History 2024, November

As you know, cavalry (cavalry) (from the Latin caballus - horse) is a type of weapon (type of troops) in which a horse was used for combat operations or movement. It seems to us very interesting to prepare several brief informative articles showing the specifics of the development of the Russian cavalry in

From the "thousand best servants" of Ivan the Terrible to the Separate Corps of Gendarmes and Security Departments of the Russian Empire The beginning of the last decade of December for almost a century has been and remains festive for all employees of the state security agencies of Russia. In 1995, December 20, the first

There have been many disputes for a long time and are still going on with us about who is Russian. Different answers were given to this question. And F.M. Dostoevsky, in the century before last, defined: "Russian means Orthodox." And indeed: people are selected into the people not by blood and place of birth, but by their soul. And the soul of the Russian people

Exactly 120 years ago, on September 30 (September 18, old style), 1895, Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky was born in the small village of Novaya Golchikha in the Kineshemsky district of the Kostroma Province (today as part of the city of Vichuga, Ivanovo region). The future Marshal of the Soviet Union was born into a family

The first part of the publication was devoted to the chronic deficiency of metals in Kiev and Moscow Rus. In the second part, we will talk about how in the 18th century our country, thanks to the factories of the Urals, became the world's largest producer of metals. It was this powerful metallurgical base that was the basis

To this day, the American and British military archives contain classified cryptographic machines developed by German specialists at the end of the war. Those modifications, information about which we managed to find, indicate that even today German encryption machines represent a large

1,616 workers and heads of the bodies that issued ration cards were prosecuted in 1943 for abuse. They, with accomplices and everyone who fraudulently with cards, monthly deprived of the only opportunity to get bread, according to the most conservative estimates

“There are no unattractive specialties. There are only passive people who are not able to get carried away by what is in front of them.”A.I. BergAksel Ivanovich was born on November 10, 1893 in Orenburg. His father, Russian general Johann Aleksandrovich Berg, was a Swede by birth. All his ancestors were also Swedes

On May 26, 1818, exactly 200 years ago, Field Marshal Prince Mikhail Bogdanovich Barclay de Tolly, one of the most famous and outstanding Russian military leaders of that time, died. Some contemporaries gave him ambiguous assessments, which was associated with the retreat of the Russian troops during

The doctrine of staged treatment, developed a century ago, became the basis of the modern system of medical support for the troops This led to a sharp increase in combat losses. Unfortunately we have a rich

The history of the bayonet in the Russian army dates back to Peter I, when the introduction in 1709 of the bayonet instead of baguettes made the gun quite suitable for action in battle with fire, butt and bayonet. Now there was no need to separate the bayonet before each new shot and

International agreements of the late 19th - early 20th centuries secured an unshakable fact: the red cross guarantees the safety of its bearers, that is, persons, institutions and vehicles performing a humanitarian function. Even in the heat of heavy fighting, but what did the red cross mean for the Austro-German

“Dictators have become quite popular these days, and it may not be long before we will need our own in England.” Edward VIII, In Conversation with Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia July 13, 1933

Who ate better in the trenches of the First World War? Which soldier fights better - well-fed or hungry? The First World War did not give an unambiguous answer to this important question. On the one hand, indeed, the soldiers of Germany, which ultimately lost, were fed much more modestly than the army of the majority

The homeland of this extraordinary person is the village of Rozhdestvenskoye, located in the forest spaces near the town of Borovichi. This settlement was a temporary settlement of workers during the construction of the Moscow-St. Petersburg railway. The name remained in the history of its creation

Dedicated to my late father Reed John (1887–1920) was an American socialist journalist and author of the acclaimed books Along the Front and 10 Days That Shook the World. John Reed was born in Portland, Oregon. Mother is the daughter of a Portland entrepreneur, father is a representative of a manufacturing company

Under the steps leading to the Monument of Russian Glory in Belgrade, there is a chapel in which the remains of Russian soldiers and officers who died in Serbia are buried. She keeps the memory of one of the last knights of the Empire - General Mikhail Konstantinovich Dieterichs. The Monument of Russian Glory

During the Civil War, the city on the Neva suffered losses comparable to the blockade during the Great Patriotic War. Where

Alexander Stepanovich Popov was born in the Northern Urals in the working village "Turinsky Rudnik" on March 16, 1859. His father, Stefan Petrovich, was a local priest, and his mother, Anna Stepanovna, was a village teacher. In total, the Popovs had seven children. They lived modestly, making ends meet with difficulty

During the winter of 1708-1709, the Russian and Swedish armies avoided a general engagement. The Russian command tried to wear down the enemy with a "small war" - destroying individual detachments, preventing the Swedes from seizing cities where food and military supplies were. Charles XII tried to turn the tide in

On July 10, the Day of Military Glory of Russia is celebrated - the Day of the victory of the Russian army over the Swedes in the Battle of Poltava. The Battle of Poltava itself, the decisive battle of the Northern War, took place on June 27 (July 8) 1709. The significance of the battle was enormous. The Swedish army under the command of King Charles XII suffered

