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The warriors of Svyatoslav, in alliance with the Pechenegs, crushed the Khazar Kaganate and fought in Bulgaria, with Byzantium. The Pechenegs were called “the thorn of the Rusiyev and their strength.” The First Danube Campaign In 967, the Russian Grand Duke Svyatoslav Igorevich set out on a campaign to the banks of the Danube. There are no reports in the annals about the preparation of this
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How Boris Yeltsin's security service was conceived and what did the security service of Boris Yeltsin do? The new government, guided by the demands of the political situation, destroyed the old Soviet special services and
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The Baltic Sea has a number of significant differences from the northern seas. Shallow depths are a great difficulty for submarine operations, but on the other hand, they give additional chances of salvation. Which will be confirmed further. On the day of the German attack on the USSR, the submarines of the Red Banner
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Who knows how Russian history would have developed if the second revolution in 1917 had taken place not in October, but a few months earlier. After all, there was such a chance - in July 1917, a massive revolutionary uprising took place in Petrograd, and the Bolsheviks in it had not yet played such an active role as
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In that eventful era, each warring party put forward leaders capable of upholding the interests of their class to the end. Such figures were also in the feudal-Catholic gallery. And to this category belonged the founder of the Jesuit order Ignatius Loyola. He was considered completely exceptional
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330 years ago, on May 16, 1686, the "Eternal Peace" between Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was signed in Moscow. The world has summed up the results of the Russian-Polish war of 1654-1667, which went over the West Russian lands (modern Ukraine and Belarus). The Andrusov armistice ended the 13-year war. "Eternal Peace"
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If Baron Ungern had realized his plans, in Russia now, perhaps, there would have been not regions, but aimags December 29 - 124 from the birthday of Baron Roman Ungern von Sternberg (1885-1921) - a Russian officer, a famous participant in the White movement. Historians assess his activities in different ways
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"Yes, the descendants of the Orthodox of the Earth know the past fate …" Pushkin In 1721 the All-Russian Emperor Peter Alekseevich was given the title "Great". However, this was not new in Russian history - thirty-five years before Peter I, the so-called “near boyar, governor of Novgorod
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In the 1942 campaign, submarines of the Baltic Fleet in three echelons broke through the blockade of the Gulf of Finland, which was increasingly intensified by the enemy. During the year, 32 submarines went out to sea, six of which made military campaigns twice. It has been reliably established that as a result of their actions
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The Battle of the Kinoskephals occupies a special place in military history. Partly because it was the first large-scale field battle between the Roman legions and the Macedonian phalanx, partly because it decided the fate of the Macedonian power
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"not all the gods give to one person …" The name of the Carthaginian commander and statesman of antiquity Hannibal is known very widely. His victories and the famous "Hannibal Oath" brought him well-deserved fame. It would seem that in relation to this person everything is clear - the great
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In the article offered to your attention, we will try to understand the circumstances of the appearance on the cruiser of the most discussed element of its design, namely the Nikloss boilers. As we said earlier, in this matter, the contracts for the construction of "Varyag" and "Retvizan" directly violated the requirements
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“… I dedicated my work to my youth. Without exaggeration, I can say that when I write a new song or other piece of music, in my mind I always address it to our youth”. Dunaevsky Isaac Dunaevsky was born on January 30, 1900 in the small Ukrainian town of Lokhvitsa
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“With the extermination of the Turkish squadron, you have adorned the annals of the Russian fleet with a new victory, which will forever remain memorable in maritime history.” Emperor Nicholas I
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“In war, everything is simple, but the simplest is extremely difficult.” Karl Clausewitz Mikhail Illarionovich was born on September 16, 1745 in St. Petersburg in a noble family. His father's name was Illarion Matveyevich, and he was a comprehensively educated person, a famous military engineer, according to projects
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The Novgorod land was far superior to other lands in size, the possessions of Veliky Novgorod stretched from the river. Narov to the Ural Mountains. A feature of Novgorod was the presence of republican principles. Veliky Novgorod was ruled by an archbishop and mayor, elected by the vechem from boyar families
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The late 19th century was the golden age of the British Empire. Large sections of the political map of the world were painted pink, pleasing to the eye of any Englishman. London, not particularly challenging the patronage of the arts with frivolous Paris, was a concentration of wealth and power. On
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During World War II, hundreds and thousands of fighter pilots from different countries fought in the skies on both sides of the front line. As in any field of activity, some fought mediocre, some above average, and only a few had a chance to do their job much better than others
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It just so happened that the Russian-Turkish war of 1787-1791 is known for many battles - sea and land. During it, two famous assaults took place on well-fortified fortresses protected by large garrisons - Ochakov and Izmail. And if the capture of Ochakov was actually carried out at the beginning
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Corsairs and privateers (privateers) of the island of Jamaica in the 17th century were known in the West Indies no less than the filibusters of Tortuga. And the most famous of the privatizers of the Jamaican Port Royal, Henry Morgan, became a living personification of that era. Today we will start a story about Jamaica and dashing filibusters
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“Shoot rarely, but accurately. With a bayonet, if it is strong, the bullet will cheat, and the bayonet will not cheat. The bullet is a fool, the bayonet is good … The hero will kill half a dozen, and I've seen more. Take care of the bullet in the barrel. Three of them will ride - kill the first, shoot the second, and the third with a karachun bayonet.”A. V. Suvorov Vesuvius spews flame, Pillar
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White condottiere roam all over China with impunity and, using their high military qualifications, win victories.”
