History

Submariner's Notes

Submariner's Notes

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

Many years have passed since the day when I last saluted the ship's flag and bid farewell to the fleet forever. Much has changed since that glorious time when I was proudly called a North Sea submariner: marriage, the birth of children, the hysteria of perestroika, attacks of publicity, the "delights" of the era

Life in occupation: notes of a Russian officer of the Abwehr

Life in occupation: notes of a Russian officer of the Abwehr

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

Dmitry Karov arrived in the Soviet occupied territory in August 1941. On it, he found people angry with Stalin and the NKVD, most of them easily agreed to work for Germany. The former Soviet people also actively began to build people's capitalism under the Germans. All this

Military orders and medals of the Soviet Union. Order of Alexander Nevsky

Military orders and medals of the Soviet Union. Order of Alexander Nevsky

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

The Order of Alexander Nevsky is rightfully considered one of the most beautiful Soviet awards. It was established in July 1942 at the same time as the Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov. These three orders opened a series of "military leadership" awards, they were awarded only to the commanders of formations, subunits and units. Is not

"We'll have to make a self-sacrifice"

"We'll have to make a self-sacrifice"

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

It was in the early 90s. On TV, I saw how the monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union Nikolai Kuznetsov was removed from the pedestal on the square of the city of Lviv. A thick metal cable was wrapped around his neck, and for a moment the concrete statue swayed in the air. The spotlight snatched out the monument's eye sockets, and I

Copper and bronze Erlitou-Erligan (part 6)

Copper and bronze Erlitou-Erligan (part 6)

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

“And I turned, and saw under the sun that it is not the nimble that gets a successful run, that it is not the brave that gains victory, it is not the wise that the bread, and that the rational does not have wealth … but the time and opportunity for all of them.” (Ecclesiastes 8:11) So today we know that today there are more than one centers where our ancestors learned to process copper

The myth of the impeccable knight of the revolution Trotsky

The myth of the impeccable knight of the revolution Trotsky

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

For a certain part of the Western and Russian intelligentsia, including its left-wing radical wing, Lev Davidovich Trotsky-Bronstein (1879 - 1940) is still an idol, an ideal. He is portrayed as a genuine revolutionary and social democrat who was almost the first to fight against

"Devil's Balalaika" by General Madsen

"Devil's Balalaika" by General Madsen

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

How the Russian army mastered Danish weapons Madsen's hand machine gun is a unique weapon of its kind. This is actually the first serial light machine gun in history. This is one of the most famous weapons "long-livers" - launched in 1900, he served faithfully in the army of his native Denmark

"The Evil Genius of Russia". For which the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich was removed from his post

"The Evil Genius of Russia". For which the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich was removed from his post

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

With the outbreak of the First World War, all the armies of the European monarchies were led by their rulers or heirs to the throne. Only two of the belligerent monarchies were exceptions. Franz Joseph I, already at the old age of 84, appointed the Archduke of Austria's second cousin as supreme commander

Georgy Zhukov - "crisis manager" of the Red Army

Georgy Zhukov - "crisis manager" of the Red Army

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

Zhukov is our SuvorovI. V. Stalin In the year of the struggle of the Russian people with new disasters, Zhukov is raised as an icon, personifying the spirit of the Russian people, who knows how to put forward a leader-savior in extreme conditions. Zhukov is the embodiment of Russian honor and valor, Russian sovereignty and Russian spirit. No one

Once again about M.N. Efimov

Once again about M.N. Efimov

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

In the early August morning, together with a familiar engineer, Mikhail Nikiforovich Efimov left the house and headed for the city. At the boulevard they were suddenly stopped by a White Guard patrol and demanded their documents. The naval officer, flipping through the passports, threw to the engineer: “You are free. And you, mister Efimov, let's go

"New State" by Professor Salazar

"New State" by Professor Salazar

Last modified: 2025-06-01 06:06

The period between the two world wars was a turning point for European history. It was at this time that right-wing authoritarian regimes, based on the values of nationalism, religion, elitism or class, were established in most of the states of Southern, Central and Eastern Europe. The trend was set

And in word and deed. Mikhail Semenovich Vorontsov

And in word and deed. Mikhail Semenovich Vorontsov

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

The difficult period for Russia at the end of the 18th and early 19th centuries opened up a galaxy of outstanding commanders and admirals, but there are those whose glory in civil affairs is no less than the success of the military. One of these people was Mikhail Semenovich Vorontsov. He was born on May 30, 1782, his childhood was spent in London

Prominent statesman of the Russian Empire Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov

Prominent statesman of the Russian Empire Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

100 years ago, on January 28, 1916, one of the last great statesmen of the Russian Empire, Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov, died. The last Russian count Vorontsov-Dashkov had a special destiny even in the famous Vorontsov family. One of the richest people in the Russian Empire

How did Rezun become Suvorov?

