History 2024, November

85 years ago, the complex "Ready for Labor and Defense of the USSR" was approved. Nobody can say, even with a reservation, that there was no sport in the USSR. He was our legendary and well-deserved sport, to which we were all happy witnesses. And for the stages that were not caught due to age, we have historical

In the history of the Russian Empire, its penultimate autocrat, born on March 10, 1845 and ascended the throne on March 14, 1881 *, Emperor Alexander III, father of the future

Someone really wants to turn the hero-city of Leningrad into a city-concentration camp Leningrad, in which during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. hundreds of thousands of people were allegedly dying of hunger. First, they talked about 600 thousand people who died of hunger and died in Leningrad during the blockade.27

On February 10, 1945, the S-13 submarine sank its second largest transport - the German liner "Steuben" Alexander Marinesko became a legend during his lifetime, then he was consigned to oblivion and returned from oblivion only decades later. His figure is extremely controversial, as are the results of his military campaigns. He

German vigilantes laid down their arms before the conquests of capitalism, the National People's Army and other power structures of the GDR, which disappeared from the world map, have not yet found a worthy place in Russian military history literature. The thoroughly politicized works on this topic, published in

Exactly 70 years ago, Winston Churchill delivered his famous Fulton speech. Thus, today the Cold War celebrates its anniversary, and it is customary to count it down from this speech. But why did it become possible in conditions when the USSR was counting on cooperation with the West? Why Churchill

In the famous fairy tale of the German writer Hoffmann "Little Tsakhes", its protagonist possessed an amazing ability: no one noticed the negative actions he committed and responsibility for them was assigned to others. There was an equally amazing party in our revolution - the party

10 years ago, in distant Alaska, the voice that lifted the spirits of millions of people during the Second World War was forever silent. Anna Marley! The Song of the Partisans, composed by her, became the second anthem for France after the Marseillaise. But few knew then that this anthem was of Russian origin … Tens of thousands of our

The end of the winter of 1941-42 for the Americans and their allies was no better than the beginning. On February 27, the united allied squadron was defeated by the Japanese in the Java Sea, and on the night of February 28 to March 1, the Japanese drowned the remnants of this squadron in the Sunda Strait - an American heavy cruiser

The Red Army was created and won victories, including through the efforts of tens of thousands of former officers who became military specialists (military experts). The "former" had to work literally for wear and tear. There was almost no time for rest. Meanwhile, it was necessary for normal operation even in

Rarely does anyone have a life that is as measured as it is saturated, in which everything happens at the right time: in his youth - the sea, long voyage and captivating only at this time, the romance of war, in his youth - a thorough and long journey to exotic lands on the opposite

"A military thunderstorm approached the city with such speed that we could really oppose the enemy with only the 10th division of the NKVD troops under the command of Colonel Saraev."

The phrase about cadres who decide everything does not lose its relevance The vicious practice of assigning military ranks to males of noble blood starting right from birth, which is more characteristic of the East, hindered the development of Russia. On March 9, 1714, Tsar Peter Alekseevich issued a decree prohibiting

March 5, 70 years ago, the Cold War began. Churchill's performance at Westminster College Fulton remains a defining event in recent history. From this speech, according to Ronald Reagan, the US President who unleashed the "Star Wars", not only the modern West was born, but the entire world today

“Russian soldiers put up outstanding resistance, fighting to the last opportunity.” The fortified areas on the new border undoubtedly became the pinnacle in the development of Soviet fortifications in the 1930s and even 1941-1945. During the Great Patriotic War, there was no longer any for the construction of such grandiose structures

Details about the armed peasant uprisings at the dawn of the formation of Soviet power became known not so long ago, thanks to the removal of the "top secret" stamp from some of the Cheka's archival investigative materials. This also applies to the peasant rebellion, which took place in 1918 in Epiphany

On March 2, 1969, a battle began for a small island on the Ussuri River, which became a symbol of the great courage of Russian border guards.In the post-war history of Russia, there was only one case when its soldiers had to repel an attack of regular enemy troops on their soil. From that battle, the Soviet

Two hundred years ago, in 1816, about 500 thousand peasants and soldiers of the Russian Empire were transferred to the position of military settlers. Was it excessive cruelty or a failed social experiment? To answer this question, let us turn to the personality of the main executor of the large-scale plan

American photographer Jonathan Alpeiri spent a year photographing World War II veterans. Among the participants in his project were veterans of the Wehrmacht and other Nazi formations in Europe. Many of them admitted that for the first time since 1945 they donned their military awards. Interestingly, Jonathan

