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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

2025-06-01 06:06

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

2025-06-01 06:06

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

2025-06-01 06:06

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

So the series of articles on the weapons of the Trojan War era has come to an end and … somehow even unusually a little. Something seems to be missing? At one time I wanted to write a book about this all - why, by the way, the cycle was born so quickly that much was already ready, but in one of the most famous publishers I

Do you think you loved the Portuguese afterwards? Or maybe you left with the Malay … Vertinsky It has always been and will always be so that some successful design will so firmly enter into use that subsequently people will return to it many times, hone it to genuine perfection, while already, roughly

One of the most unfortunate features of our peculiar civilization is that we are still discovering truths that have become hackneyed in other countries and even among peoples much more backward than we are. So, it is obvious that it is the Winchester carbine (we will call it that, without specifying)

The life of the Indians - the indigenous peoples of North America, is the subject of study of many researchers: ethnographers, historians, culturologists and many others. This is not surprising, since the culture, customs, traditions, beliefs of Indian tribes are shrouded in an aura of secrets, mysteries, and, at times, are not subject to

Needless to say - the British were lucky in terms of archeology, and how! Here you have Stonehenge, and menhirs, and ancient burial mounds, and the finds are one more valuable than the other. Among them are unique helmets of worldly horsemen, and barbarian kings, swords made of Damascus steel and silver brooches of Roman legionnaires, and only about

What ships did ancient Troy have? The question - which interested a lot of VO visitors. And what did the ships of that era look like? After all, it is obvious that the famous Greek triremes, known to us from black and red-lacquered Greek ceramics, have nothing to do with the Trojan period of Greek history

When the Americans read about British tanks in the newspapers and saw their photographs, their country had not yet been at war. But everyone was well aware that sooner or later, they would have to fight, that they would not be able to sit out overseas, and if so, then you need to take care of real superiority over the enemy. That's why

“The beginning of the story of how God granted the victory to the sovereign Grand Duke Dmitry Ivanovich after Don over the nasty Mamai and how Orthodox Christianity - the Russian land raised up the Russian land with the prayers of the Most Pure Mother of God and Russian miracle workers, and put the godless Hagarians to shame”

The very origin of this term has not been established, but it is known that already in 1898 it was already used in the reports of the London police. A popular but unproven version says that there lived, they say, in the 19th century such a person as Patrick Hooligen, Irish by birth and an obvious sociopath. AND

At one time, the great Russian historian Klyuchevsky said that "we all came out of the rye field," that is, he emphasized the dependence of the culture of the nation on natural conditions. Accordingly, the Japanese came out of rice, the Americans - from the corn, and the French - from the vineyard! Accordingly from

So, the invasion of the "Sea Peoples" was a massive migration of peoples, somewhat similar to today's exodus of Syrians and Africans to Europe. Only now German schoolchildren are changing their bedding there (they themselves are too unhappy for this!), And volunteers are cleaning up the trash left behind, and then

I read all the materials by V. Shpakovsky about weapons and armor of the ancient Aegean world and thought it would be nice to tell about other interesting moments related to the history and culture of this region of the planet. And, in particular, about the Minoan culture, the predecessor of the warlike time of the Achaeans and

This is how interestingly history has ordered: during the Second World War, Soviet troops practically did not have to land amphibious assault forces, but our allies in the anti-Hitler coalition had to land them almost constantly. And it should be noted that the US armed forces and

The interest shown by VO readers to the topic of the Trojan War is very indicative. Obviously, studying it in the fifth grade of a general education school as still very young children, they … well, take out little for themselves even from the text of the poem in a prose retelling, not to mention the verses. Yes, and at the university

As for the Australians, who also participated in World War II and fought the Japanese, they had a very hard time from the very beginning. The threat of the landing seemed very serious, but how could it be repelled? The Australians did not have their own tanks, well, they simply did not, because the "scrap" that

"The past is a mirror into which the present looks" Japanese proverb I read an article about the Battle of Lepanto and immediately thought that I have something on this topic, moreover, this is the "something" I was looking for in my time on purpose, and when I found it, I was very happy. And how not

In Homer's Iliad, two very important vehicles are constantly mentioned. These are ships and chariots. The ships perform exclusively a transport function. No naval battles with their participation take place. The army of the Achaeans reaches the shores of the Troas precisely on ships. Moreover, these ships themselves

“On that day the altar to the Lord will be in the midst of the land of Egypt, and the memorial to the Lord will be at its borders. And he will be a sign and testimony of the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt.”(Isaiah 19:19, 20) As you know, in any society of any type and any organization, you can find both good and bad. For example, in

“The law in Russia was imposed on the people by the state, whether he wanted it or not.” (The same LYOKHA) “I wonder if there is a place on earth where the authorities are interested in the opinion of the people?” no more interest than the first. Those who read it ask

“If we rejected anyone who made a mistake once, then we probably wouldn't have any useful people at all. A person who has stumbled once will behave much more sensibly and be more beneficial because he has experienced remorse. A person who has never been wrong is dangerous. "