachons nos abeilles dans une cave obscure. Quand il n'y a plus une seule grue dans le ciel, plus une seule poire sur l'arbre, alors, aussitôt le soir arrivé, vous êtes sûrs d'apercevoir, au bout de la rue, une maisonnette éclairée d'où sortent des bruits de rires, de chansons qui s'entendent au loin; la balalaika résonne et quelquefois aussi le violon mêlés au brouhaha des conversations. Ce sont nos vetchernitsy. Elles ressemblent, voyez-vous, à vos bals; seulement, on ne peut pas dire que ce soit tout à fait la même chose. Quand vous vous rendez au bal, c'est uniquement dans le bût de faire aller vos jambes et de bâiller dans vos mains ; tandis que chez nous, une foule de jeunes filles se réunissent non pas pour danser, mais pour faire marcher la quenouille et le fuseau..."

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A social history of West Germany's Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS, Federal Border Police) that complicates the telling of the country's history as a straightforward success story.

"Masterfully told and compellingly reinterpreted." The Moscow TimesStalinism at War tells the epic story of the Soviet Union in World War Two. Starting with Soviet involvement in the war in Asia and ending with a bloody counter-insurgency in the borderlands of Ukraine, Belarus and the Baltics, the Soviet Union's war was both considerably longer and more all-encompassing than is sometimes appreciated. Here, acclaimed scholar Mark Edele explores the complex experiences of both ordinary and extraordinary citizens - Russians and Koreans, Ukrainians and Jews, Lithuanians and Georgians, men and women, loyal Stalinists and critics of his regime - to reveal how the Soviet Union and leadership of a ruthless dictator propelled Allied victory over Germany and Japan. In doing so, Edele weaves together material on the society and culture of the wartime years with high-level politics and unites the military, economic and political history of the Soviet Union with broader popular histories from below. The result is an engaging, intelligent and authoritative account of the Soviet Union from 1937 to 1949.

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This book explores the extent to which and the reasons why Russia's citizens harbor feelings of nostalgia for the Soviet Union today. Based on the results of a nationwide survey and rigorous field research carried out within several of Russia's regions, Dr. Sullivan uncovers material and cultural rationales for this sentiment of nostalgia - which poses both an opportunity and a challenge to the Russian government. With Russian nationalism and revanchism a resurgent force in contemporary global affairs, this detailed study will interest scholars of international relations and of populist authoritarianism around the world.Charles J. Sullivan is a political scientist specializing in the politics of Russia, Central Asia, and the former Soviet Union region. Dr. Sullivan served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Nazarbayev University in Nur-Sultan, Republic of Kazakhstan (2014 to 2022).

V etom godu otmechayetsya 195-letiye velikogo rossiyskogo pisatelya, klassika mirovoy literatury, L'va Nikolayevicha Tolstogo. Yego vklad v razvitiye mirovoy literatury prosto neotsenim i my rady posvyatit' sed'moy tom literaturnogo sbornika "Nit'" etomu velikomu tvortsu, oznamenovavshim novyy etap v istorii literatury. Pomnit' istoriyu i sledovat' traditsiyam, no v to zhe vremya privnosit' novoye i sovremennoye - imenno tak sozdayetsya sbornik maloy prozy "Nit'". Takzhe khochetsya otmetit' drugoye sobytiye - v 2023 godu ECG (London) otmechayet svoyu sed'muyu godovshchinu. My uzhe ne prosto mezhdunarodnoye kreativnoye soobshchestvo, gde tvorcheskiye lyudi so vsego mira ob"yedinyayutsya i tvoryat vmeste. My po-nastoyashchemu stali bol'shoy i druzhnoy sem'yey. S blagodarnost'yu vsem, kto ostayetsya s nami, ECG (London) i izdatel'stvo Hertfordshire Press (Velikobritaniya) predstavlyayut svoim chitatelyam sed'moy tom legendarnogo literaturnogo sbornika "Nit'". Etot al'manakh kak nichto luchshe otrazhayet kak svyaz' pokoleniy, tak i osobennosti kul'tur i traditsiy narodov Yevrazii. Nadeyemsya etot sbornik ostavit osobyy sled v dushe kazhdogo chitatelya.This year marks the 195th anniversary of the great Russian writer, classic of world literature, Leo Tolstoy. His contribution to the development of world literature is simply invaluable, and we are pleased to dedicate the seventh volume of the literary collection "Thread" to this great creator, who marked a new stage in the history of literature. To remember history and follow traditions, but at the same time to bring something new and modern - this is how the collection of short prose "Thread" is created.I would also like to note another event - in 2023 ECG (London) celebrates its seventh anniversary. We are no longer just an international creative community where creative people from all over the world come together and create together. We have truly become a big and friendly family.With gratitude to everyone who remains with us, ECG (London) and Hertfordshire Press (UK) present to their readers the seventh volume of the legendary literary collection "Thread". This almanac, like nothing better, reflects both the connection between generations and the characteristics of the cultures and traditions of the peoples of Eurasia. We hope this collection will leave a special mark in the soul of every reader.

