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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

“Embankment of the Neva at the Academy of Arts. View of the pier with the Egyptian sphinxes in the afternoon.”1835. Vorobiev Maxim Nikiforovich (1787-1855). Russian Museum "Eyes to eyes, keeping silent, Filled with holy longing, They seem to hear the waves of Another solemn river. For them, children of millennia, Only a dream is a vision

March of the prisoners of the Dachau concentration camp. Source: waralbum.ru The first Nazi concentration camps appeared before the war. In a small ancient German city in southern Germany, near Munich, back in 1933, the first experimental site for anti-human

Originally from Sukharevo Our new hero - Vadim Felitsianovich Volozhinets was born in a large family on January 25, 1915. On this frosty winter day, six kilometers from Minsk in the Belarusian village of Sukharevo, a strong boy was born into a peasant family. They named him Vadei, Vadik, Vadim. In 1929

Source: kingsford.com Strategic technologies Before getting acquainted with the features of armored production at the Michigan plant "Ford" in Detroit (USA), it is worth briefly explaining the conditions under which the armored industry was established in the USSR. As you know, everything is learned by comparison

Many people know that Russia for a long time in the XVIII-XIX centuries. owned a vast territory in North America - Alaska (Russian America), but few people remember that among other failed territories of the Russian state were the Hawaiian Islands, part of California, Manchuria-Yellow Russia, Kara

The brilliant victory over China and then the military-diplomatic humiliation, when Japan had to yield under pressure from Russia, Germany and France, caused an explosion of surprise, hatred and a thirst for revenge in the Japanese Empire. Part of the Japanese military was even ready for a suicidal battle with three world

The Russian colonies in Alaska, an area with a harsh climate, suffered from food shortages. To improve the situation, expeditions to California were organized in 1808-1812 to search for land on which an agricultural colony could be organized. Finally, in the spring of 1812

The advance of the RAC in California After NP Rezanov visited California on the Juno and established diplomatic contacts with the Spaniards, the Russians continued to move south. Baranov continued mutually beneficial cooperation with the Americans. In 1806, three American ships fished sea otters off

Defeat of the Schaeffer colony The calculations of Dr. Schaeffer to approve of his actions in the Hawaiian Islands and to provide real help to Baranov and St. Petersburg did not materialize. Baranov said that he could not approve the agreements concluded by him without the permission of the main board, and forbade further work in this

Russians in California For the first decade of its history, Fort Ross was under the control of its founder I. A. Kuskov (1812-1821). At the same time, Baranov closely followed the formation of the Californian colony, giving detailed instructions on its structure. Ross was created as a field and future

Although the Spaniards considered California to be their zone of influence, the Russian-American company pointed out that the border of their possessions north of San Francisco was not defined, and the local Indians were not under the control of the Spaniards. Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Luyand did not want to spoil relations with the Russian

The advancement of the Russian-American company in the southern direction, which became in the 1800s. strategic task, needed legitimization and support from the Russian government. The RAC itself did not have enough strength to succeed in such an expansion. Baranov addresses the main board of the RAC and the head

At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, trying to forestall the threat of Chinese and Japanese expansion, Russia decided to implement the Zheltorosiya project. The basis of the project was the Kwantung region with the Dalny port and the Port Arthur naval base (created in 1899), the CER exclusion zone, Cossack military guards and

Didn't want to fight, weren't ready to fight back? Let's go back to the beginning of the war. Kurt von Tippelskirch, author of "History of the Second World War", who held a prominent post in the German General Staff on the eve of the Eastern Campaign, was sure that the Soviet leadership was taking urgent measures to protect the country: "Soviet

Korea Between Russia, China and Japan was a relatively small Korean kingdom. Korea has long been in the sphere of influence of China, was afraid of the Japanese, and at the end of the 19th century it began to come under the influence of European powers and Russia. The Japanese, on the other hand, traditionally viewed the Korean Peninsula as

The plan of the operation The concept of the 11th Corps operation involved the simultaneous landing of airborne assault forces and the landing of gliders at several points on the island. The Germans did not have enough aircraft to land all the troops at once, so it was decided to attack in three waves. In the first wave (7 a.m. May 20, 1941

Here it is: King Henry VIII. He is known for his polygamy and the fine knightly armor that remained after him, and the fate of his wives is learned by English schoolchildren with the help of an amusing mnemonic phrase: "divorced - executed - died - divorced - executed - survived." Portrait by Hans

On May 28, Russia celebrated the Day of the Border Guard. The people defending the borders of our Motherland have always been and will be the elite of the armed forces, an example to follow for the younger generations. The festive date dates back to the day the RSFSR Border Guard was established. May 28, 1918, in accordance with the Decree of the Council of People's

In the 17th century, the Netherlands became one of the largest maritime powers in Europe. Several trading companies, responsible for the country's overseas trade and engaged in essentially colonial expansion in South and Southeast Asia, in 1602 were merged into the Dutch East India Company. On the island of Java

No one now remembers that in 1995 the maritime tradition of the Great Patriotic War was revived - a Marine Corps company was formed on the basis of more than twenty units of the Leningrad Naval Base. Moreover, it was not an officer of the Marine Corps who had to command this company