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Some of the author's provisions, in particular about the repression of the command staff, set out in the article do not coincide with the views of the editorial board of the Military Review. See, for example, the article: "The myth of the" decapitation of the army "by Stalin" The question of why the Red Army outright lost the border
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The outbreak of war could not but be reflected in Russian literature and, above all, in poetry. Perhaps the most famous lines related to the beginning of the First World War belong to Anna Akhmatova: “And along the legendary embankment. It was not a calendar one that was approaching, the Present twentieth century … ". There is a feeling of anxiety, and
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Today, when the alleged axiom is imposed on everyone that the military power of the United States is unprecedented and absolute, it is hard to believe that there were times in American military history when the question of the existence of the classical national armed forces was very acute: should it or not be it?
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In the fall of this year, one of the special units of the Russian police - the OMON of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Bashkortostan - celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary. For a quarter of a century, his fighters had a chance to carry out important tasks not only on the territory of Bashkiria, but also far beyond its borders
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In the fall of 1915, the troops of the Western Front of the Russian Army fought fierce battles of the First World War on Belarusian soil. The 105th Orenburg regiment was located near the village of Mokraya Dubrova, Pinsk district. His glorious military past was reflected on the regimental St. George's banner with the embroidered words “3a
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Ariel Sharon - nee Sheinerman (translated from Yiddish "handsome"). His parents moved from Russia to what was then Palestine in 1921. At the age of 14, Ariel Sharon, whose life was called Arik, joined the Haganah (Defense), an underground Jewish militant organization that opposed
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A number of articles by Professor Anatoly Klyosov on DNA genealogy caused a wide response from our audience. A real flurry of responses and questions came from the readers. We contacted the professor and he gave us an exclusive interview clarifying the details of his research
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The revival of anarchism on the territory of the Soviet Union dates back to the second half of the 1980s and is associated with the liberalization of the internal political course that followed after the start of perestroika. Of course, the anti-statesmen of the beginning of perestroika did not dare to speak of themselves as anarchists and spoke out
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If in our time in some youth company you tell that during the Great Patriotic War, Leningrad was also defended by a German cruiser, which was included in the Baltic Fleet only a year before the war; that only during the breakthrough of the blockade of Leningrad in January 1944, his 203-mm guns
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The village stood aside from the main road and was not destroyed by the fighting. Clouds, white with golden reflections, curled above him. The sun's fireball was half hidden behind the horizon, and the orange sunset was already fading away beyond the outskirts. The ash-gray twilight of a quiet July evening was deepening. The village was filling up
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The history of Khazaria is one of the most mysterious pages of history in general, but it is precisely by understanding the reasons that prompted Svyatoslav to uproot this formation so cruelly and mercilessly from our borders, that one can understand the subsequent general course of Russian history. We need to start quite from afar - from the 7th century Khorezm, when he
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The people have kept the bright memory of Ivan Vasilievich as the tsar-father, the defender of Light Russia both from external enemies and from the tyranny of the boyars-covetous people. Ivan Vasilyevich acquired in the people's memory the features of a formidable and just tsar, the defender of ordinary people
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Preparation of the second Azov campaign Tsar Peter carried out "work on mistakes" and considered that the main problem was the river, sea component. The construction of a "sea caravan" - military and transport ships and vessels began immediately. This venture had many opponents - too little time
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100 years ago, in July 1918, there was an uprising of the Left SRs against the Bolsheviks, which became one of the main events of 1918 and contributed to the growth of the Civil War in Russia. Soon he was supported by activists from the Union for the Defense of the Motherland and Freedom, created in February-March 1918
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November 7, 1917 radically changed the map of the world. And even after the treacherous destruction of the USSR, the influence of the Great October Revolution on the political and socio-economic situation in Russia, the former Soviet republics, the countries that were building socialism, persists
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Just over a month ago, the Italian authorities contributed their five euro cents to the scandal in the noble family of the European Union. Italy no longer wants to accept on its territory those barmaley who were invited to Europe by Madame Merkel or, as Comrade Satanovsky cleverly christened her, the German "pot of
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On August 6, 1798, 220 years ago, Pavel Nikolaevich Demidov was born - a man who made a huge contribution to the development of the Russian metallurgical industry, but went down in history as one of the most famous Russian patrons of art. It was his support that many bright minds of the state owed
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One of the most terrible and destructive myths about the Soviet Union is the lie about Stalin's "bloody regime", which allegedly killed tens of millions of innocent people. Few people know that this myth was created back in Nazi Germany, and only later was it used by the United States in an information war against
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Great Russia (USSR) with its unparalleled Victory over Hitler's "European Union" changed the future of the planet, making it more humane, giving all people hope for salvation, liberation from the Western colonial predators and justice. The world felt that the planet has strength and will capable of
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On February 23, 1939, the Soviet Union celebrated the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. But for one of the most famous Soviet commanders at that time, one of the five marshals of the Soviet Union, this day was the last in his life. Eighty years ago, by the sentence of the Military
