This atlas, which combines thorough scholarship with the most practical features for use, will become an indispensable supplement to texts on Russian history for the historian, the student, and the inquiring layman. The book contains thirty-four handsomely drawn maps—accurate, uncluttered, and easy-to-read—that show how Russia’s boundaries have changed from the formation of the embryonic state of Kievan Rus in the ninth century to the most recent revisions resulting from World War II. Each map is accompanied by concise, descriptive text. The atlas will be a permanent addition to the reference shelves of libraries and individuals. "An atlas to be welcomed by every student of history of Eastern Europe. The picture of boundary changes and shift during 1,100 years is comprehensive and accurate. Perhaps the most valuable feature . . . is the series of maps concerning the growth of the Muscovy before 1462, amps referring to those events are not often to be found in histories of Russia."—Choice.Mr. Chew recently retired from the United States Air Force Academy, where he was associate professor and course chairman for Russian history.

An Atlas of Russian History: Eleven Centuries of Changing Borders, Revised Edition

History

Chew, Allen F.

Russia

Yale University Press

The 105-day war between Finland and the Soviet Union in the winter of 1939-1940 has been overshadowed by the larger conflicts of the Second World War, which followed closely after it. The courageous resistence of the only neighbor of Stalin's Russia, which fought the Red Army and survived as a free and independent nation merits this closer look. Although the diplomatic background of the Winter War has been covered before, this is the first substantial English-language study of its dramatic military encounters.

The White Death: The Epic of the Soviet-Finnish Winter War

Europe

Michigan State University Press

Although the Russian war plans of both Napoleon and Hitler miscarried seriously in terms of casualties and materiel even prior to the onset of winter, "General Winter" was indeed a major contributor to the magnitude of their subsequent problems and casualties. No consideration of warfare in European Russia can ignore the harshness of that region's climate, and the successful war planner must adapt to those conditions or risk emulating their powerful predecessors. Fighting the Russians in Winter: Three Case Studies cites three examples drawn from history to illustrate the nature of a winter war in Russia: The undeclared Allied-Soviet War in Northern Russia in 1918-1919; The destruction of the Soviet 44th Motorized Rifle Division in the Winter War against Finland; Aspects of Nazi-Soviet Warfare in 1941-1942. Two of these three campaigns clearly demonstrated the superiority of the defense over the offense, while the Winter War, although the 44th Division fought defensively, it was as part of the overall Soviet strategic offensive. Given the lessons learned by both sides in the 1918-1919 campaign - lessons vitiated in that conflict due to lack of adequate supplies and troops - it is remarkable that the same issues, such as lack of adequate clothing and lubricants, reoccurred in 1941-1942. All three case studies in "Fighting the Russians in Winter" illustrate the need for thorough preparations, specialized training, and appropriate equipment for any winter operations in such an environment. They also present dramatic proof of the cost of ignoring those lessons. Originally published in 1981: 60 p. maps. ill.

Fighting the Russians in Winter: Three Case Studies

Stone, Howard F.

Combat Studies Institute

Military

Military Bookshop

A creative non-fiction of the dramatic and bloody events in Russia between the end of the Rurik Dynasty (1598) and the advent of the Romanov Dynasty (1613). The events are witnessed by a bewitching Polish maiden with boundless aspirations and several Mariages de Convenance.

Interregnum

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Kiwe Pub

This is the definitive English-language work on the 105-day war between Finland and Stalin's Soviet Union during the winter of 1939-1940. While largely overshadowed by the following conflicts of World War II, the successful resistance of the Finnish forces against the massive Red Army allowed Finland to survive as an independent nation. This study of the war's dramatic deep-winter military encounters is courseware for both the USMC and US Army. Research author, Dr. Allen F. Chew, granted permission to the USMC to reprint this work for its exclusive and official use.

The White Death: The Epic of the Soviet-finnish Winter War

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