The Russian Battleship Marat


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In the interwar period the battleship "Marat" was considered a symbol of the naval power of the Soviet Union. She was the most-described and filmed ship of the Land of the Soviets. In her 40-year service, rich in events, she survived four wars, but only in one of them - the civil war - she used her main guns in an engagement with enemy warships. Only once in her career. In other conflicts, she served as a monitor rather than a battleship, shelling mainly land targets and carrying out counter-battery fire. At the end, she fell victim of the destructive power of German dive bombers. From that moment, she was a battleship only on paper. Mutilated and devoid of propulsion, she was still biting at the Germans from her remaining guns, and after the war, young pupils of the maritime craft appeared on board. Though it sounds absurd, even her reconstruction as a battleship was considered. This misconceived idea was not fortunately realized and the wreck - because it became one in the final period of service - finally went for scrap.




Russian & Soviet Battleships


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Covering the period 1869-1960, this volume provides an overview of Russian and Soviet battleships. It describes the design histories, technical innovations, characteristics, and service histories of 40 naval vessels. Approximately 100 drawings and design studies illustrate the details of the ships,




Battleships of Russia


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 99. Chapters: Battleships of the Imperial Russian Navy, Russo-Japanese War battleships of Russia, Victorian era battleships of Russia, World War I battleships of Russia, Gangut class battleship, Andrei Pervozvanny class battleship, Russian battleship Sissoi Veliky, Russian battleship Rostislav, Imperatritsa Mariya class battleship, Russian battleship Retvizan, Ekaterina II class battleship, Russian battleship Potemkin, Russian ironclad Petr Veliky, Imperator Aleksandr II class battleship, Evstafi class battleship, Russian battleship Sevastopol, Russian battleship Petropavlovsk, Russian battleship Slava, Russian battleship Tri Sviatitelia, Russian battleship Imperator Nikolai I, List of battleships of Russia and the Soviet Union, Russian battleship Gangut, Russian battleship Dvenadsat Apostolov, Russian battleship Ioann Zlatoust, Russian battleship Georgii Pobedonosets, Russian battleship Evstafi, Russian battleship Imperator Aleksandr III, Borodino class battleship, Russian battleship Poltava, Russian battleship Sinop, Russian battleship Chesma, Russian battleship Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya, Russian battleship Imperatritsa Mariya, Russian battleship Andrei Pervozvanny, Russian battleship Imperator Pavel I, Russian coast defense ship General Admiral Graf Apraksin, Russian battleship Ekaterina II, Russian battleship Tsesarevich, Peresvet class battleship, Russian coast defense ship Admiral Seniavin, Russian battleship Oslyabya, Admiral Ushakov class coast defense ship, Russian battleship Pobeda, Russian coast defense ship Gangut, Russian monitor Novgorod, Petropavlovsk class battleship, Japanese battleship Sagami, Japanese battleship Tango, Russian battleship Navarin, Russian coast defense ship Admiral Ushakov. Excerpt: The Gangut-class battleships were the first dreadnoughts begun for the Imperial Russian Navy before World...




Expendable Glory


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Nekrasov tells the story of the battleship Slava, whose role in World War I was vital to Russia's defense against the Germans.




The French Revolutionary Tradition in Russian and Soviet Politics, Political Thought, and Culture


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The Bolsheviks sought legitimacy and inspiration in historic revolutionary traditions, and Jay Bergman argues that they saw the revolutions in France in 1789, 1830, 1848, and 1871 as supplying practically everything Marxism lacked, including guidance in constructing socialism and communism, and useful fodder for political and personal polemics.




Russian Battleships and Cruisers of the Russo-Japanese War


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This book examines the major warships of the Imperial Russian Navy which participated in the Russo-Japanese War. The focus is on the battleships, coastal defence warships, and cruisers of the Pacific Squadron and Baltic Squadron that fought during the war. It discusses in detail their design and development between the years of 1885 and 1905, concentrating particularly on battleships and cruisers. The book explores, in depth, the mutually influential relationship between Russian and foreign warship design, as Russia progressed from a reliance on foreign designs and shipyards towards an ability to produce its own influential ships, such as the Novik. The title also outlines the gripping operational history of the Russian warships which participated in the Russo-Japanese war, tracing their activity before and during the combat, as well as the post-war fate of those ships which were bombarded, scuttled, captured, or salvaged. Packed with contemporary photography and full-colour illustrations, this title offers a detailed and definitive guide to the design, development, and destiny of the Russian warships which battled the Japanese in the Eastern seas.







The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Navy in the Baltic 1921-1941


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This book, based on extensive work in Russian archives, investigates how strategy, organisational rivalry and cultural factors came to shape naval developments in the Soviet Union, up to the invasion of 1941.




The Complete Maisky Diaries


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The complete diaries that Ivan Maisky, Soviet ambassador to London, kept between 1932 and 1943 Confiscated by Soviet authorities in the 1950s, the diaries of Ivan Maisky, the USSR's ambassador to Great Britain from 1932 to 1943, have been unearthed, annotated, and edited for publication in a three-volume set that Niall Ferguson predicts "will stand as one of the great achievements of twenty-first century historical scholarship." Maisky's revelations illuminate Soviet foreign policy in the years prior to and during World War II, providing fascinating perspectives on London's political life and climate, key figures and events, and the Kremlin rivalries that influenced Soviet policy. Volume 1: The Rise of Hitler and the Gathering Clouds of War, 1932-1938 Volume 2: The Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact and the Battle of Britain, 1939-1940 Volume 3: The German Invasion of Russia and the Forging of the Grand Alliance, 1941-19




The Potemkin Mutiny


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This book gives a dramatic blow-by-blow account of the June 1905 mutiny on board the Russian battleship Potemkin.