Линия жизни. Как я отделился от России

Karl Mannerheim is one of the most famous political figures of the 20th century. Lieutenant General of the Russian Imperial Army, after the revolution of 1917, he fled to Finland, where he became a field marshal of the Finnish army, and then the president of this country. Under the leadership of Mannerheim, a powerful defensive line was built in Finland, named after him, during the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940. it significantly hampered the advance of the Red Army. In his memoirs, Karl Mannerheim describes the service at the court of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and in the Russian army, the revolution in Russia, the difficult relations between Finland and the USSR in the interwar period, the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940 and the war between Finland and the Soviet Union in 1941-1944 years. Particular attention is paid to the imperial aspirations of Russia and the USSR, as well as the place of Russia-USSR in European politics. Translator Kuyval P, Zlobin B. 16+