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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 first war years turned out to be incredibly difficult for the entire Soviet Union, including for the army and the rear. It is not easy in 1941-1943. the Soviet militia also had to. Tens of thousands of police officers fought on the front lines - both in the military units of the Red Army and in special units of the NKVD

Fighters "Airacobra" as well as "Hurricanes" with "Tomahawks" were supplied to the USSR by the British. After the Aircobra was removed from service by the RAF in December 1941, they were offered together with the Hurricanes for deliveries to the Soviet Union

What we see today in Ukraine may well be considered the result of long-term, purposeful and well-planned work. Work on the introduction, since the mid-1950s, and even earlier, of nationalists in the highest, middle and lower leadership levels, first in Western Ukraine, and then throughout

Since the mid-1920s. anarchists, like representatives of other political parties and organizations, were deprived of the opportunity to legally operate on the territory of the Soviet Union. Many Russian historians terminated the legal activities of anarchists in the second half of the 1920s

It is believed that one of the most serious blows to the defense capability and military potential of Nazi Germany was inflicted by its military leadership and designers of military equipment. All of them were constantly "sick" with new ideas, sometimes completely unrealizable. As a result, part of the forces and production

After the creation of the atomic bomb, the only means of delivery was a strategic bomber. Since 1943, the B-29 was in service with the American Air Force. In the USSR, for this purpose in 1945, the Tupolev Design Bureau developed the aircraft "64" - the first post-war four-engine bomber. but

As a child, I heard from my father about that cruel, tragic ending in Sevastopol, the area of the 35th coastal battery and Cape Chersonesos, at the final stage of the defense in early July 1942. He, a young lieutenant, an aircraft mechanic of the Black Sea Fleet Air Force, managed to survive in that “human meat grinder”. He came back and

On February 7, 1906, the Soviet aircraft designer Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov was born. Since childhood, Antonov, who was fond of aviation, founded an original design school and created 52 types of gliders and 22 types of aircraft, including the largest and most lifting ones in the world. His planes became sensations

According to a high-ranking source in the Syrian Ministry of Defense, several hundred employees of the Syrian special forces Al-Waadat al-Qassa have landed on the territory of the United States recently on a legal and illegal basis. Battle groups of 3 to 7 people

The detective story is, unfortunately, an integral part of the aircraft industry of the pre-war (and post-war) time. What our designers sometimes got up to is worthy of a separate study, because I won't be lying if I say that we have never had such undercover games as in the aviation industry anywhere else

Source: https: //www.roman-glory.com Skillfully using the image of the defender of Hellenic culture and tradition, maneuvering on the waves of political currents and closely following the crises in the regions, the Pontic king Mithridates VI Eupator absorbed the states of the Black Sea region one after another. Reaching the Bosporus

Leaders and Outsiders In March, the American corporation Boeing showed its solution for FARA - the concept of the reconnaissance and attack helicopter of the future. Recall that a number of companies must submit their solutions for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft competition, designed to find a replacement for the already withdrawn from

Tiltrotor in flight. Nacelle angle 75 degrees (by eye) Is the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor easy to fly? I think many would be interested in how such a thing generally keeps in the air. But how do you know? It is unlikely that the United States Marine Corps will be so kind as to admit this machine to the handle

For many American soldiers, seeing this "live" meant life instead of death. And for the British, too. World War II is not associated with helicopters. Meanwhile, it was on its fronts that these machines made their debut as a means of conducting military operations. The debut was not

Since the first announcement, the promising Burevestnik cruise missile has invariably attracted the attention of the press and the public. On August 15, the American edition of The Washington Post published an article by Gregg Gerken “Russia’s mysterious‘ new ’nuclear weapons aren’t really new”

Konrad Adenauer Many interesting stories from the history of espionage are contained in the latest book "The Power of the Secret Services" (U. Klußmann, E.-M. Schnurr - Die Macht der Geheimdienste), which came out this year in Germany. One of them is about how Soviet intelligence wrote a letter from the former German chancellor

Eras and aircraft In the post-Soviet space, they love the narrow specialization of winged combat vehicles, although world practice shows that it is gradually becoming a thing of the past. First, let's take a look at the depths of history. World War II approved the main types of bombers at that time, dividing them into light ones

The assault on Warsaw. 1831. German lithographer Georg Benedict WunderKingdom of PolandPolish statehood was liquidated during the three divisions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - 1772, 1793 and 1795. The lands of the Commonwealth were divided between three great powers - Russia, Austria and Prussia. Wherein

Red Army soldiers and Czech rebels ride the SU-76M self-propelled guns on the Vltava embankment in Prague An information campaign to distort the true history of World War II in Europe is gaining momentum. In Prague, where they recently decided to remove the monument to Marshal Konev, it was proposed to erect a monument to the traitor general

205 years ago, on March 9, 1814, the famous Little Russian artist and poet Taras Shevchenko was born. He became an iconic figure among the Ukrainian intelligentsia, his image became the banner of aggressive Ukrainian national chauvinism. Although Shevchenko himself never separated the Russians and the Little Russians (the southern part