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For the first time in an abridged version, this text appeared back in the same 1980. I wrote it for the Uchitelskaya Gazeta. I sent and received the answer: “The first impression is very strong. The story is life itself. But it is not only the village teacher who travels to the city for groceries. And a number of other points … So think and
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In a number of previous materials, we talked about how iron "came to Europe" and settled on the Hallstatt culture that existed in Central Europe, as well as in the Balkans from about 900 to 400 BC, and the field culture preceded it burial urns
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One of the problems that has existed, by the way, at all times is the problem of obtaining information. A person does not know what is happening in a neighboring apartment, on a neighboring street, in a neighboring city, and he can enter an apartment with neighbors, it is only 200 meters to the neighboring street, and the city is two hours away
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Aren't we ashamed to deal with us "For so long a hat, a beard, entrusting Ruslana to destinies? Having fought a fierce battle with Rogdai, He rode through a dense forest; A wide valley opened before him With the glitter of the morning skies. The knight trembles against his will: He sees the old battlefield … "(A.S. Pushkin. Ruslan and Lyudmila) Back to previous materials
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The first material of the "notes", as it was supposed, caused a real storm of emotions. What, in fact, was the calculation. Some of the comments made me especially … moved. "You were paid a salary …". Well, you can't measure everything with money. Or in some cases it is possible, but in others it is impossible? Oh, how is it … "in Russian"
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So, we began our acquaintance with the culture of the Europeans of the Iron Age, which was called Hallstatt - after the name of the area where many burials of this culture were discovered. But it is by no means limited to this place. The burials of Hallstatt and, in particular, the Celts who belonged to it
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The Clovis culture "made us live for a long time." The reason could be the fall of a huge asteroid or some other reason, but the result is important - it disappeared. And this is known for sure, because in the upper, that is, in the early layers of the soil, spearheads of a completely different shape and a mass of bones are already found
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We continue our story about the activities of the greatest of Japan's unifiers, Tokugawa Ieyasu. Last time we left him the winner on the Sekigahara field, but what did he do after destroying his main enemy Ishida Mitsunari? First of all, Ieyasu took care of the economy and redistributed the land (and income) again
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Past material on America's pre-Columbian cultures ended with the Hopewell culture circa 500 AD. NS. how the system of trade exchanges, for some unknown reason, fell into decay, the burial mounds ceased to be poured, and works of art related to this culture ceased to be found among the finds. War
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A plum branch in my hand - Happy New Year I'm going to congratulate my old acquaintances … SikiThis epigraph to the fact that this is the first material that I wrote in the new 2019 … beautiful! And the beautiful is always happy and pleasant
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The peasant sleeps in the mountains -Under the head of the hoe. The lark sings. Issa The hoe, of course, is simpler and cheaper than a sword. But the principle is the same: the working part can be replaced with a handle, the handle can be replaced with a working part. It's comfortable. Therefore, the Japanese mounts on the blade were also removable. The blade has broken
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Geese: ha-ha-ha! - The first I, the first I will tell about what I know! Issa So, our last material ended with the fact that the tsuba is part of the sword headset, and as such it should fit and mate with the details of the sword frame, called kosirae by the Japanese. Well, today we will meet
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When you look at the ceremonial armor, you involuntarily think - how much did it all cost? After all, they are based on the same steel, not tin and cardboard. That is, they performed their protective function. But further on … there is chasing, here bluing, then carving and etching, and, of course, gilding, where
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680 years ago, on November 12, 1335, in Visegrad, the residence of King Charles I Robert of Hungary, a meeting of the rulers of the three powers - Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic took place, which laid the foundation for a military-political alliance, the first in Central Europe. Karl Robert with Casimir III of Poland and Jan Luxemburg
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Once in the Dresden Armory, I naturally first turned my attention to the knights in the richest and most magnificent armor. Truly, you can look at them from different angles for a very long time. The skill of their creators was very high, so sometimes you just wonder - how it was
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Moore - not Moore? On the stone steps, polished to a mirror shine with millions of shoes, I go down steeply. Instantly penetrate the grave cold and dampness. The trembling flame of a candle, firmly gripped in my hand, slightly trembling with excitement, casts bizarre shadows on the vaults of the cave
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The Battle of Little Big Sheep was a battle that showed the superiority of the multiple-shot weapon over the single-shot one. However, the battle for the Black Hills was also a war that confirmed one very important military rule: "the enemy of your enemy is your friend!"
