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Morning of the Hero of the Fatherland Day, 144th kilometer of the Volokolamsk highway. The monument, which is called "Explosion" on the Internet, as it symbolizes a German self-propelled gun that was blown up by a mine. The site of another unparalleled feat of the fighters of Panfilov's division, which, unfortunately, remained in some shadow

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110 years ago, on May 27-28, 1905, the Tsushima naval battle took place. This naval battle was the last decisive battle of the Russo-Japanese War and one of the most tragic pages in the Russian military chronicle. Russian 2nd Squadron of the Pacific Fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Zinovy

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The civil war in Siberia had its own characteristics. Siberia in territorial space was several times larger than the territory of European Russia. The peculiarity of the Siberian population was that it did not know serfdom, there were no large landowners' lands that hampered the possessions of the peasants

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Surely everyone remembers a picture from childhood: you open a box of pencils, take them out, sharpen them, and … a delicate woody aroma begins to hover in the air, slightly tart, resinous, unobtrusive. This is a cedar. Its wood is very durable, fragrant, not subject to decay, and a unique smell can

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In the 1917 campaign, the service of the Tekinsky Cavalry Regiment was largely internal. A great connoisseur of the Teke people, General of Infantry L.G

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In 1881, under the onslaught of Russian troops, the Geog-Tepe fortress fell - and Turkestan became part of the empire. But, seeing the futility of resistance, the Tekins, one of the largest tribes of Turkestan, already in 1875 sent a statement to the Russian command asking for citizenship of the Russian Empire and

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The reasons why the Cossacks of all Cossack regions for the most part rejected the destructive ideas of Bolshevism and entered into an open struggle against them, and in completely unequal conditions, are still not completely clear and constitute a mystery for many historians. After all, the Cossacks in everyday life were

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One of the plots of the war between Horus and Set is associated with the famous amulet - the Eye of Horus and the lunar cycle. The myth says that during the battle, Set in the form of a hippopotamus defeated Horus and tore out his eye, putting his nephew to flight. Then Seth cut the eye of Horus into 64 pieces and scattered across Egypt (as we see

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Seventy years ago, on August 19, 1945, the August Revolution took place in Vietnam. In fact, it was with her that the history of modern sovereign Vietnam began. Thanks to the August Revolution, the Vietnamese people managed to free themselves from the yoke of the French colonialists, and later won

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"Tyulkin's fleet" consisted not only of seiners, barges and tugs. It also included a kind of aristocracy. We are not talking about some kind of supernova ships or faster ones, but about the most peaceful pleasure boats. The war required sea transport. And the passenger ships were

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The Khazar Kaganate in the 10th century was a fairly strong state that influenced world politics. An interesting fact is that such "canonical" sources as the Tale of Bygone Years, rather sparingly report on the powerful neighbor of Russia. Although according to other sources, the wars with Khazaria

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The second war with Byzantium The first stage of the war with the Byzantine Empire ended in victory for Prince Svyatoslav Igorevich. Constantinople had to pay tribute and agree with the consolidation of the Russian positions in the Danube. Constantinople renewed the payment of the annual tribute to Kiev. Svyatoslav was satisfied

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While Svyatoslav Igorevich was settling affairs in Kiev, the Romans did not doze, deploying a stormy activity among the Bulgarians. They were again called "brothers" in faith, assured of friendship, promised to marry Tsarevich Boris and Roman to representatives of the imperial house. Gold poured into the pockets of the boyars like a river, as a result

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The great Russian commander Prince Svyatoslav Igorevich looks like an epic figure of Russia. Therefore, many researchers are drawn to bring him into the ranks of epic heroes, and not statesmen. However, the great warrior and prince Svyatoslav was a politician of global significance. In a number of areas

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1050 years ago, in 968, the great Russian prince Svyatoslav Igorevich defeated the Bulgarians and established himself on the Danube. Prehistory Svyatoslav's Khazar campaign made a huge impression on the neighboring tribes and countries, especially on the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire. Russian troops pacified Volga Bulgaria

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Grand Duke Svyatoslav went down in history as the greatest statesman of the era, the greatest commander of the Middle Ages, comparable in scope to Alexander the Great, Hannibal and Caesar. Prince Svyatoslav Igorevich expanded the borders of Russia to the borders of the Caucasus and the Balkans

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After the October Revolution and the Civil War, the Cossacks ceased to exist as a military-service class. The position of the Bolsheviks on the Cossack issue from the very beginning was focused on the elimination of this military estate, in whose person the new government saw a serious enemy. but

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The first Danube campaign In 967, the Russian prince Svyatoslav set off on a campaign to the banks of the Danube. There are no reports in the annals about the preparation of this campaign, but there is no doubt that the preliminary preparation was carried out seriously. New vigilantes were prepared, of which there were even more, gathered from

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The "Battle on the Ice" by its name alone - "Battle" has become one of the most important, and not just important, but very important facts of our national history. Undoubtedly, the popularity and pretentiousness of this event (this is undoubtedly!) Was added by the film by Sergei Eisenstein, filmed in 1938. But they know about him

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Indeed, few museums have such exhibits. Tanks, cannons, howitzers, trucks, self-propelled guns are somehow more familiar. Plus, the sizes are also suitable. And yet they were not the only ones who won wars. The locomotives were, perhaps, not so noticeable, but, nevertheless, a very significant component of any

