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Vory : den ryska supermaffian
Den ryska maffian – vory v zakone – uppstod i början av 1900-talet, mestadels i arbets- och straffångeläger, där dess unika kultur utvecklades. Medlemmarna kunde kännas igen på …
A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin
A Library Journal 2020 Title to Watch"Terrific - and an amazing achievement to cover so much ground in such a short and wonderfully readable book." -Peter Frankopan, bestselling …
Armies of Russia's War in Ukraine
Explaining and illustrating the immediate background to the current Russian invasion of Ukraine, this book investigates the Ukrainian and Russian regular and irregular forces which …
The Modern Russian Army 1992–2016
A full and authoritative illustrated history of Russia’s army since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, including Air Assault and Navy ground forces. Since the collapse of the …
We Need to Talk About Putin
'Galeotti sketches a bleak, but convincing picture of the man in the Kremlin and the political system that he dominates' - The TimesMeet the world's most dangerous man. Who is the …
Vory; Russlands supermafia
På innsiden av verdens tøffeste og mest nådeløse mafia. En thriller fra virkeligheten. Dette er boken om Russlands mest fryktede kriminelle gruppering: vory v zakone. Vory - «tyv» …
The Age of Anxiety
The geography of Russia -- vast, unwieldy, exposed -- and her tragic history of foreign invasion have created an overriding sense of military vulnerability amongst her leaders …
Gorbachev and his Revolution
By turns radical, uncertain, ambitious and autocratic, Mikhail Gorbachev and his bid to reform the Soviet Union have shaped the contemporary world. This concise and lively book …
Panjshir Valley 1980 86
An in-depth look at the struggle between the charismatic rebel commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, 'The Lion of Panjshir', and the Soviet forces who fought to control the Panjshir Valley …