Автор: Russell Punter Название: Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been? I`ve been to London to visit the Queen ISBN: 1409596222 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781409596226 Издательство: Usborne Рейтинг: Цена: 1161.00 р. 1451.00-20% Наличие на складе: Есть (3 шт.) Описание: Take a virtual tour of London in this original picture book based on the classic English rhyme, which allegedly dates back to Tudor times. This version is set in the modern day, with pussy cat touring some of the most capital`s most iconic sites including the Tower of London and Trafalgar Square, as well as Buckingham Palace.
When the United States and the Soviet Union signed the first Strategic Arms Limitation Talks accords in 1972 it was generally seen as the point at which the USSR achieved parity with the United States. Less than twenty years later the Soviet Union had collapsed, confounding experts who never expected it to happen during their lifetimes. In From Washington to Moscow veteran US Foreign Service officer Louis Sell traces the history of US–Soviet relations between 1972 and 1991 and explains why the Cold War came to an abrupt end. Drawing heavily on archival sources and memoirs—many in Russian—as well as his own experiences, Sell vividly describes events from the perspectives of American and Soviet participants. He attributes the USSR's fall not to one specific cause but to a combination of the Soviet system's inherent weaknesses, mistakes by Mikhail Gorbachev, and challenges by Ronald Reagan and other US leaders. He shows how the USSR's rapid and humiliating collapse and the inability of the West and Russia to find a way to cooperate respectfully and collegially helped set the foundation for Vladimir Putin’s rise.
Название: Moscow Vanguard Art: 1922-1992 ISBN: 0300179758 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780300179750 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 7524.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A comprehensive survey of art in Moscow in the era of the Soviet Union that champions the unquenchable spirit of artistic experimentation in the face of political repression Ambitious and interdisciplinary, Moscow Vanguard Art: 1922-1992 tells the story of generations of artists who resisted Soviet dictates on aesthetics, spanning the Russian avant-garde, socialist realism, and Soviet postwar art in one volume. Drawing on art history, criticism, and political theory, Margarita Tupitsyn unites these three epochs, mapping their differences and commonalities, ultimately reconnecting the postwar vanguard with the historical avant-garde. With a focus on Moscow artists, the book chronicles how this milieu achieved institutional and financial independence, and reflects on the theoretical and visual models it generated in various media, including painting, photography, conceptual, performance, and installation art. Generously illustrated, this ground-breaking volume, published in the year that marks the centennial of the October Revolution, demonstrates that, regardless of political repression, the spirit of artistic experiment never ceased to exist in the Soviet Union.
Автор: Stahel Название: Operation Typhoon ISBN: 1107501954 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107501959 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4117.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Operation Typhoon was launched by Hitler in October 1941 to capture Moscow and knock the Soviet Union out of the war. Traditionally viewed as a victory, this groundbreaking new account of the offensive reveals that despite success on the battlefield the wider German war effort was already doomed to failure.
Автор: Haseltine Eric Название: Spy in Moscow Station ISBN: 1785784927 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781785784927 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: 2572.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The thrilling, true, cold-war era story of counterespionage in Moscow and the clandestine eavesdropping arms race.
Автор: Radishchev, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, Название: Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow ISBN: 023118591X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780231185912 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 2691.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow is among the most important pieces of writing to come out of Russia in the age of Catherine the Great. Alexander Radishchev`s account of a fictional journey blends literature, philosophy, and political economy to expose social and economic injustices and their causes at all levels of Russian society.
Автор: Galeotti, Mark (new York University, New York, Usa) Название: Moscow kremlin ISBN: 1472845498 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472845498 Издательство: Osprey Рейтинг: Цена: 2226.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An illustrated study of the history of the Moscow Kremlin, a metaphor for Russia, a symbol for its government and an enduring icon of the country. A fortified complex covering 70 acres at the heart of Moscow, behind walls up to 18m high and watched over by 20 towers, the Kremlin houses everything from Russia's seat of political power to glittering churches. This is a fortress that has evolved over time, from the original wooden guard tower built in the 11th century to the current stone and brick complex, over the years having been built, burnt, besieged and rebuilt.
Starting with the initial building of a wooden watch tower on the banks of the Moskva river in the 11th century, this book follows the Kremlin's tumultuous history through rises and falls and various iterations to today, supported by photographs, specially commissioned artwork and maps. In the process, it tells a story of Russia, and also unveils a range of mysteries around the fortress, from the 14th-century underground tunnels built to permit spies to enter and leave it covertly through to today's invisible defences such as it GPS spoofing field (switch on your phone inside the walls and it may well tell you you're at Vnukovo airport, 30km away) and drone jammers.
