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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 a short time, the revolutionary priest gained immense popularity. Gapon believed that he would become the leader of the revolution. He called on Nicholas II to abdicate and surrender himself to the people's court. Russian priest, politician Georgy Apollonovich Gapon (1870-1906). Portrait of the work of an unknown

Troubles. 1919 year. The Battle of Chelyabinsk ended in disaster for Kolchak's army. The defeat was complete. The last reserves of the Kolchakites laid down their heads. Only 15 thousand people were captured. Finally drained of blood, having lost strategic initiative and most of the combat capability, the whites retreated

200 years ago, in July 1819, the First Russian Antarctic Expedition set off from Kronstadt to the shores of Antarctica. Russian sailors became the discoverers of Antarctica, the last sixth continent. This feat was accomplished by the crews of the sloops "Vostok" and "Mirny" led by their commanders Thaddeus

Battle for Lviv. During the Lvov-Sandomierz operation, the troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front defeated Army Group Northern Ukraine. Our troops completed the liberation of the Ukrainian SSR, a significant part of Poland, reached the approaches to Czechoslovakia. Captured in the Sandomierz region, a vast

105 years ago, on July 28, 1914, the First World War began. Accusing Belgrade that the Serbs were behind the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia. Russia announced that it would not allow the occupation of Serbia and began mobilization. On August 1, Germany declared war on Russia. Nicholas II

Troubles. 1919 year. 100 years ago, in June-August 1919, the Eastern Front of the Red Army defeated Kolchak's army in the Urals. Soviet troops carried out a number of simultaneous successive operations to restore Soviet power in the Urals. This was a complete defeat of the Kolchakites. Finally lost

Troubles. 1919 year. Simultaneously with the Zlatoust operation of the 5th army, the 2nd and 3rd armies were attacking, striking in the general direction of Yekaterinburg. Two red armies had to solve a difficult task: to defeat the Siberian army, to liberate Perm and Yekaterinburg

75 years ago, in July-August 1944, the Red Army delivered the sixth "Stalinist" blow to the Wehrmacht. During the Lvov-Sandomierz operation, Soviet troops completed the liberation of Western Ukraine, threw the enemy back across the San and Vistula rivers, and created a powerful foothold in the area of the city of Sandomierz. Practically

Troubles. 1919 year. 100 years ago, on July 3, 1919, after the capture of Crimea and Donbass, Kharkov and Tsaritsyn, Denikin set the task of taking Moscow. On July 9, the Central Committee of Lenin's Communist Party put forward the slogan: "All for the fight against Denikin!" The red command is taking emergency measures to strengthen

Russian-Turkish war of 1828-1829 Constantinople-Constantinople was at the feet of the Russian army. The Turks had no more troops. Diebitsch scattered the Turks in Bulgaria, Paskevich - in the Caucasus. The Russian fleet could land troops in the Bosphorus. The Sultan pleaded for peace. Another 2-3 transitions, and Constantinople could become Russian. But

Russian-Turkish war of 1828-1829 190 years ago, in July 1829, the Trans-Balkan campaign of the Russian army under the command of General Diebitsch began. Russian troops unexpectedly overcame the Balkans for the enemy. The Russian army defeated the Turks in the battles at Aidos and Slivno. On August 8, Diebitsch's troops captured

Sven Felix Kellerhoff, a journalist and history editor for the major German newspaper Die Welt, published an article entitled "Victory" for the Red Army, which was in reality a defeat. " Referring to archival documents, the author wrote that the victories of the Red Army in the battle of Prokhorovka were not

310 years ago, on July 8, 1709, the Russian army under the command of Peter I defeated the Swedish army of Charles XII in the Battle of Poltava. The general battle of Poltava became a strategic turning point in the Northern War in Russia's favor. The "invincible" Swedish army was destroyed, Russian troops moved to

Troubles. 1919 year. 100 years ago, in May-July 1919, the Moscow campaign of Denikin's army began. By the beginning of June, the White Guards captured Donbass, on June 24 - they took Kharkov, on June 27 - Yekaterinoslav, on June 30 - Tsaritsyn. On July 3, 1919, Denikin signed a Moscow directive in which he set the task of taking

75 years ago, in June-August 1944, the Red Army carried out the Vyborg-Petrozavodsk operation. The troops of the Leningrad and Karelian fronts broke through the "Mannerheim line", inflicted a heavy defeat on the Finnish army, liberated Vyborg and Petrozavodsk, most of the Karelo-Finnish SSR. Finnish

100 years ago, on June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed, officially ending the First World War. The Versailles Treaty, predatory and humiliating in nature, could not establish a lasting peace in Europe. The treaty formed the basis of the Versailles-Washington system with

Russian-Turkish War of 1828-1829 190 years ago, in June 1829, the Russian army under the command of Paskevich inflicted a severe defeat on the Turks in the Caucasus. The Russian commander got ahead of the enemy, who was preparing to launch an offensive with the aim of taking revenge for the defeat during the 1828 campaign of the year. Russians

75 years ago, on July 3, 1944, during Operation Bagration, the Red Army liberated Minsk from the Nazis. The Belarusian operation (the so-called "Fifth Stalinist Blow") began on June 23 and lasted until August 29, 1944. Soviet troops inflicted a heavy defeat on the German Army Group Center

Georgia is dominated by the myth of the "Russian occupation" of Georgia. However, the historical truth is that the Georgian lands at the time of their annexation to Russia were under the threat of complete destruction by Turkey and Persia. The Georgian people were under constant threat of physical destruction

630 years ago, on June 15, 1389, the Battle of Kosovo took place. The decisive battle between the united army of Serbs and the Ottoman army. The battle was extremely fierce - the Ottoman Sultan Murad and the Serbian prince Lazar, most of the fighting soldiers, were killed in it. Serbia will become a vassal