Alexey Alekseevich Ignatiev was born on March 2 (14), 1877 in a family that belonged to one of the noble families of the Russian Empire. Mother, Ignatieva Sofya Sergeevna - nee Princess Meshcherskaya. Father - a prominent statesman, member of the State Council, Governor-General of Kiev

The great Soviet era, the time of beautiful slogans and historical achievements, gave birth to a whole generation of "random" people, favored with attention and endowed with power by the leaders of the country and becoming outcasts of society after the change of the ruling "elite", persecuted by the new "masters" of life

On October 15, 1959, in Munich, during an operation carried out by the KGB, the leader of the Ukrainian nationalists, Stepan Bandera, was killed. This date became a reason to remind (and tell those who do not know) about how it was, talk about Bandera himself and his role in the history of Ukraine

One of the most important inventions of the genius Russian doctor who was the first to use anesthesia on the battlefield and who brought nurses into the army Imagine an ordinary emergency room - say, somewhere in Moscow. Imagine that you are not there for personal need, that is, not with a trauma that distracts

140 years ago, on November 30, 1874, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born. Churchill came from an aristocratic family of the Dukes of Marlborough and became, in the opinion of the British, one of the most prominent statesmen in Great Britain. This was confirmed by a 2002 survey, when, according to information

How the Russian army mastered chemical weapons and sought salvation from them The widespread use of poison gases by Germany on the fronts of the Great War forced the Russian command to also enter the chemical arms race. At the same time, it was necessary to urgently solve two problems: first, to find a way to protect against

Soviet tank crews were extremely reluctant to transfer from their "iron" horses to new vehicles. It was all the more crazy to abandon the tank in an open field because of a trifling breakdown, because KV and T-34s were repaired with a hammer and "some kind of mother". One breakdown

Under the guise of a feat, sloppiness and military incompetence are often hidden. The decision to act according to a template gave rise to a heroic myth, but killed the ship. Our proud Varyag does not surrender to the enemy! The history of the cruiser Varyag is a myth that has survived a century. I think he will survive for more than one century

40 years ago, on October 7, 1977, the last Constitution of the USSR - "Brezhnev's", was adopted. On October 8, the new Constitution of the USSR was published in all newspapers of the country. The first Constitution in Russia was adopted in 1918 in connection with the formation of the RSFSR (Russian Socialist Federative Soviet

“Well done, our sailors, they are as kind as they are brave!” L. P. Heyden 190 years ago, on October 8, 1827, a Russian squadron with the support of allied British and French ships destroyed the Turkish-Egyptian fleet at Navarino. Greece soon found its freedom

In February 2014, it was 80 years since the birth of Academician Mikhailov, but, to the greatest regret, Viktor Nikitovich has not been with us for the third year already. It is possible to write and write about his merits, his contribution to the activities of the nuclear weapons complex of the USSR MSM and the Ministry of Atomic Energy, but it is better, perhaps, to just say a word about a person

For a year and a half, senior warrant officer A. Shipunov performed his international duty in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA). He commanded a separate platoon of 39 motorized riflemen on three armored personnel carriers, two infantry fighting vehicles and an anti-aircraft gun installed in the back of a KAMAZ

In October 1951, among the first-year cadets of the Yeisk Naval Aviation School, I arrived in the hero-city of Sevastopol to undergo practical training on the ships of the Black Sea Fleet. We were placed on two warships in the inner roadstead: the guards cruiser Krasny

Today, when mentioning the name of Sedov, at best, the majority will recall a Russian sailing vessel, someone that this name is somehow connected with the sea, but many will not be able to say anything definite. People's memory is selective, especially when it comes to events of the distant past. 5

With the word "Ruin" the Ukrainian people called the era of internecine strife and bloody strife, which lasted more than two decades in the Little Russian lands in the 17th century. The main reason for the "Ruins" was that a significant part of the Cossack foremen headed for the return of Ukraine under the scepter of the Polish

Makarov Stepan OsipovichO the sun of the north! How majestic It has descended into a steep whirlpool; let, as in the desert, everything around it freeze, giving glory to Him in silence! Ishikawa Takuboku, "In Memory of Admiral Makarov" There is a monument on the main square of Kronstadt. From a high pedestal on which a gilded

How and why did Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev decide to give Russian Crimea to Ukraine? If Soviet people in Crimea and Ukraine knew that they celebrated the day of laying a real political mine with equal joy and love, Crimea was solemnly presented to the Ukrainian SSR as a gift to 300 anniversary

Thinking about Ukraine and what is happening there, it is impossible to get rid of the pictures of the past. How has Ukraine changed in the course of history? The first truly World War ended. Some empires collapsed, feeding new ones with their fragments. Monarchs, chancellors, prime ministers, presidents, dictators - everything

Having received a telegram from General Sekretev on the purchase of 48 Austin armored vehicles in England (in the documents they were called machines of the 1st blank or 1st series), the automobile department of the Main Military-Technical Directorate of the Main Directorate of the General Staff (GUGSH), together with representatives of the Military