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In the same places where battles are taking place in Donbass today, Prince Igor was captured by the Polovtsy. It happened in the area of salt lakes near Slavyansk. Among ancient Russian books, one always aroused mystical horror in me - "The Lay of Igor's Campaign." I read it in early childhood. At eight years old. In Ukrainian

What did the captured Soviet military leader tell the Germans? This document was preserved in an envelope glued to the album "The Volkhov battle", which was published in a limited edition in December 1942 by the 621st propaganda company of the 18th German army. He ended up in the possession of a German collector

210 years ago, on October 21, 1805, the Battle of Trafalgar took place - the decisive battle between the English fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson and the Franco-Spanish fleet of Admiral Pierre Charles Villeneuve. The battle ended with the complete defeat of the Franco-Spanish fleet, which lost

Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya is the first woman to receive the title of Hero of the Soviet Union during the war. Her feat is not forgotten. But we also remember other heroines who gave their lives for their Motherland. "Don't cry, dear, I will return a hero or die a hero," were the last words of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, said to her mother before leaving for

I won the battle by marches alone. Napoleon 210 years ago, on October 16-19, 1805, the French army under the command of Napoleon defeated and captured the Austrian army of General Mack. This defeat had strategic consequences. The Austrian Empire was unable to recover from this defeat, and

Almost the only tank battle of the Soviet-Finnish (Winter) War of 1939-40, also known as the battle at the Honkaniemi halt and which ended in an impressive victory for Soviet tank crews from the 35th Light Tank Brigade, has been studied quite well. Somewhat less well-known is the second case of combat

In the history of the Russian fleet, the period from the death of Peter the Great to the accession to the throne of Catherine II is a kind of "blank spot". The naval historians did not indulge him with their attention. However, the events of that time in the history of the fleet are quite interesting. According to the decree of Peter I, signed by him in 1714

On May 5, 1945, an armed uprising began in Prague occupied by the Nazis. The Czech population and, above all, the employees of the police and the armed forces of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia were encouraged by reports of Soviet and American troops approaching the borders of Czechoslovakia and decided

So far, we have examined medieval knightly culture exclusively through the theme of armor and weapons, the history of battles and … castles. However, it is quite reasonable. A man at that time thought about weapons constantly, because in him was his life, a horse for him was the most important means of transportation, as for us today

220 years ago, on November 17, 1796, the Russian Empress Catherine II Alekseevna passed away. The foreign policy of Russia in the era of Catherine was in line with national interests. Russia returned the West Russian lands that had been under Poland for a long time (including modern White Russia and part of Malaya

During the war, the Northern Sea Theater arose. After the outbreak of the war, Russia lost contact with its allies across the Black and Baltic Seas. The accelerated development of the existing ports on the White Sea and the construction of new ones on the Barents Sea began, as well as the reconstruction of the Arkhangelsk-Vologda railway

The fate of LP Beria, who was IV Stalin's deputy and "right" hand, was a foregone conclusion after Stalin's death. The members of the Bureau of the Presidium of the Central Committee (CC) of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and the group of high

"Chrome Dome" ("Chrome dome"), this name was given to the operation, which was carried out by the Strategic Air Command of the US Air Force during the Cold War. As part of this operation, several strategic nuclear bombers were constantly in the air, ready at any time

Few people know that one of the most famous and tallest Soviet sculptures - "The Motherland Calls!", Which was installed in Volgograd on the Mamayev Kurgan, is only the second part of the composition, which consists of three elements at once. This triptych (a work of art consisting of three parts and

Despite the fact that Generalissimo Francisco Baamonde Franco died in 1975, and a gradual democratization of the political regime began in Spain, those opposition forces that, even during Franco's reign, embarked on the path of revolutionary struggle against the fascist government and recognized the armed

The officers received the Order of the Red Star for Mozambique posthumously About the war in Angola in recent years, more has become known - the secrecy label has been removed from the documents, the memoirs of veterans, not only Soviet ones, but also of the enemy, have appeared. Operations that only a few previously knew about were made public. But

On May 3, 1113, Vladimir Vsevolodovich Monomakh (1053-19 May 1125), one of the most prominent statesmen and generals of ancient Russia, ascended the Kiev throne. The path to supreme power in Russia was long, Vladimir was 60 years old when he became the Grand Duke. To that

Oddly enough, in historiography there is no generalizing information either about the funds allocated for the rearmament of the Russian army and navy on the eve of the Russo-Japanese and World War I, or about the impact of these expenses on the economic, cultural and social development of Russia. Meanwhile militarism in a fatal way

Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin is an example of a rare type of Russian artist who devoted his life to the battle painting genre. This is not surprising, since Vereshchagin's whole life is inextricably linked with the Russian army. Ordinary people know Vereshchagin primarily as the author of the amazing

Probably, few people can remember this day now. Two years ago, in mid-January 2014, or rather, on the 16th, it was announced that Russian troops would no longer use footcloths, completely switching over to wearing socks. This is the third major attempt to get rid of