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Who in Russia and other former republics of the Soviet Union does not know the greatest feat of the defenders of the Brest Fortress? But at the end of June 1941, another battle took place on the western borders of the USSR, in terms of the heroism of the participants and the overall scale of the tragedy, quite comparable to the defense of Brest. Zelva today
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On July 26, 1572, the greatest battle of Christian civilization took place, which determined the future of the Eurasian continent, if not the entire planet, for many, many centuries to come. Almost two hundred thousand people came together in a bloody six-day battle, with their courage and dedication, proving the right to
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They say that the paratroopers are the most uncompromising fighters. Maybe so. But the rules that they introduced in the mountains of Chechnya during the complete absence of hostilities are clearly worthy of special mention. A paratrooper unit, in which a group of scouts was commanded by Captain Zvantsev
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SB Bomber On August 10, 1938, the crew of our SB sank a Japanese aircraft carrier. This story is so incredible that many consider it a fake. Neither before nor after this episode was there a case of a single plane sinking an aircraft carrier. Meanwhile, this incident took place, and the pilot
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On the evening of September 8, 1961, a group of five cars was racing from Paris to Colombey-les-Eglise. At the wheel of the Citroen DS car was the driver of the national gendarmerie Francis Maru, and in the cabin - the President of France, General Charles de Gaulle, his wife Yvonne and the adjutant
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The authentic data show a reality that is fundamentally different from the one that is being introduced from school into the minds of people both in the West and in Russia itself. The myth of the "bloody USSR" was created to slander and denigrate Russia-USSR and Soviet civilization as the main enemy of the West
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It is widely believed that one of the reasons for the defeat of the USSR at the initial stage of the war was Stalin's repression of the officer corps of the state in 1937-1938. This accusation was used by Khrushchev in his famous report "On the cult of personality." In it, he personally accused Stalin of "suspicion"
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The leader of the peoples of the USSR was killed not by Lavrenty Beria, but by the future leader of the party Nomenklatura. The question "Was Stalin killed?" closed to anyone who has researched this topic. But there is no consensus about who is responsible for this. For example, N. Dobryukha claims that Beria organized the assassination of Stalin
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The battle near the Ukrainian village of Legedzino showed all the strength of the spirit of the Soviet soldierIn the history of the Great Patriotic War there were a lot of battles and battles, which, for one reason or another, as they say, remained "behind the scenes" of the Great War. And although military historians have not disregarded practically
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Today, the first president of our country, Boris Yeltsin, can hardly be called a controversial historical figure. As shown by public opinion polls, the absolute majority of Russians have a sharply negative attitude towards him. No, there are those who sing to Boris Nikolaevich Hosanna for the "flourishing of democracy", but
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Valentin Ivanovich is 86 years old. He works at the Scientific Institute of Healthcare as a medical engineer. equipment. He began his military career as a driver-mechanic on a T-34 tank. He graduated from the service as the chief of intelligence of the Taman Guards Motorized Rifle Division. Biography
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Soldier's tales are an invariable attribute of Russian folklore. It so happened that our army fought, as a rule, not "thanks", but "in spite of". Some front-line stories make us open our mouths, others scream "come on !?", but all of them, without exception, make
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Soviet heavy tank IS-3 from the Group of Forces in Germany. October 1947 After the adoption of the IS-3 tank into service in March 1945 and the introduction of the vehicle into mass production in May of the same year at the Chelyabinsk Kirov plant, it began to enter service with the tank forces of the Red Army
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Two years ago, on June 21, 2017, one of the "golden galaxy" of legendary Soviet intelligence officers, Major General Yuri Ivanovich Drozdov, passed away. It is he who is called the true "father" of the famous special purpose unit of the KGB of the USSR "Vympel". Soviet illegal intelligence
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Since 1769, Russia has been waging a difficult but very successful war with Turkey for the possession of the Black Sea region. However, in Russia itself it was very restless, at this time a rebellion began, which went down in history as the "Pugachev revolt". Many circumstances paved the way for such a riot, and
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By the beginning of the reign of Emperor Alexander II, the position of Russia, both externally and internally, was difficult. The finances were pushed to the extreme. Bloody wars were fought in the Crimea and the Caucasus. Austria occupied Moldavia and Wallachia, entered into an alliance with England and France and is ready
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The First World War was very different in nature from the previous and next ones. The decades preceding this war were characterized in military affairs, first of all, by the fact that in their development the weapons of defense went sharply forward in comparison with the weapons of the offensive. On the battlefield of steel
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The 20s and 30s of the last century were a difficult time. The country was rebuilding after the civil war and intervention, but the young citizens of the young Soviet Union were already looking to the future. Aviators were the idols of the youth. The pilots declared themselves especially loudly after the rescue of the legendary Chelyuskinites
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The Caucasian native cavalry division, better known in history as the "Wild" division, was formed on the basis of the highest decree on August 23, 1914 in the North Caucasus and was staffed by volunteer mountaineers. The division included six regiments of four hundred composition: Kabardinsky
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The course of "perestroika", announced by Gorbachev some time after he came to the post of General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, turned out to be closely linked not only with "progressive" economic ideas, but also with new ideas, let's say, of a humanitarian nature. It was from the second half