History 2025, January

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Despite modern television, the Internet and mobile phones, we know very little what is happening in the world around us, and even more so, we do not know other people. First, there is a language barrier. Yes, they study foreign languages in schools, but they study them in such a way that only a few can learn them! Only

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"Among the gracious lilies across the sea, Christ was born, by His blood, by His body the world around was transformed. On the Cross He died for us - for Freedom we will die, Since God is taking a step here." ("Battle Anthem of the Republic") Last time, in the material about mortar rafts, it was told about how the Confederate fort, which carried

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I did not want to be in such a mess, As in honor of Christ I undertook to carry the cross; Now I would be glad to fight in Palestine; But loyalty to the lady got in the way. As it should, I could have saved my soul, If the desire of the heart would cease now

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How often, when we are told that we have read about something or something in the newspaper, in response we hear a contemptuous answer - "Yes, everyone is lying there, in these newspapers!" That is, for some reason, a person initially casts doubt on the reliability of the materials contained there. What does this mean? Well, first of all, that

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What is one of the advantages of the TOPWAR site is that in the process of discussing the materials published on it, its readers constantly suggest, or even suggest to the authors new interesting topics. "Directly on demand", for example, a series of articles about the Spartak uprising was born, from the topic of "Rus

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Thanks for the detailed story with photos. Unfortunately, nowadays very few people devote time to writing such articles. I look forward to continuing, I really want to know about other major castles in Europe! Evgeniy right / right I would like to start this article … with an apology. Well … it doesn't work, Evgeny

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Almost eight centuries ago, on May 31, 1223, a significant battle took place on the Kalka River, in which the Russian princes were defeated … The events preceding the battle took place a year earlier. It was in 1222. Then the Mongol-Tatar army under the command of military leaders

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No wonder I forgot God long ago. Now I will wash away my sins with repentance. I am ready to serve God with all my soul. Friedrich von Hausen. Translated by V. Mikushevich Even in the Bronze Age, the Baltic Sea did not so much divide the people who lived according to its

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"… I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword will be saturated with flesh …" place in the past, on the nations who worshiped the bow, and

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“And Elisha said to him, Take a bow and arrows. And he took a bow and arrows …”(4 Kings 13:15) I have always believed that when science is isolated from the people, it is bad. It is bad when a person writes in such a way that even a specialist and he hardly understands his colleague. It's bad when there is science for

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“He shot His arrows and scattered them …” (Psalms 17:15) Of course, the knights realized the power of the bow. There were projects to prohibit the use of bows and crossbows on the battlefield. In 1215, crossbowmen, along with mercenary warriors and surgeons, were recognized as the most "bloody" warriors. These prohibitions did not have

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In the second half of the 15th century. Duke of Burgundy Charles the Bold decided to bring together his lands through the annexation of Lorraine and some other lands. The territorial claims of Lorraine, France and the Burgundian state eventually let the country down in 1474-1477. to the war called Burgundy

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Bear the burden of the whites, - And let no one wait Neither laurels, nor the reward, But you know, the day will come - From equal you will wait for a wise judgment, And He will indifferently weigh your feat then. ("The burden of the whites", R. Kipling, M. Frohman ) Adams' life went on as usual. The years from 1614 to 1619 passed for him in

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2016 marked the 155th anniversary of the abolition of serfdom in Russia, and 155th anniversary of the events of the largest peasant uprising in Russia in the Penza province, caused by the difficult conditions of the personal liberation of peasants from serfdom. Today we will talk about perpetuating the theme

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Your lot is the Burden of the Whites! Don't you dare drop it! Don't you dare talk about freedom Hide the weakness of your shoulders! Fatigue is not an excuse, After all, the native people will know your Gods by what you have done. to help the sailors, Ieyasu ordered to determine

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It is enough even today to look at Europe, as we notice the fortified feudal castles, which are sometimes in ruins, and sometimes completely intact or in a state of reconstruction carried out by groups of enthusiasts and young people. Great Britain, France, Spain, Switzerland are especially rich in castles

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As in many provincial cities of Russia, in the city of Penza there is a Moskovskaya street - how can it be without it? This pedestrian street leads up the mountain in the center of the city, where a huge cathedral is now being completed, much more than that that was once blown up by the Bolsheviks. The street is, in general, like a street

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So, we continue to study the content of the report of Admiral Mankovsky, and this is what he writes next there: “On 19,20,21,22,23 and on the 24th, the Detachment was engaged in boat exercises in the morning. On the evening of the 22nd, full illumination was lit, to which the Montenegrins, in response, lit fires on the mountains, arranging them so that

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To begin with, in the UK, data from Wikipedia is accepted in court, that is, there they can be referred to as a source. In Russia, our attitude towards it is more restrained - “trust but verify”. Why this is so is understandable: Wikipedia's sources of information are different, and one can be trusted, but

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Some time ago on TOPWAR there was a discussion about our great poet M.Yu. Lermontov … Moreover, it concerned not so much poetry, and this is understandable, given the interests of the audience, but purely the military. That is - what did he represent as an officer, how, in fact, he fought

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As you can see, the slaves rebelled in Rome so often that there are not enough fingers to list all their performances, and this is not surprising. The critical mass of slaves grew and grew, and sooner or later, something like the uprising of Spartacus was bound to happen. Yes, but who was he, this Spartacus

