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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

As you remember from the article The Crisis of the Ottoman Empire and the Evolution of the Position of Gentiles, the first Armenians in the Ottoman state appeared after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453. They lived here for a long time, and the first Armenian church in this city was built in the middle of the XIV century. To

In previous articles, it was told about the situation of various communities of Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire, the evolution of the situation of people who refuse to practice Islam, and the independence of the countries of the Balkan Peninsula. In the next two we will talk about the last years of the empire

Sarajevo, the skeleton of the T-54 tank, April 1, 1996 We finished the article The Ottoman period in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina with a report on the collapse of four great empires - Russian, German, Austrian and Ottoman. In this we will continue the story about the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina from December 1918 to our

His life was like a Hollywood movie. A boy from a remote village, the son of a political exile managed to become a hero of a new country. He, being in the thick of things, kept his ship afloat for many years. But, unlike the film, the ending turned out to be much more prosaic. Nikolay

In 1868, the Bukhara Emirate fell into vassal dependence on the Russian Empire, having received the protectorate status. Existing since 1753 as the successor of the Bukhara Khanate, the emirate of the same name was created by the tribal aristocracy of the Uzbek clan Mangyt. It was from him that the first Bukhara emir came

Since 1983, the seriously ill Enver Hoxha gradually transferred power to Ramiz Aliya, who became his successor. Enver Hoxha died on April 11, 1985, and the new Albanian leadership did not accept (sent back) a telegram expressing condolences from the USSR (where the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee was already

Herzegovinians in ambush, illustration from the magazine "Srbadija", 1876 The ancestors of the Bosnians are believed to have appeared in the Balkans along with other Slavic tribes around 600 AD. NS. The first mention of the Bosnians in a written source is recorded in 877: this document speaks of the Bosnian

How Mikhail Gorbachev was left without people loyal to him 9th KGB Directorate: 1985–1992 Studying the history of personal protection in the USSR reveals a clear tendency: if those attached to the guarded had good relations, they remained faithful to him until the end, even after his death. Conversely: arrogance

Foreign intelligence officers, especially illegal intelligence officers, have never been deprived of state and departmental awards. Military and labor awards of our state, as well as honorary state and departmental badges are widely presented in the showcases of the Hall of History of Foreign Intelligence

The reconquista on the Iberian Peninsula lasted more than 7 centuries. It was a time of glorious victories and bitter defeats, treacherous betrayals and heroic devotion. The struggle of Christians against the Moors gave Spain, probably, one of its most famous national heroes - Rodrigo Diaz de Vivara, who

Traditionally, in Russia, people assigned their own names to each of their man-made creation, thereby wishing to endow them with the features of a living soul. Over time, this rule extended to the Air Fleet. Russia, following the example of France, at the end of the 18th century embarked on the path of airspace development

Kasper Leuken. Deposition of Sultan Mehmed IV The last sultan, about whom we managed to talk about in the previous article ("Game of Thrones" in the Ottoman Empire. Fatih's law in action and the emergence of cafes) was a strong man Murad IV, who died of cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 28 years. And now it's time for shehzade

Fight for Venden Stefan Batory planned not only to repulse the cities and fortresses of Livonia conquered by the Russian troops, but to inflict a series of decisive blows on the Russian state. The Polish king planned to cut off the Russian troops in the Baltic from Russia and capture Polotsk and Smolensk, so that then

435 years ago, on January 5 (15), 1582, the Yam-Zapolsky peace treaty was concluded. This peace was concluded between the Russian kingdom and the Commonwealth in the village of Kiverova Gora, near Yam Zapolsky, in a town not far from Pskov. This document, among other diplomatic acts, summed up

On the eve of the 200th anniversary of the Bucharest Peace Treaty on May 16 (28), 1812, the REGNUM IA publishes an article by Vasily Kashirin, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher at the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS), which is an expanded version of its

Colonial possessions in the West Indies have always been of strategic importance to the British Empire. First, they allowed control of the military-political situation and trade in the Caribbean; secondly, they were important producers and exporters of sugar cane, rum and other

Shot from the series "Mehmed: Conqueror of the World" The seventh Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, as you know, went down in history under the nickname Fatih - the Conqueror. Paolo Veronese. Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II It was during his reign in 1453 that Constantinople fell, and the territory of the Ottoman state for 30 years (from

The Mongol invasion of Russia in 1237-1241 did not become a big disaster for some Russian politicians of that time. On the contrary, they even improved their position. The chronicles do not hide especially the names of those who may have been a direct ally and partner of the notorious "Mongol-Tatars". Among them is a hero

Until recently, Normanism was understood as a system of views, resting on three pillars: the first is the Scandinavian origin of the chronicled Varangians, the second - Rurik was the leader of the Scandinavian detachments, moreover, either a conqueror, or a contract soldier (for more than 200 years, the Normanists have not

This year the country will celebrate the 67th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. But even so many years after the end of that terrible war, its history is full of blank spots. One of these white spots is the history of Soviet fighter aviation, or rather its main tactical