History 2024, November

The feat of Alexander Matrosov became one of the symbols of heroism and went down in the history of the Great Patriotic War. But now the data on the feat are presented in a distorted version. Everyone who considers himself a professional in military affairs tries to find facts that refute the very existence of the heroic

Our directors shoot quite a lot of films about “War”, feature and documentary ones, but unfortunately almost all of them are infected with various “black myths”. And there is still little film material that would have an educational effect on young people, about the immortal feat of our border troops in

According to liberal views, the antipode of totalitarianism is Western-type democracy with its traditions of parliamentarism, the absolutization of private property, and respect for civil liberties. However, recent history knows the other side of this heritage of mankind. The one who approved 22

“In thunderstorms and lightning, the Russian people are forging their glorious destiny. Review the entire Russian history. Each collision turned into overcoming. And the fire and strife only contributed to the greatness of the Russian land. In the splendor of the enemy's swords, Rus listened to new tales and studied and deepened its inexhaustible

Continuing the theme of the feat of Alexander Matrosov, I would like to touch upon the painful for some critics, the theme of the hero's nationality. They have been trying to drag Russia into interethnic squabbles for quite a long time. The world politicians are well aware that Russia, like the USSR, is a multinational country, a country

460 years ago, on January 17, 1558, the Livonian War began. The Russian army invaded the Livonian lands in order to punish Livonia for non-payment of tribute and other flaws. Some historians consider the Livonian War a major military-political mistake of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. For example, N.I. Kostomarov

780 years ago, on January 1, 1238, the remnants of the Ryazan troops and the army of Vladimir-Suzdal Rus were defeated by the army of Batu in the battle of Kolomna. This decisive battle was the second after the Battle of Kalka, the battle of the united Russian troops against the "Mongols". By the number of troops and perseverance, the battle

The Armed Forces of the SFRY these days could celebrate the 75th anniversary. On December 21, 1941, by decision of the Central Committee of the country's Communist Party, the 1st proletarian people's liberation shock brigade was formed. The army, originally called the People's Liberation Army, then became simply the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). About her

The theory of "stolen victory" or "stabbing in the back" is the most persistent and dangerous myth of the 20th and early 21st centuries. The term "stabbing in the back" was first used on December 17, 1918 in the New Zurich Newspaper. The same version of the defeat of Germany in the First World War in November-December 1919

Among the mechanisms driving social evolution, population size and growth are among the most important. With regard to Swedish history, the study of the dynamics of demographic development in Sweden during the first millennium was carried out by many scientists, including the archaeologist O. Hienstrand. On

The story that I want to tell the Ukrainian readers here has already caused a flurry of comments in Belarus, among which mistrust dominated and, in general, accusations against the author that he composed all this, in other words, lied. First of all, a few words why I decided about tell it. V

Center But nothing can be done. "First of all, first of all, the planes …" - is sung in the famous song. For a real pilot, this is actually the case. The main thing is the sky and airplanes. And for this the main thing is adjusted by the house, the family

Hello, doctor! Somehow a tanker, a rocketman and a pilot argued: who has better doctors? The tanker says: “Our doctors are the best. Recently, one officer's tank moved up and down. They operated on him for two hours - now he is in command of a tank company. " Rocketman: “This is all nonsense! We have a military man in a missile

The passion for aviation, which began in our country at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, became widespread in the 1930s. Boys and girls did not just play airplanes, they assembled and glued model airplanes with their own hands, read aviation magazines and books about aviation pioneers to their holes, and later entered

By the beginning of the Russian campaign, three volunteer regiments of foreign citizens had been created in the ranks of the SS, and with the outbreak of hostilities, the number of foreign units began to grow steadily. The participation of foreign legions in the war against the USSR was supposed to show, according to Himmler's plan, a pan-European

It just so happened that over the course of a year, a private (by the standards of war) object of defense and its defenders became the object of attention of two creative teams at once. Director Sergei Ursulyak staged a wonderful TV serial “Life and Fate” based on the novel of the same name by Vasily Grossman. Its premiere

“Let people know what happened in this war. The truth. The way it is … "(One of the few survivors of the 131st Maikop brigade) PREPARATION OF THE YOUNG MAN. Eve of the new year, 1995. Columns of Russian troops crossed the Chechen administrative border, and the forward units occupied

Scout Albert Gordeev served in Korea, took part in operations against samurai and received a medal from the hands of Kim Il Sung. However, this is not at all what he considers to be the main thing in his biography. When our conversation ended, he added: "And be sure to write - I worked at the Mechanical Plant for 45 years!" People