The North African campaign, in which the Allied forces and the Axis countries carried out a series of attacks and counter-offensives in the deserts of North Africa, lasted from 1940 to 1943. Libya has been an Italian colony for several decades, and neighboring Egypt has been under British control since

A Brief Description of the Myth Mass political repression is a unique feature of the Russian state, especially during the Soviet period. "Stalinist mass repressions" 1921-1953 accompanied by violations of the law, tens, if not hundreds of millions of citizens of the USSR suffered. Slave work

The years leading up to the declaration of war between the countries of the Nazi bloc and the anti-Hitler coalition in 1939 were difficult for many countries of the world. Ten years earlier, the Great Depression began, which left most of the population of Europe and America unemployed. Nationalism

The Chuuk Islands are a group of small islands within the Federated States of Micronesia. The historical name of these islands is Truk. The history of the Truk Islands began with their discovery by Spanish navigators and continued with the exploration of the French navigator Dumont-D'Urville, and then the Russian

Anti-Soviet speeches and demonstrations in post-war countries building socialism began to appear even under Stalin, but after his death in 1953 they took on a wider scale. Mass protests took place in Poland, Hungary, the GDR. A decisive role in the initiation of the Hungarian events

The direct entry of the United States into World War II followed after the attack by the Japanese Navy on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and the official support of this action from Germany. The Japanese attack was presented to the public as "unprovoked" and

Great Britain and the United States, being allies and having common interests, participated in most of the key events of the 20th century. They fought together in the First and Second World Wars, jointly confronted the communist "threat", and since the signing of the Washington Treaty on April 4, 1949, in which

On February 9, 1904, an unequal battle between the cruiser Varyag and the gunboat Koreets took place with the Japanese squadron. Seoul, capital

A monument to Grigory Petrovsky was destroyed in Dnepropetrovsk. How did the first leader of Soviet Ukraine deserve such an honor? In Ukraine, the process of renaming geographical toponyms, the names of which

On February 3, 1903, the first domestic counter-espionage service was created - the Intelligence Department of the General Staff. Employees of the Russian military counterintelligence bodies celebrate their professional holiday on December 19 - on this day in 1918, a resolution was adopted to create a Special Department of the Cheka

"The history of technology for a thinking person is not at all an account of the past, but a means to understand the future, to find the right paths in it, to avoid mistakes that have already been made once." 1941 The subjunctive mood, persecuted from scientific, publicistic works and public discussions

The Crimean events and the subsequent severance of relations with Turkey can hardly be called interconnected, but they lead to interesting reflections and pull from the historical memory the events of the past years. Russia fought with the Ottoman Empire for several centuries. Ivan III was just building walls

For most of the twentieth century, Russia has lived under the red flag. And the answer to the question why he is of this color seemed to many to be unambiguous. Even when Soviet children were accepted as pioneers, it was explained to them: a pioneer tie is a particle of the Red Banner, the color of which symbolizes the blood shed in the struggle

On January 31, 1932, at the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine, through the heroic efforts of many thousands of workers: workers and engineers, the first blast furnace was put into operation. The launch of advanced metallurgical production in the Urals became a real technological and strategic breakthrough for the young Soviet

On February 1, 1950, the MIG fighter reached the speed of sound for the first time Speed is one of the key qualities of a combat aircraft. It is in this case that the "arms race" becomes a race in the truest sense of the word. He who is faster is closer to victory. The rivalry of the speeds of combat aircraft went constantly with

Information Warfare Has Brought the United States Trillions of Dollars with Minimal Loss Analysis of events in the world over the past 25 years suggests that information wars are inevitable. Moreover, an escalation of such confrontations is observed and predicted

The epoch of Catherine, brilliant in many respects, can rightly be called the “golden age” of the Russian medal - so numerous and varied are the works of medal art that have come down to us of that time. Let's start with the Coronation and Historical Medals

Now we can say that in any conflict between states, both sides are to blame, even if to a different extent. Perhaps this is true for neighboring states. But what is the reason for the dozens of conflicts between Russia and England, the borders of which in Europe have always been defended by more than a thousand

Children and grandchildren of the Khrushchev-Gorbachev "sixties", hung with loud academic degrees and titles, either do not know or consciously hide that the "oil needle" is the legacy of Nikita Khrushchev, so revered in their circles, perhaps one of the most sinister figures of the Russian

On January 28, 1820, from the sloops "Vostok" and "Mirny" people first saw the Antarctic coast

January 27, 1944 - the day of the complete liberation of the city of Leningrad from the blockade by the Soviet troops Operation "January Thunder" January 27, 1944 - the day of the complete liberation of the city of Leningrad from the blockade by the Soviet troops The terrible blockade of Leningrad, which claimed over 950 thousand lives of ordinary citizens and