How did Rezun become Suvorov?

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

In the summer of 1978, an employee of the GRU Swiss residency, Vladimir Rezun, asked for asylum in the West. After a while, the defector appeared in England, and a few years later, one after another, sensational books about the Soviet past began to appear in the West, signed "Viktor Suvorov". Underneath this

Spanish Civil War: Russians on both sides of the front

Spanish Civil War: Russians on both sides of the front

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

In 1931, Republicans won elections in a number of large cities in Spain, they got into city councils. This was the reason to emigrate to King Alfonso XIII "in order to avoid a fratricidal war."

Pol Pot. The path of the Khmer Rouge. Part 4. The fall of the regime and twenty years of war in the jungle

Pol Pot. The path of the Khmer Rouge. Part 4. The fall of the regime and twenty years of war in the jungle

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

From the very first days of the Khmer Rouge in power, relations between Kampuchea and neighboring Vietnam continued to be tense. Even before the Communist Party of Kampuchea came to power in its leadership, there was an incessant struggle between the pro-Vietnamese and anti-Vietnamese factions, which ended in victory

Day of the employee of the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation. Long way of militia ranks

Day of the employee of the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation. Long way of militia ranks

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

On November 10, employees of the Russian internal affairs bodies celebrate their professional holiday. This significant date is rooted in the not so long Soviet past. It was in the Soviet Union that the professional holiday of law enforcement officers was established - the Day of the Soviet Militia. According to

Conwy Castle - a royal castle from the "iron ring" of Edward I

Conwy Castle - a royal castle from the "iron ring" of Edward I

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

Europe can justly be called a country of castles, and the entire Middle Ages - "the era of castles", because in 500 years more than 15,000 of them were built there, including the Middle East. They guarded the caravan roads in Palestine, were the centers of the Reconquista in Spain, protected the inhabitants of coastal

Chapaev - to destroy

Chapaev - to destroy

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

What do we know about the life and death of Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev - a man who has truly become an idol for the older generation? What his commissioner Dmitry Furmanov told in his book, and even, perhaps, what everyone saw in the film of the same name. However, both of these sources turned out to be far from the truth

People's hero Vasily Chapaev

People's hero Vasily Chapaev

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

130 years ago, on February 9, 1887, the future hero of the Civil War, people's commander Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev was born. Vasily Chapaev fought heroically during the First World War, and during the Civil War he became a legendary figure, self-taught, who was promoted to high command posts at the expense of

Russia honors its designer number 1

Russia honors its designer number 1

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

So, 2011 came into its own, which was declared by the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev as the Year of Russian Cosmonautics last July. And on January 11, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made a special trip to the Space Flight Control Center in the town of Korolev, near Moscow, to hold a meeting

Sergey Pavlovich Korolev. Through hardship to the stars

Sergey Pavlovich Korolev. Through hardship to the stars

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

Exactly 50 years ago, on January 14, 1966, the outstanding Soviet scientist, designer and founder of practical cosmonautics Sergei Pavlovich Korolev passed away. This outstanding Russian figure will forever go down in history as the creator of Soviet rocket and space technology, who helped

Demon of poetry. Mikhail Yurjevich Lermontov

Demon of poetry. Mikhail Yurjevich Lermontov

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

It's time, it's time for the mockery of the light To drive away the fog of tranquility; What is the life of a poet without suffering? And what is the ocean without a storm? M.Yu. Lermontov The great poet's grandfather was a Scottish nobleman named George Lermontov. He served with the Poles, and in 1613 he was captured by Russian soldiers during the siege of the Belaya fortress. On his

The story of an inventor. Gleb Kotelnikov

The story of an inventor. Gleb Kotelnikov

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

Long before the birth of the first aircraft, frequent fires and accidents in the air with spherical balloons and balloons forced scientists to pay attention to the creation of reliable means capable of saving the lives of aircraft pilots. When planes took to the sky, flying

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on the United States of America, attacking with carrier-based aircraft the main base of the US Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, located on one of the Hawaiian Islands - Oahu

Pearl Harbor number two

Pearl Harbor number two

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

My yesterday's friend was literally packed with posts about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. But I rarely write about the same thing that everyone else is about, I am more interested in facts that few people know about. Therefore, yesterday I did not pay attention to the well-known event. But now it is worth stopping at

The Red Army saved the capital of Czechoslovakia from destruction

The Red Army saved the capital of Czechoslovakia from destruction

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

70 years ago, on May 5, 1945, the Prague Uprising began in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. Prague was an important center of communications through which the German command withdrew troops westward to surrender to the Americans. Therefore, the command of Army Group "Center" under the command

What were the armed forces of the Third Reich at the beginning of the war with the USSR?

