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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

“I have erected a wonderful, eternal monument to myself, It is harder than metals and higher than the pyramids; Neither a whirlwind nor thunder will break the fleeting one, And time will not crush it by flight. So! - all of me will not die, but a large part of me, Having escaped from decay, after death will begin to live, And my glory will increase without fading, Until the Slavs, the race of the Universe

On July 28, 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia. Mass mobilization of troops began in both countries. On July 29, Austro-Hungarian troops began shelling Belgrade. By August 12, the Austro-Hungarian command concentrated 200 thousand soldiers on the Serbian front and the beginning

The problem of the mass death of the Red Army soldiers who were captured during the Polish-Soviet war of 1919-1920 has not been studied for a long time. After 1945, it was completely hushed up for politically motivated reasons - the Polish People's Republic was an ally of the USSR

England has long dreamed of doing away with Russia. But almost always she tried to do it with someone else's hands. All the 17th-19th centuries, the British hounded the Turks on us. As a result, Russia fought with Turkey in the Russo-Turkish War of 1676-81, in the Russo-Turkish War of 1686-1700, in the Russo-Turkish War of 1710-13, in

In the spring of 2012, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia was innocent of the mass shooting of soldiers and officers of the Polish army near Katyn. The Polish side has almost completely lost this case. There are surprisingly few media reports about this, but there is a shortage of truthful information about the destinies

"You will not see such battles! … Banners were worn like shadows, Fire glittered in the smoke, Damascus steel sounded, buckshot squealed, The fighters' hand was tired to prick, And a mountain of bloody bodies prevented the kernels from flying." Lermontov. "Borodino" Russian troops at Shevardin. Artist S. Gerasimov. 1941 Attack of the Shevardinsky Redoubt. Lithography

100 years ago, on October 14, 1915, Bulgaria declared war on Serbia and entered the First World War on the side of the Central Powers. Bulgaria sought to establish itself as a leader in the Balkan Peninsula and to get even with its neighbors for the humiliating defeat in the Second Balkan War of 1913

Prologue “From the moment one person learns the truth, and until everyone else learns it, sometimes a person's life is not enough” (MI Kutuzov) It has always been and will be, as MS said. Kutuzov: first, someone alone learns the truth, everyone else follows him, but how many times does this

Among the huge number of military awards that existed in different periods of Russian history, the St. George Cross has always occupied a special place. The Soldier's Cross of St. George can be called the most massive award of the Russian Empire, because it was awarded to the lower ranks of the army and navy of Russia

Together with the yoke, the period of the rule of the Tatar warriors and the payment of tribute ended. The time of pure fencing fights is over as well. Small arms appeared, but they did not come from the east, where gunpowder was invented, which honestly served the Mongol conquests, but from the west. And preceded his arrival

Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov is one of the most talented military leaders of the 20th century. For all patriots of their homeland, he is a symbol of the staunchness and inflexibility of the people's spirit, clearly manifested during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. And today his military leadership amazes with power

At present, when it comes to domestic military intelligence, it is mainly the twentieth century that appears. Meanwhile, its historical roots are much deeper. Unfortunately, the functioning of intelligence on the eve and during the war of 1812 belongs to the poorly understood topics of Russian military history. First

Alexander Baryatinsky was born on May 14, 1815. His father, Ivan Ivanovich Baryatinsky, was one of the wealthiest people in Russia at that time. Chamberlain, privy councilor and master of ceremonies of the court of Paul I, associate of Suvorov and Ermolov, he was a very educated person, an amateur

We continue our publications on the results of the trip to Brest. And today we bring to your attention a tour of one of the museums of the Brest Fortress. The museum is located in one of the barracks in the citadel of the fortress. Actually, the barracks and the church (aka the former club) are almost everything that has survived on the island to

“Everyone has enough strength to live a life with dignity. And all the talk about what a difficult time is - just a clever way to justify your laziness, inaction and despondency.”L.D. LandauLev Landau was born on the shores of the Caspian Sea in the oil capital of the Russian Empire, Baku. In the middle

The Penultimate Truth There are not many things in the world that are considered indisputable. Well, that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, I think you know. And that the Moon revolves around the Earth - too. And about the fact that the Americans were the first to create an atomic bomb, ahead of both the Germans and

Few people know that the Soviet torpedo boats of World War II were giant floats from seaplanes. On August 18, 1919, at 3:45 a.m., unidentified aircraft appeared over Kronstadt. An air raid warning was sounded on the ships. Actually, nothing new for our sailors is

Russia celebrated Victory Day with military parades, processions of the "Immortal Regiment" in most large and not-so-large cities of the country, festive festivities and artillery salutes. The few surviving participants of the Great Patriotic War were very pleased to see that they are remembered

"Clementine Ogilvy, Baroness Spencer-Churchill from the residents of the city of Rostov-on-Don with sincere gratitude for the mercy and help in the years of the joint struggle against fascism and in memory of the visit to Rostov-on-Don on April 22, 1945" - such a memorial plaque can be seen in the very center of the Don capital, on

June 21, 2016. The day before the events began, the 75th anniversary of which we commemorated with the whole world not so long ago. The scene is the Brest Fortress. Our guide was a wonderful person, Andrei Vorobei from the military-historical club "Rubezh". Not quite ordinary historians, theirs in Brest