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Peter Connolly on the Celts and their weapons (Part 2)

Peter Connolly on the Celts and their weapons (Part 2)

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In the first part “Hallstatt and La Ten: on the verge between bronze and iron. (Part 1) "it was not only about how" iron came to Europe ", but also about the Celts - a people who settled throughout Europe, but never created their own state. And now, following the logic of things, it will be necessary to write about

European integration on the bones

European integration on the bones

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A Bit of History, a Bit of Statistics NATO's eastward advance is a fait accompli. The alliance's rush to help Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, just as it had "helped" the Baltic states before, means, judging by the bloodshed in southeastern Ukraine organized by the Kiev authorities, that everything in Europe is returning to its

Field Marshal Kutuzov in 1812. The ending

Field Marshal Kutuzov in 1812. The ending

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After the bloody battle at Borodino, the Russian army did not receive the promised reinforcements (in exchange for the soldiers, Kutuzov received a field marshal's baton and 100,000 rubles), and therefore retreat was inevitable. However, the circumstances of the evacuation of Moscow will forever remain a shame on the reputation of the highest

Tuvan Red Army men. From the creation of the Arat army to the fronts of the Great Patriotic War

Tuvan Red Army men. From the creation of the Arat army to the fronts of the Great Patriotic War

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The history of Central Asia includes a number of little-known pages, which, nevertheless, are of particular interest, given the close connection of the region with the Russian state and the strategic importance of the presence in the steppes, deserts and mountains of Central Asia, first for the Russian Empire, and then

Shroud of Turin

Shroud of Turin

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Legends about images of Jesus Christ miraculous have existed for many centuries. It is widely known, for example, the life of Saint Veronica, a pious Jerusalem woman who gave Jesus her head covering on the way to Calvary. Christ wiped sweat and blood from his face with them, and on the veil miraculously

War of extermination: the conquest of the Saxons

War of extermination: the conquest of the Saxons

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Charlemagne is the ruler of the Middle Ages, who actually created the prototype of the modern European Union - the "Empire of the West". During his reign, more than 50 military campaigns were made, half of which he himself led. It can be argued that it was during the reign of Charles that the process began

"Prague massacre" in 1794

"Prague massacre" in 1794

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General Suvorov in surrendered Warsaw. 1794 In the previous article ("Warsaw Matins" in 1794 "), it was told about the beginning of the rebellion in Poland and the tragic events that took place in Warsaw, where on April 6 (17), 1794, 2,265 Russian soldiers and officers were killed (the death toll later increased)

The hard work of V.V. Vereshchagin, Russian battle painter

The hard work of V.V. Vereshchagin, Russian battle painter

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The explosion of a Japanese anchor mine that thundered at 9 hours 43 minutes on March 31, 1904 deprived the 1st Pacific Squadron of its flagship battleship Petropavlovsk, 650 officers and sailors, commander Vice-Admiral S.O. Makarov. Russia lost not only the ship and its sailors, but also the famous

Poet-partisan. Denis Vasilievich Davydov

Poet-partisan. Denis Vasilievich Davydov

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“Not jokingly, though it is indecent to talk about myself, I belong to the most poetic persons of the Russian army, not as a poet, but as a warrior; the circumstances of my life give me every right to do so …”D.V. Davydov Denis Davydov was born on July 16, 1784 in the city of Moscow. The Davydov family belonged to one

Russian Empress Maria Feodorovna. The fate of the Danish princess in Russia

Russian Empress Maria Feodorovna. The fate of the Danish princess in Russia

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Exactly 170 years ago, on November 26, 1847, the Russian Empress Maria Feodorovna was born, who became the wife of Emperor Alexander III and was the mother of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II. Danish by origin, she spent 52 years of her more than 80-year life in Russia, becoming

A.S. Figner - a partisan-hero who terrified the French army

A.S. Figner - a partisan-hero who terrified the French army

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The Patriotic War of 1812 was distinguished by a huge front of the Russian partisan movement. A characteristic feature of the partisan struggle against the French was that the leader of the popular detachments was the color of the military movement, decisive and courageous officers, guided by the hand of Field Marshal M.I

Alexander Figner: sorcerer and partisan

Alexander Figner: sorcerer and partisan

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205 years ago, Russia fought against foreign invaders. The Patriotic War was going on. Alexander Figner became an energetic organizer of the partisan movement, who started the war with the rank of captain. Remember Dolokhov Tolstoy? Figner is one of his prototypes. Desperate brave man, he burned with hatred for

Katya Dunayskaya. Sister of Mercy and Marine Paratrooper

Katya Dunayskaya. Sister of Mercy and Marine Paratrooper

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Letters to the "Immortal Regiment of the Young" section of the "Golden Key" newspaper come from different cities and villages of our country. Recently news came from Kursk from Natalya Alekseevna Kugach. She told about the brave nurse, Hero of the Soviet Union Ekaterina Demina (Mikhailova) .Many military awards were found

