Night Train To Kaliningrad Night Flight To Vladivostok

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Night Train To Kaliningrad Night Flight To Vladivostok

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Author : Andrew Weeks
language : en
Publisher: Bookbaby
Release Date : 2019-06-20

Night Train To Kaliningrad Night Flight To Vladivostok written by Andrew Weeks and has been published by Bookbaby this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-20 with categories.

This book is the memoir of an inner and outer journey across the Eurasian landmass from Vienna to Vladivostok, undertaken in order to regain confidence in my mental and physical powers after a harsh cancer treatment. The first third of the book consists of reflections and memories prior to departure, while the latter two thirds recount my experiences, encounters, and observations in route through the cities of Austria, the Baltic states, Russia, and Siberia. The memoir incorporates reflections on German mysticism, Russian and German literature and philosophy, as well as observations of people and places. Cities visited include Salzburg, Vienna, Gdansk, Kaliningrad, Svetlogorsk, Vilnius, Riga, St. Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Vladivostok, and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski. Authors reflected upon include Boehme, Goethe, Kant, Herder, Schopenhauer, Thomas Mann, Chekhov, Tolstoy, Pushkin, Leskov, Dostoyevsky, Berdyayev, Tolstaya, Alexievich, Lomasko, Petrushevskaya, and Ulitskaya. Travel across Russia became the occasion for reflecting on life, death, the threatened culture of reading, literature, and the comparative study of national character.

Naval Accidents 1945 1988

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Author : William M. Arkin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989

Naval Accidents 1945 1988 written by William M. Arkin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Marine accidents categories.

Russia S Military Modernisation An Assessment

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Author : The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-09-29

Russia S Military Modernisation An Assessment written by The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-29 with Political Science categories.

This new IISS Strategic Dossier examines the recent development of Moscow’s armed forces and military capabilities. It analyses the aspirations underpinning Russia’s military reform programme and its successes as well as its failures. The book also provides insights into Russia’s operational use of its armed forces, including in the intervention in Syria, the goals and results of recent state armament programmes, and the trajectory of future developments. This full-colour volume includes more than 50 graphics, maps and charts and over 70 images, and contains chapters on: Russia's armed forces since the end of the Cold War Strategic forces Ground forces Naval forces Aerospace forces Russia’s approach to military decision-making and joint operations Economics and industry At a time when Russia’s relations with many of its neighbours are increasingly strained, and amid renewed concern about the risk of an armed clash, this dossier is essential reading for understanding the state,capabilities and future of Russia’s armed forces.

Energiya Buran

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Author : Bart Hendrickx
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-12-05

Energiya Buran written by Bart Hendrickx and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-05 with Technology & Engineering categories.

This absorbing book describes the long development of the Soviet space shuttle system, its infrastructure and the space agency’s plans to follow up the first historic unmanned mission. The book includes comparisons with the American shuttle system and offers accounts of the Soviet test pilots chosen for training to fly the system, and the operational, political and engineering problems that finally sealed the fate of Buran and ultimately of NASA’s Shuttle fleet.

Trans Siberian Handbook

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Author : Bryn Thomas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011

Trans Siberian Handbook written by Bryn Thomas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Railroad travel categories.

The eighth edition of the definitive guide to the world's longest railway journey is a major revision, entirely re- researched and updated by Anna Kaminski, a Russian-UK dual-national educated in both countries. All routes were retravelled and there is additional information on Siberia, including the Lake Baikal area. The book includes ......

The Central Intelligence Agency And Overhead Reconnaissance

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Author : Gregory Pedlow
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-03-15

The Central Intelligence Agency And Overhead Reconnaissance written by Gregory Pedlow and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-15 with History categories.