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Many have visited the site "Voennoye Obozreniye", as I have already noted, have become much more demanding of the reported facts and often require links to the sources of this or that reported information. As they say - trust, but verify! But this leads us to articles of a purely scientific plan, which for
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“When a person is uncomfortable lying on one side, he rolls over onto the other, and when he is uncomfortable to live, he only complains. And you make an effort - turn over.”AM. Gorky Alexey Peshkov was born in Nizhny Novgorod on March 16 (28), 1868. His paternal grandfather was from ordinary people, he rose to the rank of officer
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May 2, 2019 marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci - a man whose name everyone knows without exception. The greatest representative of the Italian Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci, passed away in 1519. He lived only 67 years - not so many by today's standards, but then he was old
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American politicians and diplomats like to look for flaws in the internal politics of sovereign states, but “unwanted” by the US State Department. For American criticism, multinational countries are a real find in general - facts of "national discrimination" immediately surface. If there are international
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What do avant-garde poetry and aviation have in common? At first glance, almost nothing. But at the beginning of the twentieth century, they went hand in hand. Futurism or "will-lianism" (in its Russian-language interpretation), as an artistic direction, glorified technical progress. Aviation was the epitome of power at the time
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Francis Hayman "Robert Clive and Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plessis", 1757 The Seven Years' War is considered by many historians to be the first truly global war. Unlike conflicts due to all kinds of "legacy", in the events of 1756-1763. almost all major political players took part. Combat
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Don't be surprised. PR was always there, even when people did not know about its existence. For example, the Egyptian pharaoh was a god for the Egyptians, but … he was dressed in exactly the same cut of a skirt as that of the last peasant, which demonstrated his "closeness to the people." The modern politician wears on to the funeral
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In the summer mountains Somewhere a tree collapsed with a crash - beyond the echo. Matsuo Basho (1644-1694). Translated by A. Dolinoy Not so long ago, the conversation about Japanese weapons and Japanese armor came to VO for the umpteenth time. Again, it was quite surprising to read about armor made of wood and questions about "Japanese varnish". That is, someone
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Not so long ago, an article about Soviet military aid to republican Spain appeared on the VO website. And, of course, questions arose: why did the nationalists win, and not the Republicans, and how did our tanks fight there? And it just so happened that I also have a story to tell on this topic. Moreover, the information
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260 years ago, on August 30, 1757, the Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf took place. This was the first general battle for the Russian army in the Seven Years War. And the "invincible" Prussian army under the command of Field Marshal Lewald could not withstand the onslaught of the "Russian barbarians" under the command of Field Marshal S. F
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Where do hussars come from in general? The first hussars appeared around 1550 in Hungary, 330 years ago, counting from our time, and therefore, until now, in all states, the hussar uniform is nothing more than a Hungarian folk costume (outfit). -Hungarian means flying horseman. AND
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Western European map of the mid-17th century. Lovers of Russian history have long known about the existence of geographical maps of the 17th-18th centuries, on which a certain country called Grande Tartarie (Great Tartary, on Russian maps - Tataria) is depicted east of the Volga. Academic scientists
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In one of the series, we briefly consider the hussar regiments of the Russian army in the First World War. But we find it very interesting to see similar parts of one of its main opponents - the German imperial army. As we know, out of 110 German cavalry regiments in 1914 - 21
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Napoleon strove to defeat the Russian armies from the very beginning of the campaign. But Barclay and Bagration, even combining their forces, avoided a decisive battle, continuing to retreat into the interior of the country. And therefore, after Smolensk, the French emperor, most likely, contrary to the original plans, undertakes a campaign
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“Combining extraordinary willpower with extraordinary power of understanding, Lomonosov embraced all branches of education. The thirst for science was the strongest passion of this soul. A historian, rhetorician, mechanic, chemist, mineralogist, artist and poet, he experienced everything and penetrated everything. " Pushkin about M.V. Lomonosov Mikhail Vasilievich
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In the history of monuments of the past, memorable columns, installed in order to perpetuate some important state events, are of particular importance for culture and science. Everyone knows the lines of A.S. Pushkin about the "Pillar of Alexandria", the British cannot imagine their Trafalgar Square without Nelson's Column
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In the last material of the new series of articles of the cycle "Ancient civilization" ("Homer's poems as a historical source. Ancient civilization. Part 1"), it was about how the study of Homer helps historians and the connection of his texts with archaeological finds. Logically, the second material should be devoted to
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“He who received five talents went and used them in business and acquired other five talents; in the same way, he who received two talents acquired other two; He who received one talent went and buried it in the ground and hid his master's silver.”(Gospel of Matthew 25: 14-23) Spring is coming, and there it is already until summer
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In the 18th and early 20th centuries, a wide range of secret societies of all kinds operated in Russia. These include sects, Orders, Masonic lodges, political organizations. In addition, at different times in Russia there were secret societies, whose members hid their activities due to
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Let's start a little from afar. Each information site, including "VO", naturally attracts its audience, and this is good. The more people read something positive, the more it will develop his brain, plus some information that can please him (satisfaction
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On September 6, 1824, Hiram Berdan was born. If the name of Khairam Berdan is not known to everyone, then the word "Berdanka" has become a very strong part of the Russian lexicon. Hiram Berdan, an American military man and inventor, was born in Phelps, New York. In the 1840s, he received an engineering
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160 years ago, on April 11, 1857, the Russian Tsar Alexander II approved the state emblem of Russia - a two-headed eagle. In general, the coat of arms of the Russian state was modified under many tsars. This happened under Ivan the Terrible, Mikhail Fedorovich, Peter I, Paul I, Alexander I and Nicholas I. Each of these
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June 2 marks the 190th anniversary of the birth of Konstantin Pobedonostsev, a famous Russian thinker and statesman, who is rightfully considered one of the key representatives of Russian conservative thought. In Soviet historical literature, the image of Konstantin Petrovich