The history of wars in Russia has been described many times. And yet, let’s try to look at the fighting history of our Fatherland from unusual angles. The princes of polar wars, the Minin and Pozharsky private military companies, Suvorov’s skillful diplomacy and psychological warfare during the Napoleonic era. How Russia predicted the First World War with astonishing accuracy—and why the Kaiser watered Russian prisoners with beer. How Siberian sables were traded in 1941–1945, whether Stalin prepared an airborne assault on Alaska, and what war in Russian history was the most beneficial for it. All of this—and much more—will be told by historian Alexey Volynets in his new book.