The fall of General Bibikov

The fall of General Bibikov

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Disastrous Anapa campaign. Only on March 21, 1790, Bibikov's troops approached Anapa, periodically fighting off attacks from the Circassian detachments. They decided to start the assault the next morning, since the soldiers were extremely tired. Suddenly at night a blizzard began and frosts hit such that they died during the night

Toilet for the count's fortress. How they relieved themselves in the Middle Ages

Toilet for the count's fortress. How they relieved themselves in the Middle Ages

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Topics related to the dispatch of natural needs are usually shyly ignored by people, although in reality issues of a sanitary, let's say, nature have always been of great importance in the life of human society. In fact, the sewerage system and the toilet not so long ago received universal

Evgeny Dzhugashvili. Grandson of the Soviet leader

Evgeny Dzhugashvili. Grandson of the Soviet leader

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December 21 marks the 135th anniversary of the birth of one of the most significant politicians in the entire history of the Russian state - Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin. According to the official version, it was on December 21, 1879 in the city of Gori that the future head of the Soviet state was born. Although there is another version:

The famous explorer of the North. Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin

The famous explorer of the North. Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin

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Ivan Papanin was born in the city of Sevastopol on November 26, 1894. His father was a port sailor. He earned very little, and the large Papanin family was in need. They lived in a makeshift shack in Apollo's Gully, located on the Ship side of the city. About his childhood Ivan

The Four Musketeers, or Why It Is Dangerous to Reread Dumas' Novels

The Four Musketeers, or Why It Is Dangerous to Reread Dumas' Novels

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When reading documents about the tragic events of the Great French Revolution (and not only the French one), the question often arises: why people - both those who until recently lived relatively peacefully in the neighborhood, and completely unfamiliar, suddenly so willingly and mercilessly began to destroy each other only on

Napoleonic marshals: Berthier, Bessières, Mortier and Lefebvre

Napoleonic marshals: Berthier, Bessières, Mortier and Lefebvre

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Napoleon, surrounded by his marshals and generals, Some died in battle, Others betrayed him And sold their sword. Lermontov During the First Empire, there were 26 marshals. It is noteworthy that all these marshals appeared not thanks to Napoleon, but thanks to the revolution. It was the revolution that helped rise

But Russia not only fought with the Polovtsy: from the history of Russian-Polovtsian relations

But Russia not only fought with the Polovtsy: from the history of Russian-Polovtsian relations

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In the centuries-old history of the confrontation between Russia and the Steppe, a special place is occupied by the long, confusing and extremely contradictory relationship of our ancestors with the nomadic people, who entered Russian chronicles under the name of the Polovtsy. The Russian princes not only fought with them. There were also periods when not only fought

He defended his guard

He defended his guard

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None of the Soviet leaders appreciated bodyguards as Leonid Brezhnev9th KGB Directorate: 1964-1982 Unlike his predecessor as General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev treated the officers of his personal security very attentively and even sincerely. Untouchable

The bright fate of the escort regiment

The bright fate of the escort regiment

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249th regiment of the convoy troops of the NKVD of the USSR. The regiment was formed at the beginning of the war in June 1941, according to the mobilization plan of the NKVD of the USSR, consisting of three companies as the 129th separate convoy battalion of the convoy troops of the NKVD of the USSR. Location: Odessa, Ukrainian SSR. Soon the number of personnel of the battalion

Two barons of the city of Bodenwerder

Two barons of the city of Bodenwerder

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The history of this kind goes back centuries, when in 1183 a certain knight Rembert is mentioned in historical documents. A hundred years later, his descendant Heino ended up in the crusading army of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa (III Crusade, 1189-1192). Knight Heino was more fortunate than the emperor

Byzantine intrigues in the Kremlin

Byzantine intrigues in the Kremlin

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The struggle for power in the late USSR was accompanied by a number of strange deaths Recently, on March 11, 28 years have passed since the day when Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev was elected General Secretary at the Plenum of the CPSU Central Committee. Today it is obvious that his reign was a series of betrayals and crimes, as a result of which

A distant victory

A distant victory

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Dedicated to the 159th anniversary of the battle in the Far East Let's remember the battle, as a result of which the two strongest states in the world abandoned plans to wage war against Russia in the Far East. So, in 1854, Russia is waging a war against the sworn friends of England and France. We remember this war by

Assault groups of the First World War

Assault groups of the First World War

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The army tried desperately to adapt tactics for the new war. Although the most famous were the German assault units, similar units were equally successfully used by other armies. Moreover, in the Russian army, which fully experienced the bitterness of the defeat of the Russo-Japanese, the necessary conclusions were

