History 2024, November

"Dzhohyo monogotari" is also interesting because, in addition to the very detailed rules of conducting military operations, this book also shows us what the life of the Japanese army was like in the campaign at that time. Yes, it is clear that the army exists for battle. But most of the time, the soldiers don't fight. They are drinking

I will not write about the fact that there was a great empire, but its people (meaning people of simple rank and small wealth) claimed more than the elites of that time could not give them, and as a result, a revolution took place in this "empire of deceived claims" and civil war. Well - she is not the first and

Swordsmen in a noisy crowd Drive the horse of the lord. How quickly the horse swept by! Mukai Kyorai (1651 - 1704). Translation by V. Markova One of the topics that aroused interest among TOPWAR visitors some time ago was the topic of military art and samurai weapons. A number of articles have been published on it

So you got to the Djoser pyramid, wanted to climb it, and … you will immediately be told that this is exactly what it is forbidden to do! And you can go down into the dungeon only with a guide and with special permission. The fact is that only two rooms are lit up there, full of disgusting bats, and

O Limousin, the land of delights and honor, You are honored by merit with glory, All values are gathered in one place, And now the opportunity has been given to us To experience the joy of veneration in full: The greater courtesy is needed for everyone, Who wants to conquer a lady without flattery. Gifts, generosity, mercy in every gesture love cherishes, as if

And it so happened that several years ago in one of the Penza newspapers an article was published … of a firefighter from Mokshan (we have such a regional center) that "he is interested" in the history of Ancient Egypt, and came to the conclusion that the Egyptian pyramids (and he sincerely believed that all of them

“… and those floating in the waters came out to the earth …” (Book of the Wisdom of Solomon 19:18) But now we will digress a little from the history of metallurgy of copper and bronze and turn to such a science as cultural studies. After all, we are all the time talking about the culture of ancient societies and, therefore, must imagine

And it so happened that some time ago I went to rest and spent two whole weeks on the Black Sea coast, in a place where there were just enough people to revive the landscape, but not more. Moreover … there are still such places on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus, although literally 20 kilometers from this

In the past material of a new series of articles on metallurgy * and the culture of the Bronze Age - "The first metal products and ancient cities: Chatal-Huyuk -" a city under a hood "(part 2) https://topwar.ru/96998-pervye-metallicheskie-izdeliya -i-drevnie-goroda-chatal-hyuyuk-gorod-pod-kolpakom-chast-2.html "speech

Reading materials on VO, every time I catch myself thinking about how far the business of informing our citizens has progressed lately, and, of course, “people from planet Earth” in general. And the point is not even that information arrives very quickly, that it is accompanied by a colorful

Everyone who has read the Cursed Kings series of novels by Maurice Druon, and probably not only them, knows about this castle. It is hardly worth retelling what Maurice Druoon wrote about him. But you can and should look at what remains of this castle to this day. This is very interesting

Several years ago, burgeoning French tolerance became interested in one interesting question: why in history textbooks 80% of the space is reserved for men, and women are mentioned in only 20% of the pages? It was decided to write a "female" history textbook. We selected a team of authors, looked into

There is nothing worse when history begins to be interpreted one-sidedly, for the sake of the political conjuncture. On the one hand, a sample of its positive moments raises patriotic sentiments in people (especially those who are not too knowledgeable in the history of their country, and there are, by the way, there are many of them) - that is, they say, what are we?

It is wrong to think that PR (or in Russian "public relations") is a product of our era. First, the term itself was first used back in 1807 in the United States by American President T. Jefferson, who in one of his messages to Congress used the phrase “public

And here are the documents themselves, and the numbers: Order of the NKVD of 30.07.1937 No. 00447 Main article: Order of the NKVD No. 00447I. CONTINGENTS SUBJECT TO REPRESSION. 1. Former kulaks who returned after serving their sentence and continue to conduct active anti-Soviet subversive activities. Former fists who fled from the camps

They did not talk about this in history lessons in Soviet schools, but some of the most combat-ready Kolchak units were the regiments recruited from the workers of the Izhevsk and Ural arms factories. Indeed, a fraction of the state money from military orders went to them. The master could receive even one hundred rubles per

The state is strong because of the consciousness of the masses. It is strong when the masses know everything, they can judge everything and go for everything deliberately. Lenin V.I. , namely March 5, in the pages

"Friendly fire" is when friendly people shoot at their own people. The reasons can be very different: from pure psychology to elementary stupidity. For example, on the eve of World War II, the Air Force had a white star with a small red circle in its center. The Japanese Air Force too

There are battles famous for their victories, for example, the famous "Battle on the Ice" and the Battle of Kulikovo. There are battles "not glorious", but rich in finds on the battlefield - this is, for example, the place of the battle at the Zolotarevskoe settlement near Penza. There are battles, glorified both by the result and by the fact that they were depicted

With this material, the series of articles about the "Battle on the Ice" ends. And those who liked the materials published in it, and those to whom they “got stuck in their throats,” cannot fail to note that the materials were selected in an exhaustive way: chronicle texts for independent study, views on this