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There were two periods in the history of the Russian anarchist movement when it reached its highest peak. The first period is the revolutionary years 1905-1907, the second period is the time period between the February Revolution of 1917 and the strengthening of the Bolshevik dictatorship in the first half of the 1920s. AND

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This year marks the 110th anniversary of the first Russian revolution. For Russia, the revolutionary events of 1905-1907. were of great importance, being a kind of dress rehearsal for another revolutionary explosion that befell the country 10-12 years later. During the years of the first Russian revolution, universal for the Russian

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The history of the Russian bayonet has overgrown with a mass of legends, sometimes completely inconsistent with the truth. Many of them have long been perceived as true. Perhaps one of the most interesting references to the use of a bayonet, which are now very fond of citing various domestic and Western "historians", is

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“Neither man nor nation can exist without a higher idea. And there is only one highest idea on earth, and that is the idea of the immortality of the human soul …”F.M. Fyodor Mikhailovich's paternal ancestors in the seventeenth century moved to Ukraine from Lithuania. The writer's grandfather was a priest, and his father

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Who would have thought that in Ukraine women and children would throw up their hands in a Nazi salute and gain a new faith. Jesuit faith. And in Latvia they will forget that they wrote in Russian since ancient times. In pursuit of the number of baptized, the Jesuits went to great lengths. They changed Catholic rites to

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Helmets are some of the most famous military artifacts. Appearing at the dawn of civilization, they almost never completely fell out of use, constantly improving and developing.Ursk standard of war. Sumer. Around 2600 BC Sumerian warriors (in the second row from the left) in

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With the outbreak of World War I, the Baltic Fleet was subordinated to the command of the 6th Army. This army was supposed to defend the coast of the Baltic and White Seas, as well as the approaches to the capital of the empire. Its commander was General Constantin Fan der Fleet. The main forces of the fleet, as outlined in the pre-war plan

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Winter 1654-1655 Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich spent in Vyazma. A pestilence raged in Moscow, and the city was closed off by cordons. In April 1655, the tsar was again in Smolensk, where preparations were underway for a new campaign. On May 24, the tsar with an army set out from Smolensk and at the beginning of June stopped at Shklov. Topics

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360 years ago, on April 6, 1654, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich signed a letter of grant to Hetman Bohdan Khmelnitsky. The diploma meant the actual annexation of part of the West Russian lands (Little Russia) to Russia, limiting the independence of the hetman's power. In the document for the first time as a title

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This article is an abbreviated chapter "352 shot down as a path to defeat" from the book by Alexei Isaev "Ten Myths about the Second World War." Shock

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“In order to reach the pinnacle in any field of art, you need to work incessantly and improve your skills. I am convinced that this truth is immutable. But where did Utesov come from then, who, judging by what he knows how to do perfectly, would take two hundred years to

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The glory of Kutuzov is inextricably linked with the glory of Russia. Pushkin 270 years ago, on September 16, 1745, the great Russian commander, Count, His Serene Highness Prince, Field Marshal General Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov was born. The name of Kutuzov is forever inscribed in Russian history and military chronicle. His whole life was

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"Keep my name honest and menacing!" Ivan III Ivan Vasilyevich was the second son of Grand Duke Vasily II and his wife Maria Yaroslavna. He was born in Moscow on January 22, 1440 in a turbulent historical period. In the country, flaring up, then fading, there was a strife between the descendants of the Grand Duke of Vladimir Dmitry

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The Politics of Charles I. The Attempt to Make Peace The death of Franz Joseph was undoubtedly one of the psychological prerequisites leading to the destruction of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was not an outstanding ruler, but became a symbol of stability for three generations of his subjects. In addition, the character of Franz Joseph

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The Day of Military Glory of Russia, celebrated today, was established in honor of the Day of the capture of the Turkish fortress of Izmail by Russian troops under the command of A.V. Suvorov in 1790. The holiday was established by Federal Law No. 32-FZ of March 13, 1995 "On the days of military glory (victory days) in Russia."

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November 30 is the anniversary of the brilliant victory of the Russian fleet in the Sinop Bay on the northern coast of Turkey. On this day, 159 years ago (November 18 (30), 1853), a Russian squadron under the command of Admiral Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov crushed the Turkish fleet on its head

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Today Anapa is a purely peaceful city. A climatic and balneological resort, which has been remembered by many since Soviet times as a favorite place for children's recreation. But earlier there was a fortress, for which bloody battles unfolded. It is no coincidence that Nikolay Veselovsky, author

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Pereyaslavskaya Rada was the result of wars, intrigue and trade, and not the call of the Cossack soul

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The invasion On October 13, 1604, the troops of False Dmitry began an invasion of the Russian state through the Seversk Ukraine. This direction of the invasion made it possible to avoid strong border battles, since the region at that time was covered by unrest and uprisings caused by the "excesses" of the Godunov government

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Those good fellows have risen, Those faithful Rus have raised, That the Pozharsky prince with the merchant Minin, Here are two falcons, here are two clear ones, Here are two doves, here are two faithful ones, They suddenly rose, started up. Having helped the host, the last host. From a folk song. 400 years ago, on May 21, 1616, Kuzma Minin passed away. Russian