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2025-06-01 06:06

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 an interview with IA REGNUM, the director of the Institute of Historical Research of Lviv University, guest professor of the Central European University in Budapest, senator and head of the Department of History of Ukraine of the Ukrainian Catholic University Yaroslav Gritsak tells the story of the creation of the OUN-UPA, about

I think there is no need to talk about what is happening in Ukraine now. I just want to note that this is a civil war. Initiated by Ukrainian traitors in 1941 with the support of Nazi Germany with weapons and money, and continued today - with the support of the West and the United States with money and

Before proceeding to the description of the misadventures of the "Varyag" crew with the ship's mechanisms of the cruiser, let us pay a little attention to some features of the construction of the cruiser. The thing is that in the two previous articles we considered the problems of boilers and cruiser machines outside the general context of its construction:

The flagship of the Hochseeflotte - "Friedrich der Grosse" Having considered the accuracy of the battlecruisers of both opponents, let's move on to the battleships. Unfortunately, the information available in the sources about the Grand Fleet and Hochseeflot dreadnoughts is much less detailed and does not allow for a cross-sectional analysis

So, we ended the previous article on the fact that the contract for the construction of a battleship and an armored cruiser of the 1st rank was concluded with Ch. Crump out of competition, and, most importantly, even before the aforementioned Ch. Crump could present projects of these ships. Instead, to the contract

In the first part of our material devoted to Ju-188, we examined the long way to create this rather interesting and little-known aircraft, which received the name "Racher" in the Luftwaffe - "Avenger" (since one of the goals of its creation was "revenge bombing" for bombing of German

In the 90s. XIX century. The Russian Empire began building an ocean-going armored fleet. The military leadership of the country still considered England and Germany to be the main opponents, but it was already beginning to closely look at the rapid growth of the Japanese fleet. During this period, the progress of marine technology and

In the previous article, we talked about the effectiveness of the impact of medium-caliber artillery on Russian warships in the Battle of Tsushima. For this, we, using the statistics of battles on January 27 and July 28, 1904, made an attempt to calculate the number of hits on the ships of the Russian squadron in Tsushima. TO

Among professional historians, there is a controversial, but not unreasonable view of the history of states as a series of descriptions of the fate of individuals who have made a significant contribution to the development of society. The opinion, of course, is one-sided and limited, but, nevertheless, it is not devoid of a grain of objective truth

The history of Latin America is filled with military coups, uprisings and revolutions, left and right dictatorships. One of the longest-running dictatorships, which is ambiguously assessed by followers of different ideologies, was the rule of General Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay. This

Attack of the Dead. Artist: Evgeny Ponomarev August 6 marks the 100th anniversary of the famous "Attack of the Dead" - an event unique to the history of war: the counterattack of the 13th company of the 226th Zemlyansky regiment, which survived the German gas attack during the assault of the Osovets fortress by German troops on August 6 (July 24)

Most Russians do not know anything about the Chaco War, which took place between Paraguay and Bolivia in 1932-1935. This is not surprising, because this military conflict flared up thousands of kilometers from Europe, in another part of the world. At the same time, this war became the bloodiest

The history of the defense of the Osovets fortress - not to surrender and not to die In any ancient historical name, there is usually a certain mysticism, a divine finger pointing to past or future great events. The Osovets fortress is a clear confirmation of this. It got its name from a purely

Red Square is not only the most popular and most visited place in the capital of Russia, a visiting card and the heart of our country. It has long since become the main military parade ground of the Fatherland. It was here that the glorious military parades took place, the splendor and power of which always caused not only

920 years ago, on October 19, 1097, at the council of princes in Lyubech, the division of Rus into appanage principalities was legalized. This advice was preceded by the difficult era of Izyaslav, full of strife, swarms and blood, the internecine war of 1094-1097. and the war with the Cumans

After the death of Yaroslav the Wise, Izyaslav, a weak and greedy prince, received the Kiev table. In conditions of princely strife and external threat (Polovtsy), he and his advisers led the people to an uprising. Not having the strength to suppress the popular uprising, Izyaslav fled to Poland, counting on the support of Prince Boleslav

On June 13, 1858, a Russian-Chinese agreement was signed in the Chinese city of Tianjin, which went down in history as the Tianjin Treaty. The agreement consisted of 12 articles. He confirmed peace and friendship between the two states, and guaranteed the inviolability of property and personal safety

From the first days of the occupation of Belarus, a partisan movement developed in the rear of the enemy, which day by day acquired an ever wider scope. The struggle of the Soviet patriots took on a mass character. By the beginning of 1943, 512 partisan detachments were operating in Belarus, uniting more than 56 thousand

The Battle of Kulikovo (Mamaevo Battle), a battle between the united Russian army led by the Moscow Grand Duke Dmitry Ivanovich and the army of the Temnik of the Golden Horde Mamai, which took place on September 8, 1380 1 on the Kulikovo field (historical area between the Don, Nepryadva and Beautiful Sword rivers on

Why, having withstood the heroic siege of Albazin, Russia in 1689 gave the Amur region to China "Traveler, bring the message to our citizens in Lacodemon that, having fulfilled the covenant of Sparta, here we died with bones." These proud words are carved on a huge stone set on a hill at the entrance to Thermopylae in Greece