History 2024, November

Complicated feelings are captured when reading the two-volume book "Names of Victory", published by the publishing house "Kuchkovo Pole" in 2015. We will never fully understand those who met the war from the first day and went through it to the end, until the victorious May. Before us is a gallery of 53 names of Soviet commanders and military leaders

In October 1941, when the front rolled up to Moscow within a cannon shot, it was decided to evacuate government offices and foreign diplomatic missions to Kuibyshev. Thus, the city on the Volga became the temporary (until August 1943) capital of the state

In matters of security, V.I. Lenin took an example from the Russian emperors In 1918, Lenin uttered the famous words: "A revolution is worth something only if it knows how to defend itself." But how did the leader of the revolution decide for himself this question? Of course, he was guarded, and, of course, there were people next to him

The demand of the Baltic states addressed to Moscow to pay them compensation for the years of "Soviet occupation" is so absurd that even the Prime Minister of Estonia condemned it, finding it "illogical". You can argue with him, there is logic here: de-occupation (that is, leaving the USSR) cost the Baltics much more

The history and role of order number 227 during the Great Patriotic War The most famous, most terrible and most controversial order of the Great Patriotic War appeared 13 months after its start. We are talking about Stalin's famous order No. 227 of July 28, 1942, known as "Not a step back!"

During the end of World War II, the once powerful fleet of Nazi Germany was in a state that could be described in one word - ruins. About half of the ships were destroyed during the hostilities, some were sunk by the Germans themselves before surrendering. All four died

August 23 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia - the Day of the defeat of the Nazi troops by Soviet troops in the Battle of Kursk in 1943. The Battle of Kursk was decisive in ensuring a radical turning point in the course of the Great Patriotic War. First, the Red Army on the Kursk salient repelled a powerful

German infantry on the outskirts of the city, November 1941 German anti-aircraft gunners during the battle, November 1941 German troops enter Rostov-on-Don, November 22, 1941 German tanks in the city center, November 28, 1941 November 21 is considered the date of the first capture of Rostov-on -Don by the troops of the Wehrmacht

These days, commemorative events take place in the Baltic countries - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia celebrate 75 years since the beginning of the "Soviet occupation". This term, which Russia did not recognize even during the times of Yeltsin and Kozyrev, became the basis of the political consciousness of the Baltics. Meanwhile, with the same success it was possible

On June 12, Russia is celebrated in our country. But. there is another country in the world - Paraguay, which celebrates a holiday on this day. And the Russian contribution to this holiday is very significant. 80 years ago, on June 12, 1935, the war between Paraguay and Bolivia, the so-called Chaco War, ended victoriously

Relations with Ukraine today cannot be called not only good, but even neutral. The official course of the Ukrainian leadership is to present Russia as a historical enemy that has almost “ruined the whole life” of the Ukrainian people. Meanwhile, this year marks 370 years since the

Feast over Czechoslovakia After Lithuania, Poland returned to the Czechoslovak question. Adolf Hitler almost immediately announced the program for restoring the unity of the German nation. In 1937, despite the resistance of a part of the German military, who feared war with France and England and a natural defeat

Otto von Bismarck: “The power of Russia can be undermined only by the separation of Ukraine from it … it is necessary not only to tear away, but also to oppose Ukraine to Russia, set the two parts of a single people against each other and watch how a brother will kill his brother. To do this, you only need to find and raise traitors among

The pension topic, which has recently become very painful and relevant for our country, is often discussed by people who, shall we say, are not too knowledgeable in the history of this issue, and therefore undertake to assert that the USSR was a real paradise for pensioners. Some, however, fall into another

France is considered one of the full-fledged countries - the victors of German Nazism, along with the Soviet Union, USA, Great Britain. But in reality, the contribution of the French to the struggle against Nazi Germany is largely overestimated. How France fought at the start of World War II

Before the introduction of a moratorium on the death penalty in our country, capital punishment was carried out by shooting. But on August 1, 1946, the former commander-in-chief of the Russian Liberation Army "traitor No. 1" Andrei Vlasov and a group of his associates were hanged in Moscow. And it was far from the only one

We went to power in order to hang, but we had to hang in order to come to power The stream of articles and notes about the "good Tsar-Father", the noble white movement and the red ghouls-murderers opposing them, does not dwindle. I am not going to play for one or the other side. I'll just give

The German Wehrmacht left an unkind memory of itself. No matter how disowned his veterans of numerous war crimes, they were not only soldiers, but also punishers. But the name of this Wehrmacht soldier in Serbia is pronounced with respect. A film was made about him, his name is on the pages of the Serbian

In the late 1920s, in the mountainous Afghanistan near Mazar-i-Sharif, a certain Zelim Khan became famous - the commander of one of the detachments of Amanullah Khan who was overthrown by the rebels. According to sources, Zelim Khan was a daring and desperately brave commander. His detachment of 400 sabers appeared suddenly and

In 1981, Ronald Reagan, a former actor, governor and senator, took over the presidency of the United States. From his very first steps as head of state, he made it clear to his compatriots and the world that he was going to arrange something similar to the second Cuban missile crisis