The CIA’s 2013 release of its book The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance 1954–1974 is a fascinating and important historical document. It contains a significant amount of newly declassified material with respect to the U-2 and Oxcart programs, including names of pilots; codenames and cryptonyms; locations, funding, and cover arrangements; electronic countermeasures equipment; cooperation with foreign governments; and overflights of the Soviet Union, Cuba, China, and other countries. Originally published with a Secret/No Foreign Dissemination classification, this detailed study describes not only the program’s technological and bureaucratic aspects, but also its political and international context, including the difficult choices faced by President Eisenhower in authorizing overflights of the Soviet Union and the controversy surrounding the shoot down there of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers in 1960. The authors discuss the origins of the U-2, its top-secret testing, its specially designed high-altitude cameras and complex life-support systems, and even the possible use of poison capsules by its pilots, if captured. They call attention to the crucial importance of the U-2 in the gathering of strategic and tactical intelligence, as well as the controversies that the program unleashed. Finally, they discuss the CIA’s development of a successor to the U-2, the Oxcart, which became the world’s most technologically advanced aircraft. For the first time, the more complete 2013 release of this historical text is available in a professionally typeset format, supplemented with higher quality photographs that will bring alive these incredible aircraft and the story of their development and use by the CIA. This edition also includes a new preface by author Gregory W. Pedlow and a foreword by Chris Pocock. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Tips For Travelers To Russia

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993

Tips For Travelers To Russia written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Former Soviet republics categories.

A Little Corner Of Freedom

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Author : Douglas R. Weiner
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1999-02-26

A Little Corner Of Freedom written by Douglas R. Weiner and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-02-26 with Nature categories.

While researching Russia's historical efforts to protect nature, Douglas Weiner unearthed unexpected findings: a trail of documents that raised fundamental questions about the Soviet political system. These surprising documents attested to the unlikely survival of a critical-minded, scientist-led movement through the Stalin years and beyond. It appeared that, within scientific societies, alternative visions of land use, resrouce exploitation, habitat protection, and development were sustained and even publicly advocated. In sharp contrast to known Soviet practices, these scientific societies prided themselves on their traditions of free elections, foreign contacts, and a pre-revolutionary heritage. Weiner portrays nature protection activists not as do-or-die resisters to the system, nor as inoffensive do-gooders. Rather, they took advantage of an unpoliced realm of speech and activity and of the patronage by middle-level Soviet officials to struggle for a softer path to development. In the process, they defended independent social and professional identities in the face of a system that sought to impose official models of behavior, ethics, and identity for all. Written in a lively style, this absorbing story tells for the first time how organized participation in nature protection provided an arena for affirming and perpetuating self-generated social identities in the USSR and preserving a counterculture whose legacy survives today.

Putinomics

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Author : Albrecht Rothacher
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-05-20

Putinomics written by Albrecht Rothacher and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-20 with Business & Economics categories.

This book sheds new light on the political economy of Russia under Putin’s rule. The author, a former EU diplomat, presents a historical review of the Russian economy and 60 years of state-communist mismanagement, followed by oligarchic privatization. The book offers profound insights into Putin’s rule and the power mechanics of the state-dominated management of the Russian economy. It identifies and assesses the lack of rule of law, together with an arbitrary and often corrupt administration that systematically discourages entrepreneurship and the emergence of an independent middle class. Furthermore, the book discusses Russia’s budgetary policy, its dependence on the export of natural resources, state-owned enterprises and their privileges, and Russia’s external trade. This hard-hitting, substantial analysis debunks the myth of Russia’s economic might and is a must read for anyone seeking to understand the economic realities of the Eurasian continent, or considering doing business with Russia.

Europe Review

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Author : Kogan Page
language : en
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
Release Date : 2003

Europe Review written by Kogan Page and has been published by Kogan Page Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Business & Economics categories.

This reference on the whole of Europe, from Gibraltar to Georgia, Andorra to Azerbaijan, provides both an analytical overview of the region and specific data for each of the 40 countries it comprises. Introductory chapters cover regional issues including: a regional review, with the year's trends, developments and key events; which EU countries have attracted the most and least Foreign Direct Investment; how national governments and the EU are addressing the issue of refugees and asylum; patterns of household debt and savings in Europe; and the impact of EU enlargement.;Comprehensive economic and business reports for each country include: political and economic surveys identifying the trends, developments, problems and solutions; country profiles, including information on economic sectors, political parties and systems, demographics and languages; key facts and analysis of vital statistics; a business guide offering practical information for visitors to the country, including local contact addresses; and key indicators setting out the country's key economic indicators between 1998 and 2003.