The battle for St. Sofia. Shiro -Rorad A.B.

Put a crescent or cross over the temple of St. Sophia - the centuries -old dream of many peoples. But their rulers were much more interested in control of the Black Sea straits. The two thousandth battle for the shrines of Constantinople is inseparable from the struggle for the straits. In the book of Alexander Shirokarad, the Battle of St. Sophia made an attempt to show the vicissitudes of the struggle for Constantinople without centuries -old myths, political correctness and forbidden topics. The content of the book looks especially relevant, given the recent return of the Holy Sofia of the status of the mosque by the Turkish authorities.