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Oh, the West is the West, the East is the East, and they will not leave their places. Until Heaven appears from the Earth, the Terrible Lord's Judgment. But there is no East, and there is no West, that is a tribe, homeland, clan, If strong with a strong face to face rises to the ends of the earth? Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936). Translated by E. Polonskaya. So far on

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As already noted here, where there were most of the slaves, there they were subjected to greater exploitation, their conditions of detention were more difficult, which means that they often rebelled. So, in 104 - 99 years. it was in Sicily that the second mass slave action took place. "Before the Sicilian slave revolt

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Medieval Catholics were opposed to any version of Christianity that did not fit into the religious belief system of Rome. Therefore, when the teachings of the Cathars spread widely in the south of France, and especially in the foothills of the Pyrenees, the Roman Church decided to destroy the Cathar sect and used fanaticism

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As you know, what is relevant for “today” may become out of date “tomorrow”. Today we know that modern deep-sea bathyscaphes can sink to the very bottom of the Mariana Trench, and there is no place deeper on Earth. Today even presidents sink to the bottom in autonomous vehicles, and this is considered

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To begin with, let's remember what was said in the material “We are all from Adam and Eve. We are all from one ship”(http://topwar.ru/87782-my-vse-ot-adama-i-evy-my-vse-s-odnogo-korablya-chast-2.html). And there it was said that the ancient ancestor of the haplogroup R1a lived in Europe about 5000-5500 years ago, but

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“Somewhere in a distant galaxy, office wars raged!” (“New Jedi Against a New Empire.” “Episode 13”) chef with walls of

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December 8, 2015 marks the 160th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Gilyarovsky - a unique person, equally belonging to domestic journalism, fiction and journalistic literature, military history and even sports. Getting acquainted with the biography of Vladimir Gilyarovsky - "uncle

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At the end of the nineteenth century in Moscow it was impossible to find a person who did not know "Uncle Gilyai" - the famous everyday writer and publicist Vladimir Gilyarovsky. Vladimir

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200 years ago, on July 17 (29), the great artist Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky was born. As is the case with all outstanding artists, various themes are reflected in his work (and this is about 6 thousand paintings). But, above all, Aivazovsky is known as the singer of the sea. As a marine painter, and also

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In the 9th century, the territory of Poland was controlled by dozens of tribal unions. By the beginning of the 10th century, two strongest tribal alliances had emerged: the Wislians ("people of the Vistula") around Krakow and the Lesser Poland region and the glade ("people of the fields") around Gniezno in the Greater Poland region. It should be noted that during this period

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"Sergei Yesenin is not so much a man as an organ created by nature exclusively for poetry." Gorky Sergei Yesenin was born on October 3, 1895 in the village of Konstantinov, located in the Ryazan district of the Ryazan province. His mother, Tatyana Fedorovna Titova, married at sixteen, and his father

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The treaty, which ended 76 years ago (June 22, 1941), is still at the forefront of Big Politics. Each anniversary of its signing has traditionally been celebrated by all "progressive humanity" as one of the most mournful dates in world history

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Smerds that are meek are dear to me In a peaceful field. (Sigurd the Crusader. Poetry of the Skalds. Translation by S. V. Petrov) Finds in Oseberg and Gokstad shed light on the way of life of the rich and powerful, but tell little about the everyday life of ordinary Vikings. And since they built their houses from wood, from

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While the sun is still, while it is still summer, while there are still last minute deals, it probably makes sense to talk about the island of Crete again, because this is one of the best holiday destinations for us, Russians today, although Abkhazia is also for some. heavenly paradise. Recently I met a man who at 60 for the first time

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We go strict Forward formation Without chain mail, With a blue sword. Helmets shine, And I - without a helmet. Lies in boats. Armament. Boldly we climb into a clang The ice floe of the bloody crush Under the shields. So, after all, Labor ordered the ribbons. (Harald the Harsh. Hangs of joy. Poetry of the Skaldov. Translation by SV Petrov) An interesting epigraph, isn't it?

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They gave me a wondrous Maiden for money to the Brave, de equal, to Hrafn, glorious. In my house in a storm of abuse Adalrad was an obstacle. That is why the warrior of the Word barely knits. (Gunnlaug Serpentine language. Poetry of Skalds. Translation by S. V. Petrov) In 921-922, the Arab traveler Ahmad ibn Fadlan as secretary

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It is enough today to look into the comments to the news on the websites Mail.ru or Topwar.ru to make sure: for the majority of those who write these comments, the United States is enemy number 1. Why is it so, it is understandable, it is very beneficial for the state to have a very specific enemy for a certain social audience. There is someone

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In an ordinary Russian school for ordinary standard children, everything went wrong from the very beginning as it had before in the special school and in the gymnasium. If there 80% of the children in the class did everything "right" at 4 and 5, and 20% experienced difficulties, then 80% of the children could not do anything, and only 20% had something

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Sickle of the harvest slash Sec vezh from the shoulders, And the wounds stag Cried a red cry. And steel rdians From steel ice Armor in a drunken Amusement of abuse. (Egil, son of Grim the Bald. "Redemption of the head." Translation by SV Petrov) Simultaneously with the spread of the installation tradition runestones in Scandinavia at the same time become