What were the armed forces of the Third Reich at the beginning of the war with the USSR?

Last modified: 2025-06-01 06:06

The Third Reich was preparing for an attack on the USSR very thoroughly, by the time the war began, a grouping of the armed forces of the Reich and the armed forces of the satellite countries of Germany, which had no analogues until that time, was concentrated on the borders of the Soviet Union. To defeat Poland, the Reich used 59 divisions

The success and failure of "Viking"

The success and failure of "Viking"

Last modified: 2025-06-01 06:06

On June 13, 1952, a Soviet air defense aircraft MiG-15 shot down a Swedish reconnaissance aircraft "Douglas" DC-3 over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. It had eight crew members. The Swedes then stated that the plane was performing a training flight. Half a century later, in 2003, the Swedes discovered the hull 55 km east of Gotland

The most famous assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler

The most famous assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

On July 20, 1944, the most famous attempt on the life of the Fuhrer took place at Hitler's headquarters in the Görlitz forest near Rastenburg in East Prussia (headquarters "Lair of the Wolf"). From "Wolfsschanze" (German Wolfsschanze) Hitler directed military operations on the Eastern Front from June 1941 to November 1944

How the 1982 Lebanese War began

How the 1982 Lebanese War began

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

The current war in Syria and Iraq ("Middle East Front") makes us recall the relatively recent, in historical terms, confrontation between the USSR and the United States and Israel, where Syria was also a battlefield. Damascus was then an ally of Moscow in the struggle against the establishment of American order in

Syria against the Palestinians. Israel's invasion of Lebanon

Syria against the Palestinians. Israel's invasion of Lebanon

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

Syria against the Palestinians Surprisingly, Arab Syria formally entered the Lebanese War at the behest of the Maronite Christians. When the military superiority was on the side of the left Muslim forces, they also turned to Syria for help (earlier, Damascus supported Muslims by sending Palestinian

"Mom, I'm back "

"Mom, I'm back "

Last modified: 2025-06-01 06:06

The feat of our soldiers, accomplished during the Great Patriotic War, will always remain a feat. Every day spent at the front was a feat. Every attack with a rifle at the ready deserves respect and memory. Try to imagine what it means to rise above the ground and go on the attack on

Dragunov and his rifle

Dragunov and his rifle

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

On February 20, 1920, the designer of small arms Yevgeny Dragunov was born. And, although he is not as famous as his colleague in the workshop Mikhail Kalashnikov, the contribution of Evgeny Fedorovich to the arms business is no less significant. And his sniper rifle, created half a century ago, is still in service with many

"General Council of Deputies" or how Wrangel was elected commander-in-chief

"General Council of Deputies" or how Wrangel was elected commander-in-chief

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

The spring of 1920 could not inspire any optimism in the southern Russian white movement. The rollback and decay of the White Guards seemed irreversible. Naturally, in such conditions, the search for the guilty began among the belligerents. Involuntarily, all eyes were turned towards the first figures - the Commander-in-Chief

Alexander Khristoforovich Benkendorf - a wonderful Russian officer, hero of the war of 1812

Alexander Khristoforovich Benkendorf - a wonderful Russian officer, hero of the war of 1812

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

For some reason, many figures of the historical past, especially in Russian history, for some reason are often perceived not entirely, comprehensively, not in an attempt to cover all facets of a person's personality, but through the prism of some separate period of his life (usually negative), which supposedly highlights the shortcomings of this

The beginning of the Franco-Prussian War. Plans and state of the French army

The beginning of the Franco-Prussian War. Plans and state of the French army

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

The outbreak of war The main reason that led to the fall of the Second Empire was the war with Prussia and the catastrophic defeat of the army of Napoleon III. The French government, given the strengthening of the opposition movement in the country, decided to solve the problem in the traditional way - to channel discontent with

America versus England. Part 20. An offer that cannot be refused

America versus England. Part 20. An offer that cannot be refused

Last modified: 2025-06-01 06:06

Meeting Churchill and Roosevelt aboard the battleship Prince of Wales. August 1941 Source: https: //ru.wikipedia.org After the first in the history of the industrial revolution, unlimited sources of raw materials and the market for the products of its factories and plants in Britain were ensured by its huge empire, over which never

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

On December 7, 1941, Japanese aircraft attacked an American military base in Pearl Harbor and the United States turned out to be an active participant in World War II, and ultimately its beneficiary. Minister Knox's casualty report following the attack on Pearl Harbor stated what appears to have been

World War I. Funny inventions

World War I. Funny inventions

Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01

Inventions are made at the front not because of a good life - the rear inventors and designers did not have time or forgot to invent this or that useful thing even before the war, the soldiers themselves have to get down to business. And in the rear during hostilities, the design thought is also in full swing - the war is the engine