This volume examines the rhetorical development that occurred over the first two terms of Vladimir Putin's tenure as president of Russia. During that time Putin abandoned any effort at integration with the West, turning toward Eurasia and promoting a mythical image of Russia as a singular geopolitical entity spanning one thousand years.

This compelling book describes how everyday people courageously survived under repressive Communist regimes until the voices and actions of rebellious individuals resulted in the fall of the Iron Curtain in Europe.Part of Greenwood's Daily Life through History series, Daily Life behind the Iron Curtain enables today's generations to understand what it was like for those living in Eastern Europe during the Cold War, particularly the period from 1961 to 1989, the era during which these people-East Germans in particular-lived in the imposing shadow of the Berlin Wall.An introductory chapter discusses the Russian Revolution, the end of World War II, and the establishment of the Socialist state, clarifying the reasons for the construction of the Berlin Wall. Many historical anecdotes bring these past experiences to life, covering all aspects of life behind the Iron Curtain, including separation of families and the effects on family life, diet, rationing, media, clothing and trends, strict travel restrictions, defection attempts, and the evolving political climate. The final chapter describes Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall and the slow assimilation of East into West, and examines Europe after Communism.

"At the height of the Great Terror in 1937, Joseph Stalin took a break from the purges to edit a new textbook on the history of the U.S.S.R. Published shortly thereafter, the Short History of the U.S.S.R amounted to an ideological sea change. Stalin had literally rewritten Russo-Soviet History, breaking with two decades of Bolshevik propaganda that styled the 1917 Revolution as the start of a new era. In its place, he established a thousand-year pedigree for the Soviet state that stretched back through the Russian empire and Muscovy to the very dawn of Slavic civilization. Appearing in million-copy print runs through 1955, the Short History transformed how a generation of Soviet citizens were to understand the past, not only in public school and adult indoctrination courses, but on the printed page, the theatrical stage, and the silver screen. Stalin's Usable Past supplies a critical edition of the Short History that both analyzes the text and places it in historical context. By highlighting Stalin's precise redactions and embellishments, historian David Brandenberger reveals the scope of Stalin's personal involvement in the textbook's development, documenting in unprecedented detail his plans for the transformation of Soviet society's historical imagination"--

This open access book brings together an eclectic cast of scholars in related disciplines to examine ageing in the Soviet Union, covering the practice of geriatrics, the science of gerontology, and the experience of growing old. Chapters in the book focus on concepts and themes that analyse Soviet ageing in its medical, political and social contexts, both in the Soviet Union and internationally. Ageing was hardly a uniquely Soviet phenomenon: over the past fifty years, moreover, governments and societies have been dealing with steady increases in their ageing populations. Almost paradoxically, however, societal focus on this ageing population, its lives, and its social impact remains extremely limited. Compared to most sciences, gerontology is pitifully underfunded; geriatrics is amongst the least prestigious branches of medicine; and while the world's population is growing undeniably older, great disagreement remains over what can and should be done in response. These were the same challenges that the USSR faced in the post-war decades (1945-1991), and the contributions included in this volume help to flesh out and contextualize the example of Soviet gerontology and geriatrics as one possible model of response. Geriatrics and Ageing in the Soviet Union captures the growing interest in this important subject, demonstrating the influence of ageing on Soviet science and society and the impact of Soviet gerontology and geriatrics at a global level. The book is available under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Wellcome Trust and Liverpool John Moores University.