While in the service of Alexander II, Michael Strogoff faces almost insurmountable obstacles as he carries a message from Moscow to Irkutsk during the time of a Tatar rebellion.
Examines the people, religion, daily life, politics, culture, history, and geography of Russia, emphasizing its transition, since 1991, from a communist to a free nation.
Provides both historical and current perspectives on life in the eleven republics which emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union and formed a voluntary association of their countries.
A history of the Soviet Union which begins with the conditions leading up to the revolution of 1917 and concludes with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Profusely illustrated text discusses the campaigns and battles between German and Russian forces in 1942, when the Russians successfully defended Stalingrad and won their first offensive campaign of World War II.
