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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

For three months, the insurgent Cossacks led by Pavel Kudinov repulsed the attacks of the 8th and 9th armies of the Red Southern Front. The rebellious Don Cossacks pinned down significant forces of the Red Army, facilitating the offensive of the White Cossacks. This allowed Denikin's army to occupy the Don region and create a threat to enter

The enemies of Russia and the Russian people created a black myth that the huge Soviet Union was a colossus with feet of clay. Hitler and his entourage believed in the same way, but they miscalculated, planning to crush the USSR with the help of "lightning war"

80 years ago, in March 1939, Hitler sent troops to Bohemia and Moravia. Czechoslovakia ceased to exist, already in 1938 cut in favor of Germany, Poland and Hungary. On March 14, Slovakia declared its independence, but in fact found itself under the control of the Third Reich. March 15 by decree

120 years ago, on March 29, 1899, Lavrenty Pavlovich Beria was born. Future Marshal of the Soviet Union, Hero of Socialist Labor, Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (since 1946 of the Council of Ministers), curator of the missile and nuclear programs of the USSR. Thanks to Beria, the USSR became nuclear and

100 years ago, in March 1919, the Vyoshensky uprising began. The Don Cossacks rose up against the Bolsheviks, who established control over the Upper Don District in early 1919. In late 1918 - early 1919, the Tsaritsyn Front of the White Cossacks collapsed. In January 1919, the third assault failed

100 years ago, in March 1919, the "Flight to the Volga" began - a strategic offensive operation of Kolchak's army with the aim of defeating the Eastern Front of the Red Army, reaching the Volga, joining with white forces in the South and North of Russia and a subsequent strike on Moscow. The main blows were delivered by the white troops

As a result of the spring offensive of the Russian army of Kolchak, the Whites broke through the red Eastern Front in the center, defeated the northern flank of the red front; occupied vast territories, including the Izhevsko-Votkinsk region, Ufa and Bugulma, came to the approaches to Vyatka, Kazan, Samara

The transformation of the USSR into a highly developed industrial and military power began with the Stalinist five-year plans, with the five-year plans for the development of the national economy. These were state long-term plans for the economic and cultural development of the Soviet Union. The first five-year plan fell on 1928-1932

Gorbachev's "perestroika" did not lead to the creation of a "new economy" competitive in the world market, as originally planned. Since 1986, the situation in the Soviet economy has steadily deteriorated. There was a landslide drop in production efficiency and labor productivity. Fell

The Red Emperor was literally creating the future before our very eyes. In ten years, from 1930 to 1940, the Soviet Union went from agrarian Russia to a highly developed industrial power, with advanced science and technology capable of withstanding the onslaught of the most advanced power of European civilization - the Third

The history of the Patriotic War of 1812 has long been sorted out, as they say, bone by bone. Every step and tactical move of the opposing armies, up to almost the company level, became the subject of detailed study. Nevertheless, to this day, no unambiguous answer has been given to the question about one of the

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