Автор: Daniel Krob; Alexander A. Mikhalev; Alexander V. M Название: Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics ISBN: 3540672478 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783540672470 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 33401.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: SFCA/FPSAC (Series Formelles et Combinatoire Algebrique/Formal Power Se- ries and Algebraic Combinatorics) is a series of international conferences that are held annually since 1988, alternating between Europe and North America. They usually take place at the end of the academic year, between June and July depending on the local organizing constraints. SFCA/FPSAC has now become one of the most important annual inter- national meetings for the algebraic and bijective combinatorics community. The conference is indeed one of the key international exchange place of ideas between all researchers involved in this emerging exciting area. SFCA/FPSAC'OO is the 12th in the series. It will take place in Moscow (Russia) from June 26 to June 30, 2000. Previous SFCA/FPSAC conferences were organized in Lille (88), Paris (90), Bordeaux (91), Montreal (92), Florence (93), Rutgers (94), Marne-la-Vallee (95), Minneapolis (96), Vienna (97), Toronto (98) and Barcelona (99). SFCA/FPSAC'OO is co-organized by the Center of New Information Tech- nologies (CNIT) of Moscow State University, the Laboratoire d'Informatique AI- gorithmique: Fondements et Applications (LIAFA) of University Paris 7 and the Maison de l'Informatique et des Mathematiques Discretes (MIMD). The SFCA/FPSAC'OO conference covers all main areas of algebraic combi- natorics and bijective combinatorics (including asymptotic analysis, all sorts of enumeration, representation theory of classical groups and classical Lie algebras, symmetric functions, etc). A special stress was also put this year on combinato- rial and computer algebra.
Against the sprawling backdrop of the Cold War, The Kremlinologist revisits some of the twentieth century's greatest conflicts as seen through the eyes of its hardest working diplomat, Llewellyn E Thompson. From the wilds of the American West to the inner sanctums of the White House and the Kremlin, Thompson became an important advisor to presidents and a key participant in major global events, including the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. Yet unlike his contemporaries Robert S. McNamara and Dean Rusk, who considered Thompson one of the most crucial Cold War actors and the "unsung hero" of the Cuban Missile Crisis, he has not been the subject of a major biography--until now.
Thompson's daughters Jenny and Sherry Thompson skillfully and thoroughly document his life as an accomplished career diplomat. In vigorous prose, they describe how Thompson joined the Foreign Service both to feed his desire for adventure and from a deep sense of duty. They also detail the crucial role he played as a negotiator unafraid of compromise. Known in the State Department as "Mr. Tightlips," Thompson was the epitome of discretion. People from completely opposite ends of the political spectrum lauded his approach to diplomacy and claimed him as their own.
Refuting historical misinterpretations of the Berlin Crisis, the Austrian State Treaty, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Thompsons tell their father's fascinating story. With unprecedented access to Thompson's FBI dossier, State Department personnel files, letters, diaries, speeches, and documents, and relying on probing interviews and generous assistance from American and Russian archivists, historians, and government officials, the authors bring new material to light, including important information on the U-2, Kennan's containment policy, and Thompson's role in US covert operations machinery.
This unique and monumental biography not only restores a central figure to history, it makes the crucial events he shaped accessible to a broader readership and gives contemporary readers a backdrop for understanding the fraught United States-Russia relationship that still exists today.
Автор: Eskin, Georgy I. (all-russia Institute Of Light Alloys, Moscow) Eskin, Dmitry G. (brunel University, Uxbridge, Uk) Название: Ultrasonic treatment of light alloy melts, second edition ISBN: 1138075973 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138075979 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 14545.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
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Spawned by growing interest in ultrasonic technology and new developments in ultrasonic melt processing, the Second Edition of Ultrasonic Treatment of Light Alloy Melts discusses use of ultrasonic melt treatment in direct-chill casting, shape casting, rapid solidification, zone refining, and more, exploring the effects of power ultrasound on melt degassing, filtration, and refinement in aluminum and magnesium alloys. The fully revised and restructured Second Edition:
Contains new, in-depth coverage of composite and nanocomposite materials
Provides a historical review of the last century of ultrasonic applications to metallurgy
Emphasizes the fundamentals, mechanisms, and applications of ultrasonic melt processing in different light-metal technologies
Features new chapters on ultrasonic grain refinement, refinement of primary solid phases, and semi-solid processing of billets with nondendritic structure
Includes significant updates reflecting results obtained over the past two decades on different scales, from laboratory to full-scale industrial implementations
Complete with many new figures and examples, Ultrasonic Treatment of Light Alloy Melts, Second Edition delivers a comprehensive treatise on ultrasonic melt processing and cavitation, presenting essential guidelines for practical use and further development of the technology.
Jeff Sahadeo reveals the complex and fascinating stories of migrant populations in Leningrad and Moscow. Voices from the Soviet Edge focuses on the hundreds of thousands of Uzbeks, Tajiks, Georgians, Azerbaijanis, and others who arrived toward the end of the Soviet era, seeking opportunity at the privileged heart of the USSR. Through the extensive oral histories Sahadeo has collected, he shows how the energy of these migrants, denigrated as "Blacks" by some Russians, transformed their families' lives and created inter-republican networks, altering society and community in both the center and the periphery of life in the "two capitals."
Voices from the Soviet Edge connects Leningrad and Moscow to transnational trends of core-periphery movement and marks them as global cities. In examining Soviet concepts such as "friendship of peoples" alongside ethnic and national differences, Sahadeo shows how those ideas became racialized but could also be deployed to advance migrant aspirations. He exposes the Brezhnev era as a time of dynamism and opportunity, and Leningrad and Moscow not as isolated outposts of privilege but at the heart of any number of systems that linked the disparate regions of the USSR into a whole. In the 1980s, as the Soviet Union crumbled, migration increased. These later migrants were the forbears of contemporary Muslims from former Soviet spaces who now confront significant discrimination in European Russia. As Sahadeo demonstrates, the two cities benefited from 1980s' migration but also became communities where racism and exclusion coexisted with citizenship and Soviet identity.