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In 1781, on the site of the settlement of Anapa on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, the Turks, under the leadership of French engineers, began to build a powerful fortress. Anapa was supposed to ensure the influence of the Ottoman Empire on the Muslim peoples of the North Caucasus and become a base for future operations against Russia in
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The bloody war in Novorossiya has been going on for a year. During this time, the Kiev regime could not, and did not try to understand that Ukraine is not an ethnically unified state, and the model of constructing the Ukrainian nation, invented in Austria-Hungary a hundred years ago and adopted by
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King Henry VIII of England (1497 - 1547) is known to most people mainly for the fact that he was a polygamist king, and that he started the so-called "Anglican" church in England, and not so much for the sake of faith itself, as for the sake of to be able to marry without hindrance. but
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Unless in the imagination of citizens living in an alternative reality or in the descriptions of paid propagandists, the situation in "Russia We Lost" seems to be almost an earthly paradise. It is described approximately in the following way: “Before the revolution and collectivization, whoever worked well lived well
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I receive about a hundred letters every day. Among the reviews, criticism, words of gratitude and information, you, dear readers, send me your articles. Some of them deserve immediate publication, others should be carefully studied. Today I offer you one of such materials. Topic covered in
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There are still different versions about the origin of Bogdan (Zinovy) Mikhailovich Khmelnitsky. However, most scientists, in particular the Russian historian Gennady Sanin and his Ukrainian colleagues Valery Smoliy and Valery Stepankov, claim that he was born on December 27, 1595, either in a rich
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The story of how Bohdan Khmelnitsky tried to "integrate" more tightly into the Rzeczpospolita with the help of the Crimean Khan and the Turkish Sultan, and as a result he became a subject of the Russian Tsar and defeated the Poles with the Russian army. under
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Interstate relations, like people, change little. As soon as the state weakens for some reason, close and distant neighbors immediately recall their claims, hidden grievances and unrealized fantasies. Whoever finds a neighbor's crisis suddenly has to compose and formulate his own
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Union with Sweden Finding himself in a hopeless situation, Tsar Vasily Shuisky decided to stake on the outskirts and foreign aid. Sheremetev received an order to unblock Moscow to recruit a host of Tatars, Bashkirs and Nogai in the Volga region. Moscow turned to the Crimean Khan for help. Shuisky also decided
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The Swedish plan for the seizure of Novgorod by the army of Jacob Delagardie The time of trouble brought Russia ordeals, misfortunes and disasters - a set of difficulties in which it is not easy to separate the primary from the secondary. Internal chaos was accompanied by massive foreign intervention. Neighbors of Russia, traditionally not
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The beginning of the 13th century is not the calmest time in the history of Europe. Many still dreamed of the return of the lost Holy Sepulcher, but during the IV Crusade, not Jerusalem was captured, but Orthodox Constantinople. Soon the armies of the crusaders will again go to the East and suffer another defeat in
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400 years ago, on March 9, 1617, the Treaty of Stolbovo was signed. This world put an end to the Russian-Swedish war of 1610-1617. and became one of the sad results of the Troubles of the early 17th century. Russia ceded to Sweden Ivangorod, Yam, Koporye, Oreshek, Korel, that is, it lost all access to the Baltic Sea, except
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The battle of Sarmed went down in history under the name "Bloody Field". Then out of almost four thousand troops of the crusaders, only two hundred were lucky to survive. And only they could then tell the whole truth about those terrible events. And it all began like this … The troops of the First Crusade in 1099 entered
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By the end of 1916, economic difficulties worsened in Russia, and the country and the army began to lack food, footwear and clothing. The origins of this economic crisis go back to 1914. Because of the war, the Black Sea and Danish straits were closed for Russia, through which up to 90% of foreign trade went
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Foreword: I had the pleasure of spending 9 months in kindergarten with pay, allowance and uniforms. This kindergarten is proudly called the Bundeswehr and is a holiday home combined with a playground for young and old, and even old kids. German army, gee. In three months
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One of the favorite topics of historical and political speculations of Russophobic orientation is the history of the dissolution of the Zaporizhzhya Sich. Supporters of "political Ukrainianity" view this event unequivocally as another confirmation of the "anti-Ukrainian" policy of the Russian state throughout history
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Unfulfilled Hopes In the mid-1960s, the Soviet Union embarked on an unprecedented hydrocarbon megaproject - the development of unique oil and gas fields in Western Siberia. Few then believed that such an undertaking would be successful. The natural resources of Siberia were
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Russian Archangel A word about Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov … On the day of the solemn celebration of the 100th anniversary of the death of Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov, the great commander was called the Russian Archangel. The Archangel Michael is called the Archangel of the Heavenly Host. Sovereign Emperor Paul I