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It is no secret that for many Soviet officers it was very prestigious to own a captured pistol. Most often, German short-barreled weapons could be at the disposal of the infantry commanders of the platoon-battalion level and the military personnel of the reconnaissance units. That is, those who

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A rare photo - two identical Russian warships of non-Soviet construction together. But that should stop being rare. Photo: defenceimagery.mod.uk Having decided on the principles that should underlie the sane shipbuilding policy of Russia, you need to subject them at least

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The High-Precision Complexes holding (part of the Rostec state corporation) was formed in 2009. Judging by the brand's popularity in Russia and abroad, the consolidation of the scientific and technical potential of specialized enterprises was successful. Not every integrated structure can boast

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About spilled blood - as a general to a general In February 2021, shortly before the next anniversary of the armed conflict on Damansky Island, a very lengthy and, to put it mildly, somewhat strange material was published in Nezavisimaya Gazeta. It was a big interview with a retired major general

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In the minds of the majority of Europeans, and even the citizens of Russia, the expanses of Southern Siberia, Altai, Mongolia, Northern and Central China have always been an area of settlement for the peoples of the Mongoloid race, but this is far from the case. Already in 3000 BC, Southern Siberia was inhabited by the clans of the Indo-European

In 1807, a Russian squadron entered the Aegean Sea. All the islands there and all the coasts of the mainland at that time belonged to the Ottoman Empire. The Aegean Sea was essentially a "Turkish inland lake". The squadron with a small landing looked like little David, going to fight with

On April 13 (25), 1877, one of the most unpleasant for Russia pages of the Paris treatise, which ended the Crimean War, was turned over. The Russian army entered Izmail, reuniting Southern Bessarabia (Danube) with the Russian state. United Principality of Wallachia and Moldavia (later

At the end of March 2016, a regular nuclear security summit was held in Washington under the leadership of the United States. Russia refused to participate in it. In February 2016, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov noted that Moscow excludes the possibility of continuing negotiations with Washington to reduce

I would like to tell you about one small episode that can be useful for the "Book of Combat Experience". … May 2002. Urus-Martanovsky region of Chechnya. We were part of the settlement police department (POM) of the Alkhazurovo settlement of the temporary department of internal affairs (VOVD) of the indicated area

The "Polish balcony" threatened the collapse of the army, and even the empire The great retreat in the summer of 1915 from Poland and Galicia, despite numerous works about it, in fact remains a blank spot. Under the influence of the post-October political situation in historiography, a stable opinion has developed: this

The domestic submarine fleet is indeed significantly inferior to the American one. This is how our experts comment on the relevant statements of the head of the Pentagon, who calls Russian and Chinese submarines the main competitors of the US submarine fleet. However, Russia also has such submarines, an analogue of which

Why the General Staff "missed" the uprising prepared by a revolutionary who did not serve in the army for a single dayKonstantin Aksenov. Arrival of V.I. Lenin to Russia in 1917. Photo: M. Filimonov / RIA Novosti Konstantin Aksenov. Arrival of V.I. Lenin to Russia in 1917. Photo: M. Filimonov / RIA

The transferable ruble was the first large-scale project to create a supranational monetary unit. Other supranational monetary units appeared later. So in this matter, too, our country was ahead of the rest of the world. The CMEA building in Moscow. Beginning 1970s Convertible ruble in effect since January

The deportation of the Crimean Tatars is again turning into a propaganda tool On May 18, 1944, in pursuance of the resolution of the State Defense Committee No. 5859ss "On Crimean Tatars", the forced resettlement of Crimean Tatars to the Uzbek, as well as the Kazakh and Tajik SSRs began. The operation took place

On May 24, 1900, the first two battleships of the Borodino class were laid down in St. Petersburg, which became legends of the Battle of Tsushima

"They were especially distinguished by brutal reprisals, helped the invaders in the mass extermination of Soviet people." The idea of repentance

The Slavs and Hindus have one common ancestor who lived about 4300 years ago. We continue to publish the results of the research of Professor Anatoly Klyosov. The beginning - Slavs: the discovery of geneticists turns the usual ideas In the DNA of every man, namely in his Y chromosome, there are

Stalin crossed the line separating reasonable caution from dangerous credulity During all 75 years that have passed since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, we are looking for an answer to a seemingly simple question: how did it happen that the Soviet leadership, having irrefutable evidence of the preparation of aggression against the USSR

Nikolai Ivanovich Maksimov, Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of the State Prize, what can you find on the ubiquitous Internet about this person? It turns out almost nothing. "AiF Kazan" presents nine facts from the life of the director of the plant

Today, the anti-torpedoes of the Russian shipborne complex “Packet-NK” have the highest anti-torpedo potential in comparison with western models, and thus ensure reliable defeat of attacking torpedoes

Our southern neighbor Georgia has long been firmly in the camp of Russia's opponents. Recently, a motorized infantry company of the Georgian Armed Forces was added to the NATO Rapid Reaction Force. Anti-Russian sentiments are strong in the country, especially among young people. On the territory of Georgia, there is an educational

Of the main participants in World War II, the United States was probably the only country that did not have an Air Force as an independent branch of the armed forces. As such, the US Air Force was only formed on September 18, 1947. Nevertheless, despite various formal and informal absurdities

Back in August 1914, Staff Captain Pyotr Nesterov, world famous for his loop, for the first time in the world decided on a deadly risky trick - he struck down the Austrian "albatross". And - he died … But the tragic seal of death from a risky admission was removed on April 1, 1915 by the captain Alexander Kazakov:

After the unsuccessful Prut campaign of 1711, which almost ended with the capture of Peter and the entire Russian army by the Turks, the consequences of which for the Russian award system we spoke about in the article about the Order of St. Catherine, the main military operations were again transferred to the shores of the Baltic Sea

Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen, Mongolia, Tuva helped the Soviet Union free of chargeDuring the Great Patriotic War, many countries and peoples provided assistance to the USSR, even being officially neutral in that war. Brief reports about this can be found in the Soviet press during wartime. There were several very