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Fortifications (UR) were assigned a very important role in the plans for the construction of the Red Army. According to the plans, they were supposed to cover the most important operational directions and areas, on the retention of which the stability of the defense depended, and serve as support lines for the action of field forces both in defense and
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The transfer of the commander of the 2nd Shock Army A.A. Vlasov to the service of the Germans, of course, was one of the most unpleasant episodes of the war for our country. There were other Red Army officers who became traitors, but Vlasov was the most senior and most famous
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And Prince Igor said to his soldiers: “My squad and brothers! Better to be sweating than full to be!”“The Tale of Igor's Host”From time immemorial, people have been at war with each other. This often results in captivity. Wounds, hunger, illness, slave labor - all these hardships of bondage finally wear down and destroy the prisoners who
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The armed forces are one of the key elements of any state. At the same time, it is a very important social institution of society, which in one way or another embraces practically every person, every family, every collective. Someone is serving or has served himself, someone is a member of the family
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The death of Admiral Stepan Makarov in Port Arthur became a symbol of the strategically inconsistent policy of the Russian state in the Far East and a turning point of the era of "Restless Russian genius" So Alexander Lieven, the commander of the cruiser "Diana" during the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905, called
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On April 16, 2012, the European Court of Human Rights will issue a final verdict in the so-called Katyn case. One of the Polish radio stations, citing the plaintiffs' lawyer, Mr. Kaminsky, reports that the ECHR session will be held in an open manner, and therefore the whole world will finally learn about
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On the mountain passes of the North Caucasus. Military scouts of Captain I. Rudnev on a combat mission. Photo from the archive of the "Voeninform" Agency of the RF Ministry of Defense In the summer of 1942, the situation on the Soviet-German front was characterized by a number of complex strategic and tactical circumstances of the military and
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30 years ago, on November 8, 1986, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov passed away. Vyacheslav Molotov has been one of the main figures in Soviet politics since the 1920s, when he rose to prominence with the support of Stalin. In fact, Molotov became the second person in the Soviet state and was very popular in
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The topic of losses in any war is extremely sensitive and controversial. However, it is the contradictions in the assessments that make it possible to get a more or less complete picture of this. Many years have passed since the NATO war against Yugoslavia. A huge war machine crashed into Yugoslavia, the entire population
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In recent years, attempts have been made to deprive Russia of its place in world history by putting it “in a corner” for the so-called “historical crimes”. In this regard, Poland is especially zealous, which has compiled a whole list of Russian "crimes" against the Poles from the 16th to the 20th century. Central to
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In November 1941, Army Group South, commanded by Field Marshal G. von Runstedt, achieved another success. On November 19, the advanced units of the 1st Panzer Group division of Colonel-General E. von Kleist, breaking through a heavy snowfall, captured Rostov-on-Don. Reading the victorious report of
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November 13, 1918 - The day of the creation of the troops of the RKhBZ of Russia, it was then that the Chemical Service of the Red Army was created. This was a necessary and forced measure of the Soviet government to prevent the threat of unleashing chemical warfare against the Red Army by the White Guards and interventionists - there have already been cases
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After Germany's surrender in May 1945, the Allies focused on Japan. The US Navy's strategy for capturing islands in the Pacific has paid off. In the hands of the Americans were the islands from which the B-29 bombers could reach Japan. Massive bombing campaigns began using
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After the end of World War II, many cities in Europe and Asia lay in ruins, borders changed, someone was buried, and someone returned home, and everywhere they began to build a new life. Before the outbreak of war, in the late 1930s, the population of the Earth was 2 billion. In less than
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So, let's continue our "mournful work."
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The pilots recalled that the night flights over Soviet territory were the most difficult. The usual feelings of emptiness and loneliness were replaced by attacks of icy horror: under the wing of the plane, a black abyss stretched for hundreds of miles around, with rare splashes of lights from farms and villages. Only
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“Hooves are knocking on the firmament, Cannons are looming in the distance, Straight into Death Valley. Six squadrons entered.” Alfred Tennyson “Attack of the Light Cavalry.” On October 25 (13), 1854, one of the largest battles of the Crimean War took place - the Battle of Balaklava. On the one hand, the forces of France took part in it
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After the Allied invasion of western France, Germany assembled a reserve force and launched a counteroffensive in the Ardennes, which fizzled out by January. At this time, Soviet troops, moving from the east, entered Poland and East Prussia. In March, the Allies crossed the Rhine, capturing hundreds of
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May 9, 1945, is moving further and further away from us, but we still remember at what cost our fathers and grandfathers got that day and every year we celebrate this wonderful and tragic holiday together with the veterans. The photographs capture the last moments of the war, happy moments and joyful faces
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How they tried to steal victory from us At dawn on May 1, 1945, at the command post of the commander of the 8th Guards Army, Colonel General V.I. The German general handed Chuikov a document about his
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“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