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CenterThe history of the Soviet-Polish war against the background of fratricidal civil strife in RussiaThe Soviet-Polish war of 1919-1920 was part of the great Civil War in the territory of the former Russian Empire. But on the other hand, this war was perceived by the Russian people - and by those who fought for
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In the early 1980s in Moscow, in a park near the Aeroport metro station, one could often see an elderly woman walking. Numerous passers-by who met her rarely recognized in her the pop singer and actress Klavdia Ivanovna Shulzhenko, previously famous throughout the Soviet Union. At one time her
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The first animals in human military service were not horses or elephants. Gathering to plunder a neighboring village, primitive tribes took dogs with them. They protected the owners from enemy dogs, and also attacked opponents, which greatly facilitated hand-to-hand combat. Dogs chased
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June 21, 2016. The day before the events began, the 75th anniversary of which we commemorated with the whole world not so long ago. The scene is the Brest Fortress. Our guide was a wonderful person, Andrei Vorobei from the military-historical club "Rubezh". Not quite ordinary historians, theirs in Brest
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"Clementine Ogilvy, Baroness Spencer-Churchill from the residents of the city of Rostov-on-Don with sincere gratitude for the mercy and help in the years of the joint struggle against fascism and in memory of the visit to Rostov-on-Don on April 22, 1945" - such a memorial plaque can be seen in the very center of the Don capital, on
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Russia celebrated Victory Day with military parades, processions of the "Immortal Regiment" in most large and not-so-large cities of the country, festive festivities and artillery salutes. The few surviving participants of the Great Patriotic War were very pleased to see that they are remembered
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Few people know that the Soviet torpedo boats of World War II were giant floats from seaplanes. On August 18, 1919, at 3:45 a.m., unidentified aircraft appeared over Kronstadt. An air raid warning was sounded on the ships. Actually, nothing new for our sailors is
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The Penultimate Truth There are not many things in the world that are considered indisputable. Well, that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, I think you know. And that the Moon revolves around the Earth - too. And about the fact that the Americans were the first to create an atomic bomb, ahead of both the Germans and
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“Everyone has enough strength to live a life with dignity. And all the talk about what a difficult time is - just a clever way to justify your laziness, inaction and despondency.”L.D. LandauLev Landau was born on the shores of the Caspian Sea in the oil capital of the Russian Empire, Baku. In the middle
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We continue our publications on the results of the trip to Brest. And today we bring to your attention a tour of one of the museums of the Brest Fortress. The museum is located in one of the barracks in the citadel of the fortress. Actually, the barracks and the church (aka the former club) are almost everything that has survived on the island to
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Alexander Baryatinsky was born on May 14, 1815. His father, Ivan Ivanovich Baryatinsky, was one of the wealthiest people in Russia at that time. Chamberlain, privy councilor and master of ceremonies of the court of Paul I, associate of Suvorov and Ermolov, he was a very educated person, an amateur
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At present, when it comes to domestic military intelligence, it is mainly the twentieth century that appears. Meanwhile, its historical roots are much deeper. Unfortunately, the functioning of intelligence on the eve and during the war of 1812 belongs to the poorly understood topics of Russian military history. First
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Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov is one of the most talented military leaders of the 20th century. For all patriots of their homeland, he is a symbol of the staunchness and inflexibility of the people's spirit, clearly manifested during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. And today his military leadership amazes with power
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Together with the yoke, the period of the rule of the Tatar warriors and the payment of tribute ended. The time of pure fencing fights is over as well. Small arms appeared, but they did not come from the east, where gunpowder was invented, which honestly served the Mongol conquests, but from the west. And preceded his arrival
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Among the huge number of military awards that existed in different periods of Russian history, the St. George Cross has always occupied a special place. The Soldier's Cross of St. George can be called the most massive award of the Russian Empire, because it was awarded to the lower ranks of the army and navy of Russia
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Prologue “From the moment one person learns the truth, and until everyone else learns it, sometimes a person's life is not enough” (MI Kutuzov) It has always been and will be, as MS said. Kutuzov: first, someone alone learns the truth, everyone else follows him, but how many times does this
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100 years ago, on October 14, 1915, Bulgaria declared war on Serbia and entered the First World War on the side of the Central Powers. Bulgaria sought to establish itself as a leader in the Balkan Peninsula and to get even with its neighbors for the humiliating defeat in the Second Balkan War of 1913
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"You will not see such battles! … Banners were worn like shadows, Fire glittered in the smoke, Damascus steel sounded, buckshot squealed, The fighters' hand was tired to prick, And a mountain of bloody bodies prevented the kernels from flying." Lermontov. "Borodino" Russian troops at Shevardin. Artist S. Gerasimov. 1941 Attack of the Shevardinsky Redoubt. Lithography
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In the spring of 2012, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia was innocent of the mass shooting of soldiers and officers of the Polish army near Katyn. The Polish side has almost completely lost this case. There are surprisingly few media reports about this, but there is a shortage of truthful information about the destinies
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England has long dreamed of doing away with Russia. But almost always she tried to do it with someone else's hands. All the 17th-19th centuries, the British hounded the Turks on us. As a result, Russia fought with Turkey in the Russo-Turkish War of 1676-81, in the Russo-Turkish War of 1686-1700, in the Russo-Turkish War of 1710-13, in