The fact that each castle is interesting in its own way hardly needs anyone to convince. It's like someone else's apartment - you go in and see the imprint of the owners' personality on everything. And here is the "imprint of the personality" of the owner of the castle, and … his architect and era, and only about the events that took place around some castles and inside

“Attempts to give an“objective”assessment of historical events run up against: 1) the lack of factual data, which are recognized by everyone as established facts, 2) the class bias of the researcher. If we assume that after 1991, having destroyed the communist formation, Russia

It is always pleasant when material written for TOPWAR readers finds its application also as a source of information for … their children! After all, children are our future, even though it sounds corny, and they should receive all the best, from food to information. And it's very good that

“There is one thing I don’t understand - writing a true history textbook is such a big problem for Russia? Or is it not needed by anyone? They lie about everything, starting with the birth of the Slavic peoples. " (Ozhogin Dmitry) “The dominance of liberals in power from the very top, in academic science, on TV, cinema is not

That would have been recovered with a generous gift - a mighty Horse - I would have kept watch for the king Under Balagier sensitively. In Provence, in Crots and in Montpellier, there is a massacre. And the knights - like a flock of crows, Shamelessly the robber-bastard. Peyre Vidal. Translated by V. Dynnik Ruins of the Peyrepertuse Castle. As you can see, the castle was perfect

The new century began with various scientific discoveries. The electric telegraph could transmit any news to the farthest corner of the country, but the tsarist government's practice of informing the masses remained at the level of the middle of the last century. But revolutionary passions roamed the country and our

“We are flying, hobbling in the darkness, We are walking on the last wing. The tank is punctured, the tail is on fire And the car is flying On the word of honor and on one wing. ("Bombers", Leonid Utesov) "Treaties must be respected!" War is war, and politics - politics! At the same time, it is also not necessary to forget about the economy. Therefore, very often

For us Christians, God is God! A being of a higher order and busy with its own, "divine problems." But there were other gods: for example, gods, quite similar in their characters to people in Greek mythology. But what was the situation in Ancient Egypt, where most of the gods were beastheads? Were there

The army was led by Count Simon de Montfort, who had already participated in the fourth crusade in 1204. The Count of Toulouse also prudently took part in it, which provided his lands with immunity from the troops of the crusaders. However, he did not bring his retinue to them and led the crusaders on

Not so long ago, TOPWAR published a number of articles about the Battle of Verdun, and before that there were also materials about the fortress war of the First World War and the guns used against the then forts. And here the question arises: how was the experience of the First World War analyzed in relation to the fight against fortresses in the interwar period?

Most recently, TOPWAR published an interesting article about how the British crown got Gibraltar or "The Rock" - a rocky cliff - in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, which eventually became … an overseas territory of Great Britain, which is contested by Spain, and includes how

Probably, many people know that the lands of Russia in the past were the arena of fierce battles. This is the battle on Lake Peipus or Lake Peipus, where in 1242 the soldiers of Prince Alexander defeated the Teutonic knights, and the Kulikovo field, where in 1380 Russian soldiers repelled the invasion of Khan Mamai, and many, many

When today we watch TV footage with scenes of violence on the streets of European cities, we somehow forget that at the beginning of the 20th century everything was the same in Britain. It can be said that it was simply overwhelmed by extremism. One after another, mailboxes flashed in houses, windows were broken in offices and houses

“If your right eye tempts you, pluck it out and throw it away from you, for it is better for you that one of your members perish, and not your whole body was thrown into Gehenna” (Matthew 18: 9) On the pages of TOPWAR more than once and not two were told about the brutal religious wars that were unleashed in the name of God and

Isn't it always interesting to know what and how our ancestors wrote about, say, 100 years ago? Today we are worried about the problems with Turkey, but then Russia was at war with her at all, and the journalists of that time also wrote about this war. How? How exactly did they write about her, what they paid attention to

And it so happened that on the pages of TOPWAR an extensive photo collection of images of warships of the American Civil War in 1861-1865 was posted. Unfortunately, only "pictures", without signatures, they say, who needs it, look for yourself. Commenting on the photos, many VO readers expressed their wishes to learn about

And it so happened that in 1956 in the USSR, at the Kiev Film Studio, a very good (color) war film "Missing in Trace" was shot, which was released in 1957. The film starred the then famous film actors Isaac Shmaruk, Mikhail Kuznetsov, Sofya Giatsintova and others

Strategy and Tactics The strategy of the Mughals was based on a combination of the use of elite cavalry and well-fortified defensive fortresses. At the same time, the tactics of the Mughals were flexible: they took into account that the use of cavalry and war elephants was more effective on the plains of northern India than in

In November 1095, Pope Urban II (1042-1099) addressed a large gathering of nobility and clergy of France in Clermont with an inspired sermon, during which he called for an expedition to help Christians of the East - primarily the Byzantines - against the Turks, as well as for the liberation of Jerusalem and

"… and put a copper helmet on his head, and put armor on him …" (First Book of Kingdoms 17:38) derivative from the French salade, and in French this word, in turn, came from Italy, from