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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

“Even if mini-submarines can be brought to the peak of technical requirements, we will not be able to consider them as appropriate for operational goals, because two torpedoes are too small weapons and because adverse weather conditions in the form of strong waves will not allow adequate

An old English proverb says that when a war breaks out, the truth becomes its first victim. In September 1939, the Poles broadened the British experience, convincingly proving that the first winner in a war is a lie. The tales of the September campaign made millions of Poles believe in a breakthrough

Enver Hoxha (1908–1985) After the death of Stalin and the manifestations of Khrushchev's treacherous, revisionist policy, the almost kinship, fraternal relations between the Soviet Union and Albania were destroyed. Tirana's disagreements with Moscow grew with each new attack by Khrushchev against Stalin, reaching his

Palenque, Mexico In the article Abandoned Cities of the World, we talked about some of the lost cities of Europe, Asia and Africa. Today we will continue this story, and this article will focus on the abandoned cities of the Incas and Mayans, as well as the grandiose Buddhist cities and complexes of Southeast Asia

Tsarevich Dmitry. Painting by Mikhail Nesterov, 1899 Prologue of the Great Troubles Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich (Dimitri Ioannovich) was born in October 1582 from the sixth wife of Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich Maria Naga. At that time, the church considered only the first three marriages legal, so Dmitry could be considered

Comb from Solokha (IV century BC). One of the striking examples of the mixing of the cultural traditions of the Greeks and the Scythians The first Hellenic navigators appeared on the northern shores of the Black Sea around the 8th century BC. As often happens, despite the harsh climate and inhospitable nature

During aerial photography, which was carried out in 1956, already far from us, clear circles of clearly not natural origin were discovered in the Chelyabinsk region. They were located in the steppe on the territory of the Bredinsky region - at the confluence of the Utyaganka and Karaganka rivers. Arkaim, aerial photography

"Stalin's good, immortal deed must be fully defended." Funeral meeting dedicated to the memory of JV Stalin with the participation of the leadership of Albania. Tirana, 9 March 1953 Strategic foothold The ethnogenesis of the Albanians is not entirely clear. Among their ancestors are the ancient Indo-Europeans of the Mediterranean - Pelasgians, Illyrians

Palmyra, December 1938 In almost all countries of the world you can hear about cities that were once abandoned by their inhabitants. Some of them are known only from ancient sources, from others only settlements or sad ruins remained. But there are those who still shake their

Tomb of Cyrus in Pasargadae “In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in fulfillment of the word of the Lord from the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord aroused the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, and he commanded to declare throughout his kingdom, verbally and in writing: thus says Cyrus, king of Persia: everything the kingdoms of the earth gave me the Lord God

1918 The Kingdom of Hungary was the oldest ally of the German Reich. Hungarian troops fought against Russia as part of the Austro-Hungarian army on the side of the Central Powers until 1918. The collapse of the Austrian double monarchy left behind a barely united Hungarian state. More than 70

The Russo-Japanese War was underway, and the First Pacific Squadron was blocked at Port Arthur. The Vladivostok cruiser detachment lost the Rurik in Tsushima. On land, defeat followed defeat, and the Baltic Fleet (more precisely, its combat-ready part) came to the rescue under the name of the 2nd Pacific Fleet

P.A.Krivonogov. Defenders of the Brest Fortress. 1951 Disaster of 1941 The summer and autumn of 1941 were terrifying for Russia and our people. One military disaster after another! It seemed that the Germans had already won! A significant part of the cadre of the Red Army was beaten or captured on the western borders! We

Bismarck before the naval battle, May 24, 1941 80 years ago, in a fleeting battle in the Danish Strait, the Germans sank the British battle cruiser Hood - the most famous and strongest in the Royal Navy at the time. Almost the entire crew was killed - out of 1419 people, only three slept. His rival is linear

N. Roerich “The City is Being Built” From the end of the 11th to the beginning of the 14th century in Russia, while observing the unity of language, faith, memory of the unity of the whole land, as the patrimony of the Rurikovichs, processes of federalization or division of the country took place. They were caused by the emergence and development of a territorial community, in which everyone

One of the finds of Heraklion - a sunken city near AlexandriaSince ancient and biblical times, legends about lost civilizations excite the imagination of many generations of people from different countries and peoples. Especially popular is the myth of Atlantis, about which, starting with Plato, not only historians and

Battleship Mikasa Introduction At the very beginning of the twentieth century, there was an intensive development of naval artillery: new powerful and long-range guns appeared, shells were improved, rangefinders and optical sights were introduced. In total, this made it possible to fire at previously unattainable distances, significantly

On the eve of the Victory Day celebrations, a wave has traditionally risen in the West, glorifying the allies for their "contribution" to the defeat of Nazi Germany and belittling the role of the Soviet Union. At the same time, they somehow try not to remember how all of Europe was conquered in a matter of days

They built, built The CER itself was conceived as a large-scale project that forms the infrastructure and laid the foundation for the internationalization of domestic business through the export of capital. The construction and operation of the China Eastern Railway (CER) has become one of the most instructive examples

Mobilization. A young man reads a notice on the streets of Warsaw Before the beginning of 1938, the mobilization plan "S" was in force in the Polish armed forces. But in view of new events, the plan was found to be inappropriate to reality, both in terms of mobilizing human resources and military units, and