September 2 in the Russian Federation is celebrated as the "Day of the end of the Second World War (1945)". This memorable date was established in accordance with the Federal Law "On Amendments to Article 1 (1) of the Federal Law" On Days of Military Glory and Memorable Dates of Russia ", signed by the President of the Russian Federation

And this evidence suggests that General Vlasov (which was to be expected) became an ardent anti-Stalinist only after he found himself on the other side of the front, leaving the remnants of the dying army at Myasny Bor. Before his surrender to the German patrol in the village of Tukhovezhi, Andrei Andreevich Vlasov was distinguished

Many of our compatriots, mainly, of course, from among the older generation, remember the wonderful film created in the late 60s about the Great Patriotic War under the telling title "War as in War", where a short and tragic page from life was shown quite reliably one

Despite the fact that most of the Asian, African, American and Oceanian colonies of European powers and the United States gained political independence during the twentieth century, it is premature to talk about the final departure of the colonial era. And the point is not even that Western countries actually

Exactly sixty years ago, on January 18, 1956, it was decided to create the National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic (NNA GDR). Although the Day of the National People's Army was officially celebrated on March 1, since it was on this day in 1956 that the first

Call it heartless, call it reprisal, call it a policy of hostile denial: a million Germans captured by Eisenhower's armies died in captivity after surrender

On February 25, Georgia celebrates a strange holiday - the Day of Soviet Occupation. Yes, it is precisely by the years of "occupation" that the post-Soviet Georgian leadership is trying to portray the seven decades that Georgia was part of the Soviet Union. And this despite the fact that three decades of them led the Union

The pigeon communication was adopted by the Red Army in 1929, and from that time, despite the rapid development of technical means of communication, it was widely used as an auxiliary means until 1945. During the Great Patriotic War, pigeons were used mainly in the interests of

The Great Patriotic War rallied and raised millions of Soviet citizens to defend the Motherland. There were also very young patriots among them. Not only the Komsomol members, but also the pioneers - teenagers of fifteen, fourteen, thirteen and even ten years old, participated in the resistance to the Nazi invaders, fought in

July 6. Counterstrike of the Central Front On the second day of the Battle of Kursk, the troops of the Central Front launched a counterattack on the German grouping that had wedged into the front defenses. The most powerful mobile unit of the front commander was the 2nd Panzer Army under the command of Alexei Rodin. The counterstrike must

“We cannot wait for favors from nature; it is our task to take them from her!”I.V. Michurin Ivan Michurin was born on October 27, 1855 in the Ryazan province in the Pronsky district. His great-grandfather and grandfather were small local nobles, military people, participants in numerous campaigns and wars. Father Michurin

Oh, how great, great On-field-he is! He is cunning, and quick, and firm in battle; But he wavered, as God stretched out his hand with a bayonet to him with a bayonet. R. Derzhavin “And only the sky lit up …” At dawn on August 26 (according to the new style on September 7), 1812, Russian troops were waiting for the enemy's attack on the Borodino field. They

This article is from Edwin BLACK, author of the New York Times bestseller books, IBM and the Holocaust and the just-published War Against the Weak (Four Walls, Eight Windows Hitler made the life of an entire continent hell and destroyed

How Chelyabinsk became Tankograd during the Great Patriotic War The Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant was the main center for the production of tanks in the country. It was here that the legendary BM-13 - "Katyusha" installations were produced. Every third tank, combat aircraft, cartridge, mine, bomb, land mine and rocket

“Prince Bagration … Undaunted in battle, indifferent in danger … Mild-tempered, uncommon, generous to the point of extravagance. Not quick to anger, always ready for reconciliation. Does not remember evil, always remembers good deeds.”AP. Ermolov The Bagration dynasty is considered one of the most ancient - in the Armenian and

June 1, 1933 is considered the birthday of the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, one of the largest Russian industrial associations producing high-tech machine-building products. It was on this day that the first "Stalinist" S-60 with a capacity of only sixty horsepower came off

One of the elements of the racial theory of the Third Reich was the requirement for "racial hygiene" of the German nation, to cleanse it of "inferior" elements. In the long term, Nazi leaders dreamed of creating a breed of ideal people, a "race of demigods." According to the Nazis, "pure" Aryans remained

On October 24, 1898, one of the most prominent political and military figures in the modern history of China, Marshal Peng Dehuai, was born. The name of this man was associated not only with the victory of the Chinese Communist Party in a long and bloody civil war, but also the formation of a regular

Plague in the XV - XVI centuries The Nikon Chronicle reports that in 1401 there was a pestilence in Smolensk. However, the symptoms of the disease have not been described. In 1403, "pestilence with iron" was noted in Pskov. It is reported that most of the cases died on days 2-3, at the same time, rare cases of recovery are mentioned for the first time. V

The year of birth of the engineering troops in Russia is considered to be 1701. This year, Peter I, as part of the military reform he was carrying out, signed a decree on the creation of the first engineering school. Eleven years later, in 1712, by the decree of the same Peter I, the organization of units of military engineers was consolidated