The feat of the cadets

The feat of the cadets

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Novo-Peterhof military-political border school of the NKVD troops named after Voroshilov K.E. (VPU) was formed on October 7, 1937 after the establishment in the Armed Forces of the institute of military commissars, on the basis of the Military School of the Border and Internal Security of the NKVD of the USSR named after K.E. Voroshilov. Boss

The beginning of the Second World War. Westerplatte

The beginning of the Second World War. Westerplatte

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"Do not count on descendants. Ancestors also counted on us." Defense of Westerplatte On September 1, 1939, German forces invaded Poland. By this time, Germany had already annexed Austria (the so-called Anschluss) and the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia, but still did not meet a serious

America versus England. Part 15. Woe to the Vanquished

America versus England. Part 15. Woe to the Vanquished

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French citizens entering Paris during the Second World War by the Nazis. Source: http: //www.adme.ru When talking about the reasons for the catastrophic defeat of bourgeois France by Nazi Germany in the spring of 1940, external and internal reasons are usually mentioned. First of all, the Wehrmacht is called with its

America versus England. Part 12. Decline of the British Empire

America versus England. Part 12. Decline of the British Empire

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Returning to London after the signing of the Munich Agreement, Chamberlain assured the British at the plane: "I have brought peace to our generation." Having suffered a crushing defeat in Munich, Roosevelt began to restore his undermined position as an asphalt roller - slowly and

Army notebooks and diaries of Semyon Gudzenko

Army notebooks and diaries of Semyon Gudzenko

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I would like to present you the front diaries of Semyon Gudzenko. If anyone has forgotten or does not know this person, then here is a brief summary from the wiki: Semyon Petrovich Gudzenko (1922 - 1953) - Russian Soviet poet-front-line soldier. Biography: Born on March 5, 1922 in Kiev in Jewish family. His father, Peter Konstantinovich

Nikolay Bulganin. Politician in uniform

Nikolay Bulganin. Politician in uniform

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120 years ago, on June 11, 1895, the Soviet statesman and military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union Nikolai Aleksandrovich Bulganin was born. This person is interesting because he simultaneously held high government and military posts. Bulganin was the only person in the history of the USSR who

Armed Caribbean. What are the armies of the Caribbean?

Armed Caribbean. What are the armies of the Caribbean?

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The Caribbean is home to a number of independent island states - former colonies of European powers that gained state independence in the 19th and 20th centuries. All of them, being located on the islands, do not differ in their large territory and high population, but

The Marine is the king of voodoo. How an American sergeant became the monarch of the Haitian island

The Marine is the king of voodoo. How an American sergeant became the monarch of the Haitian island

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Sergeant of the Marine Corps, who became the king of the Haitian island. Isn't it a plot for an adventure novel? But this is by no means an artistic fiction. The events that will be discussed below did indeed take place in the first half of the 20th century, and their protagonist was an American soldier

At the forefront. Day of patrolmen and guards

At the forefront. Day of patrolmen and guards

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September 2 marks the professional holiday "the face of the Russian police" - the patrol service. It is she who is the police unit with which, like with the district police, Russian citizens most often have to deal with. Also, the police patrol service is the largest

Born by the revolution. The first steps of the Soviet militia

Born by the revolution. The first steps of the Soviet militia

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On November 10, Russia celebrates Police Day. Until recently, when the police were renamed into police, this significant date was called much more familiarly - the Day of the Police. Indeed, on November 10, 1917, exactly 98 years ago, the decree "On workers' militia" was adopted, which marked the beginning

North versus South: the myth of the "slave freedom" war

North versus South: the myth of the "slave freedom" war

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The most important event in the history of the United States is the war between the North and the South of 1861-1865, the Civil War. In Russia, little is known about this event, for the majority it was "a war for the abolition of slavery in the South, for the freedom of black slaves, a battle with the damned slave owners." This message can be found

The very first blow is Russian. Order No. 227

The very first blow is Russian. Order No. 227

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The most powerful attack by the AUG on ships in the harbor in history was and remains, apparently, the attack by Japanese aircraft on Pearl Harbor. Imperial Black Sea Fleet. AND

Mercy sisters

Mercy sisters

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Women's participation in the situation of the wounded is unique. Everyone who has ever come into contact with medicine knows that it is women's hands that cause less suffering and heal faster. This is not given to male nurses. During the Crimean War, it was already impossible to do without them: the cruelty of war and suffering

Bulgarian armored vehicles. Part 3. Post-war period and modernity

Bulgarian armored vehicles. Part 3. Post-war period and modernity

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After the end of the war, the first Soviet T-34 tanks were delivered to the Bulgarian army. At the beginning of 1946, the First Tank Brigade was armed with 49 CV 33/35, PzKpfw 35 (t), PzKpfw 38 (t), R-35 vehicles; 57 Pz.IV G, H, J vehicles; 15 Jagdpanzer IV, five StuG 40. German tank Pz.Kpfw. V Ausf. G