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The problem of the mass death of the Red Army soldiers who were captured during the Polish-Soviet war of 1919-1920 has not been studied for a long time. After 1945, it was completely hushed up for politically motivated reasons - the Polish People's Republic was an ally of the USSR
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On July 28, 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia. Mass mobilization of troops began in both countries. On July 29, Austro-Hungarian troops began shelling Belgrade. By August 12, the Austro-Hungarian command concentrated 200 thousand soldiers on the Serbian front and the beginning
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“I have erected a wonderful, eternal monument to myself, It is harder than metals and higher than the pyramids; Neither a whirlwind nor thunder will break the fleeting one, And time will not crush it by flight. So! - all of me will not die, but a large part of me, Having escaped from decay, after death will begin to live, And my glory will increase without fading, Until the Slavs, the race of the Universe
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It was in the Third Reich that helicopters were first created, which took part in hostilities. Back in 1940, the Kriegsmarine ordered a naval helicopter from the developers, which would be capable of being based on ships. The Fl-282 Kolibri helicopter created by designer Flettner showed its
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Almost none of the American Marines, and other citizens of the United States, until 1942 did not know what kind of island this Guadalcanal was
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Paradise The magnolia flower is flawless. Refined and austere, snow-white, modest - without the bright multicolor characteristic of the subtropics, full of purity and dignity. Such a flower is only worthy of a bride. Abkhazian bride, of course! Do you know the Abkhaz wedding - when a thousand people are related and
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The Soviet cipher conducted meetings with American intelligence officers in the Moskva pool. Betrayal in the form of treason has existed since the community of people turned into a state and espionage is followed by foot to foot, shoulder to shoulder. There are countless examples in the history of earthly civilization
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The Russian nuclear industry celebrates 70 years. It counts its official history from the Decree of the State Defense Committee No. 9887ss / op "On the Special Committee under the GKOK" dated August 20, 1945, but Russia came to the approaches to the atomic problem much earlier - even if it had
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The first thing that caught the eye of the archaeologists upon entering the front chamber was the plaster, which turned out to be in excellent condition. On the floor, you could see many remnants of wood furniture. The front camera turned out to be incredibly large and, moreover, was literally strewn with various
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On October 26, 1960, in the central newspapers of the USSR, a message appeared about the death of the Commander-in-Chief of the Rocket Forces of the Chief Marshal of Artillery Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin in a plane crash. Everything about him was true, except for one thing: the disaster was a missile. In the late 1950s, the United States put on
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After World War II, our army took part in wars in more than 20 countries of the world, having lost 18 thousand people. The names of the heroes are still a mystery. More than 30 thousand Soviet soldiers passed through the Middle East alone. People served in extremely difficult conditions, according to eyewitnesses - sometimes just hellish
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I'll tell you briefly. Believe it or not, as a former resident of Grozny, I know the history of my land quite well. Damn, at least do the FAQ. By the way, I warn you in advance that I am setting it all down to the impossibility of being soft, correct and tactful. Actually, you need to talk about it
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The article was published on February 24, 1938 Poland, Warsaw, February 23 The alliance of Germany and Poland against Russia began to take shape today, when Field Marshal of Germany Hermann Wilhelm Goering was having lunch at the Warsaw castle. With him were the President of Poland Ignacy Mosticki, Field Marshal
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The famous "Big Bertha" Usually one has only to start talking in the company of "techies" about super-large guns, someone will certainly remember: - Ah, "Big Bertha"! She fired at Paris … But, according to Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor V. G. Malikov, there are at least two mistakes in this judgment
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The second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century are characterized by a large number of local wars and armed conflicts, in which air defense means were widely used. Moreover, the contribution of air defense units to the victory of any of the parties, as a rule, was not only tactical, but also
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Israel is shrouded in myths, most of which in practice turn out to be ridiculous misunderstandings. One of the myths depicts the Israeli military as wise and fearless heroes, behind whom the people feel like they are behind a stone wall. 19-year-old declassified archives shedding light on the first
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At the end of February last year, many media outlets reported a collision in orbit between American and Russian satellites. The Americans were unlucky, because their satellite was operational, but ours was not. On ORT, information about this event was presented as follows: the satellites moved to meet each other
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Chechnya was returned to a peaceful life before it was recaptured. From morning to evening, a "political process" is underway in the republic; candidates for the presidency have already appeared. And with the onset of dusk and before the first rays of the sun, here, as before, there is a war. Politicians' words have nothing to do with action
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This year has brought us quite a few losses. In the summer, we were shocked by the tragic death of 52-year-old Major General Yuri Ivanov, deputy chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the General Staff. October began no less tragically. General, former head of the Intelligence Directorate of the High Command of Internal
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The life of a paratrooper hangs on 28 slings. - Those who did not jump with a parachute are called MABUTA. - A paratrooper's point in flight can bite through barbed wire. - A woman can give birth to a child, a paratrooper can give birth to EVERYTHING. - Death is not so terrible as 800 meters to her. .- If the parachute did not open, then you