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April 23 of this year may well qualify for the title of "Day that gave a wave of hope." For not every day several ships are laid down at the same time. It is clear that Putin's visit to Severnaya Verf gives such weight to the event, and yes, the hope that everything will not stop after

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The anti-ship complex ensures control of territorial waters and protection of coastal areas at a long distance So, for the transformation of Russia into an economically developed and

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“Let people know what happened in this war. The truth. The way it is … "(One of the few survivors of the 131st Maikop brigade) PREPARATION OF THE YOUNG MAN. Eve of the new year, 1995. Columns of Russian troops crossed the Chechen administrative border, and the forward units occupied

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The Makarov pistol is rightfully called "Kalashnikov" among pistols. This automatic 9mm pistol was designed in 1948 by Nikolai Makarov. Due to the simplicity of its device, the reliability of the proposed design and ease of use, the PM remained in production for more than half a century

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By the beginning of the Russian campaign, three volunteer regiments of foreign citizens had been created in the ranks of the SS, and with the outbreak of hostilities, the number of foreign units began to grow steadily. The participation of foreign legions in the war against the USSR was supposed to show, according to Himmler's plan, a pan-European

The history of the Volga-Don region is much richer than it is commonly believed. Yes, the fateful battle of World War II took place here - the Battle of Stalingrad, the drama of the civil war was played out right there, and the history of the local Cossacks, and their struggle for a free life, first with the tsarist, and then with the Soviet

Following the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty, Japan regained its independence. However, a number of its territories remained under US control. In particular, the island of Okinawa. In these territories, the American military administration functioned, the US dollar served as the currency (replacing the so-called

The Argentine aircraft carrier Veinticinco de Mayo (May 25, Veinticinco de Mayo) is a ship with a very ironic fate. Built in Great Britain, he fought against his former homeland, after which he went for recycling to the former British colony - India. Another irony is that all

Reading the writings of contemporary liberal observers, it is difficult to shake off the feeling that they are trying to fool their readers. It would seem that the problems and even some ways of solving them are correctly indicated, but the conclusions are absolutely discouraging. This applies in particular to

Living on the legendary land, it is impossible to stay away from the grandiose events taking place on it. Even if these events happened a long time ago. 72 years ago, on November 19, 1942, a Soviet counteroffensive began in the Stalingrad region. According to the plan of Operation Uranus, the troops

In the translated literature (translated mainly from English) for children and adolescents, which was popular in the 90s, I found an interesting feature. If the British honestly wrote that the world's first nuclear power plant started working in Russia, then the Americans write that “the first industrial reactor started working in 1956 in

During the late Cold War, the Japanese General Staff considered two scenarios for the development of events in the event of a global confrontation between the United States and the USSR. The first provided for the reflection of the Soviet landing in Hokkaido. For this, the largest units of the ground forces in the country were created there. Second plan

Does Russia need a navy? And if so, which one? Armadas of aircraft carriers and cruisers or mosquito fleets? Many copies have been broken about this topic and the battles continue. Each of us would like to see the Russian Federation as a mighty naval power. But let's be realistic - this is hardly

More and more photos from the exercises of the country's armed forces, which are taking place these very days, appear on the website of the Estonian Ministry of Defense. It is stated that American military personnel will also take part in them, although their role is not completely clear. Apparently, the guests from the USA will become instructors

There are events that regularly remind of themselves. On March 30, 2015, the 110th anniversary of the birth of the First Secretary of the Stalingrad Regional Committee and the City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks Alexei Semyonovich Chuyanov will be celebrated on the Volgograd land, whose activities are forever connected with the history of the battle on the banks of the Volga

Exactly 160 years ago, on March 2, 1855, Emperor Alexander II the Liberator ascended the throne, who was destined to carry out transformations comparable to the reforms of Peter I. He got a semi-feudal country that had lost the war, which had to be pulled into a new era. According to his

In September last year, when such a concept as the Ilovaisky cauldron was already becoming a household name, and the boiler itself with the Ukrainian military ceased to exist due to the fact that it was defeated by the militia of Novorossia, the notorious Mr. Semenchenko expressed a very accurate description of what was happening under

When we worked on a series of articles about Lend-Lease, periodically there were facts that you simply refuse to believe. A country that is one of the victors of fascism, a country that supplied weapons and equipment to the allies (and good equipment!) To fight Hitler and his army, a country

Wrangelites in Bulgaria Battered, humiliated and bloodless Bulgaria was an ideal candidate for a long internal turmoil. A fairly young, but small and poor state, it went through the First World War. Bulgaria entered there for a banal reason for such actions - the country harbored a grudge against

The fall of the capital After the defeat of the Ethiopian forces on the Northern Front, the Italian army began marching to Addis Ababa. At the same time, the left wing of Badoglio's army was provided with troops that were advancing in the central operational direction from Assab through the Danakl desert (various supplies and water were delivered

The plan of the offensive The general idea of the offensive was to break through the center of the front of the Turkish army in the direction of the village of Kepri-kei. To rivet the attention of the enemy, his reserves, as well as covertly concentrate the troops of the army group to break through the enemy front, the 2nd Turkestan and 1st Caucasian

In the 1930s, a rather rapid development of reinforced concrete construction began in the USSR. At the same time, they gradually began to move away from monolithic reinforced concrete in the direction of prefabricated structures. The main advantage of prefabricated structures was the possibility of manufacturing at landfills or factories of standard

Campaign of 1808 For the war with Sweden, 24 thousand people were formed. army under the command of General of Infantry FF Buxgewden. The army was small, since at this time the Russian army continued to wage war with the Ottoman Empire. In addition, despite the peace with France and the outwardly friendly

As you know, in the Spanish Civil War, two irreconcilable political and ideological forces clashed: on one side, Republicans - liberals, left-wing socialists, communists and anarchists, on the other - Spanish nationalists - monarchists, phalangists, carlists and traditionalists. Bloody

Start of the Austro-German offensive. Fall of Belgrade During September 1915, in order to mislead the Serbian command, the German artillery fired several times on the Serbian banks of the Danube and Sava. On October 5-6, 1915, the actual artillery preparation began