Trubetskoy Nikolai Sergeevich (1890-1938) - one of the most universal thinkers of the Russian diaspora, a prominent linguist, philologist, historian, philosopher, political scientist. Born in 1890 in Moscow in the family of the rector of Moscow University, famous professor of philosophy S.N. Trubetskoy. A family

65 years ago, on May 16, 1954, one of the most powerful and tragic uprisings in the Soviet camps broke out. Its history is widely known, including thanks to the famous work of Alexander Solzhenitsyn "The Gulag Archipelago". True, Solzhenitsyn was inclined to inflate and dramatize something, but about

For several days in a row, until March 22, the innumerable enemy Circassian detachments did not make themselves felt at all. The deceptive calmness of the Wulan Valley was sometimes filled only with the whistle of the wind and the sound of rain under the leaden clouds. At night, the garrison peered desperately into the densely darkened mountains in

In the village of Ildikan, the partisans stayed for the night, but they did not have to sleep long. At dawn, the enemy launched an offensive against Ildikan from two sides: from the side of Zhidka - the 32nd rifle regiment with 1 battery and from the side of Bol. Kazakovo - the 7th and 11th cavalry regiments. The battle began. After a protracted battle, the enemy in the course

When I was preparing my previous article “The Intertwining of Destinies. The one who crashed on the slopes of Tam Dao "about our pilots in Vietnam, then discovered a lot of memories of former missile soldiers. Paying tribute to them, I decided to write about how they lived and fought on Vietnamese soil

The Battle of Jutland (May 31 - June 1, 1916) is considered the largest naval battle in the history of mankind in terms of the total displacement and firepower of the ships that participated in it. And at the same time, a battle of incidents that will give food for thought to historians for a long time

When Hitler's Germany attacked the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, the USSR had practically no allied states that would unequivocally support the country in the confrontation with German Nazism. In addition to the USSR, by 1941 there were only two countries in the world that adhered to the socialist path

During the Great Patriotic War, not only the active army suffered colossal losses. Millions of Soviet prisoners of war and ordinary residents of the occupied territories became victims of the Nazis. Genocide began in the republics and regions of the Soviet Union occupied by Hitler's troops

230 years ago, on July 3, 1788, the Sevastopol squadron defeated the Turkish fleet in the battle at Fidonisi. This was the first victory of the young Black Sea Fleet over the vastly superior enemy forces. and the subsequent loss of the Crimea Port strenuously

Many people still do not understand how the fraternal “Ukrainian people” suddenly became the worst enemy of Russia. Only a few years have passed since the coup d'état, and the Kiev region is already becoming a bridgehead for NATO, and the Ukrainian army is preparing a "liberation campaign" to the East

He, in general, is not the only one among the aces of the highest standard. And yet Alexander Rutskoy was especially remembered. We get into the car with him, hurry to a detour to the parking lot, so as not to hurt our dusty tanks. He climbed onto the long wing, stepped into the cockpit: - Sorry. , you're out of luck - one car! Victor VerstakovAlexander

70 years ago, on February 10, 1945, the East Pomeranian strategic operation began. This operation, in terms of its scope and results, became one of the most important operations of the 1945 victory campaign. It ended with the complete defeat of the German grouping - Army Group Vistula and liberation from

The third stage of the East Pomeranian operation. The offensive of the troops of the 2nd and 1st Belorussian fronts in diverging directions After the armies of Rokossovsky and Zhukov reached the Baltic Sea and cut the Vistula army group, the troops of the 2nd Belorussian and the right wing of the 1st Belorussian fronts without a pause

Ukraine in its history has suffered more than once in the throes of political self-determination. In the middle of the 17th century, like today, she rushed between West and East, constantly changing the vector of development. It would be nice to remind what this policy cost the state and people of Ukraine. So, Ukraine, XVII

The topic of the longest amusement of Russian historians - the dispute about the Varangians, is one of my favorites, to which I have devoted twenty works for twenty years. At first, my attention was focused on the historiography of the controversy: who claimed what and why. The result of these works was extensive collected material and did not

Material well-being of a person from science can be achieved in different ways. This includes a stable income from the results of scientific and pedagogical activities, various additional payments for scientific supervision of research, reviewing dissertations, tutoring, etc. Additional income can

100 years ago, on September 5, 1918, the SNK decree on the "red terror" was issued. F. E. Dzerzhinsky, the initiator and leader of the terror, defined the Red Terror as “intimidation, arrest and destruction of the enemies of the revolution on the basis of their class affiliation.” The death penalty in Russia was abolished 26