History 2024, November

If you look closely at those former rulers who are called "great" today, you can be very surprised! It turns out that the “greatest” ones are those who harmed the Russian people the most! And all this has been instilled in us from early childhood … For any sane person, it has long been no secret that we

It so happened that many people quite sincerely believe that the confrontation between the USA and the USSR, albeit a very fierce one, took place exclusively within the framework of the Cold War, that is, without shots and bloodshed. If they clashed in open battle, it was exclusively on a foreign land. A

1048 years ago, on July 3, 964, our Great ancestor-commander Svyatoslav Khorobre destroyed the Khazar Kaganate The shadow of Svyatoslav wanders unsung … Gnedich. How the face of the Earth has changed! We only sing about the giants, About those heroes who left, Leaving their steel in the mounds … Arinushkin "Prophecy" On

On January 17, 1946, in the Kiev House of Red Army Officers, a meeting of the military tribunal of the Kiev Military District began, dedicated to the atrocities and atrocities of the German fascist invaders on the territory of the Ukrainian SSR. As you know, it is the territories of modern Ukraine and Belarus that most of all

For me, the commander of the reconnaissance and diving platoon 180 OMIB SF, senior lieutenant Alexander Chernyavsky, military service began on November 22, 1976. I and my platoon were seconded to the 61st Separate Marine Regiment of the Northern Fleet, for military coordination (commander of the landing, Major S. Remizov

After a long separation, the ten-year-old nephew decided to share with me the musical hits popular among his peers. I listened, smiled, thought that I would give Tyomich a selection of classical music, and suddenly, instead of another musical composition, I heard THIS

Who Instead of Harry Hopkins Almost until the end of 1941, the Soviet Union opposed Nazi Germany, having only one ally - Great Britain. At this time, the United States maintained its friendly neutrality, as President Roosevelt promised the Americans when he was elected for a third term, and in

To say that in 1812 our land was invaded by the "French army" is as correct as to continue to say that on June 22, 1941, the Soviet Union was attacked exclusively by Nazi Germany. Historical justice requires recognition: during the Patriotic War, Russia

Not quite Versailles Winston Churchill in his work "The World Crisis" (which has already become a textbook) called everything that happened after the World War with the Ottoman Empire "a true miracle." But exactly one hundred years ago, on August 10, 1920, the Sevres Peace Treaty was signed in France between the Entente and the Ottoman

The good country of Calabria On July 15, 1970, a popular uprising against the Italian state began in the city of Reggio, the godforsaken capital of the province of Calabria. The uprising was truly popular: it was supported by the best representatives of almost all social groups. At the same time, the slogans of the rebels

Rivers of blood and … drops of honor Allegedly, they all together passed a collective "verdict" of a single

12 days of summer Since the second half of the 50s of the last century, analysts, historians, and publicists have regularly introduced assertions that the Soviet leadership at the beginning of the war was nothing more than confused, lost the threads of governing the country. That nothing was done to forestall the Nazi

He was like everyone else Sashka - an ordinary Moscow boy, was born on November 1, 1920. In childhood, he was no different from other peers, except that he grew up in a family without a father. He was such a boy-ringleader and spent most of his time on the street, in the courtyard environment. Maslov without any special

About spilled blood - as a general to a general In February 2021, shortly before the next anniversary of the armed conflict on Damansky Island, a very lengthy and, to put it mildly, somewhat strange material was published in Nezavisimaya Gazeta. It was a big interview with a retired major general

They "fell out" of Hitler's pocket. In Finland, direct participation in the Nazi aggression against the USSR is neatly preferred to be called complicity, but much more often - "the continuation of the Winter War." Meaning, of course, the dramatic events of 1939-1940. Until the spring of 1944 in Suomi regularly

From the chronicle of the undeclared war On March 2, 2021, on the 52nd anniversary of the events on Damansky Island, I followed the news of television and radio throughout the day, hoping to hear at least a few words about that undeclared war. But, unfortunately, I never heard anything … But on the other hand, I heard a lot from someone who

Borders of the Possible March 25-26 in Greece celebrated the 200th anniversary of the popular uprising against Turkish rule. Among foreign statesmen, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin took part in the celebrations. The uprising ended in 1829 with the Ottoman

As one of the Duma leaders, not a minister, Guchkov said about himself this way: "The rooster must shout before sunrise, but whether it will rise or not is not his business." It was not his own business, by all indications, and took up, when in March 1917 he became the head of the military

He was called not only "Reason". Dmitry Aleksandrovich was ready to devote his entire short life to the service, but he never forgot about his family. It is difficult to determine for sure, by looking only at the photo, whether he was happy. I look at the pictures of Razumovsky with his wife Erica and I understand: they are happy. The wedding seemed

Before the first Star, Three times Red Banner - it sounds both solid and beautiful. We know such regiments and divisions, famous orchestras and ensembles. But a three-star can be either cognac, or (in common parlance) - a general. To say this about three times holders of the Order of the Red Star - the language somehow does not turn

One cannot but pay tribute to the creator of the new Poland, Jozef Pilsudski - he knew how to select subordinates. Three of them, together with the "brigadier" and "head of state", became the authors of one of the brilliant, but very unexpected for them, victory in the final operation of the Soviet-Polish war of 1920

Warsaw, Belgrade, then - everywhere 65 years ago, in March 1956, Khrushchev's report "On the cult of Stalin's personality", announced at the last meeting of the XX Congress of the CPSU (February 25, 1956), was sent to the party organizations of the USSR and 70 foreign communist parties. Of course, with a chipboard stamp. And it's even strange that

Slavka! He was only 22Almost a month has passed since the publication “I was asked to write about my father. Because he is a "twice" Hero "in the" Military Review ". I did not even expect that this simple story about my father would arouse such numerous, and most importantly, warm reviews from VO readers. And I decided to go back to

"The eternal dreams of the Turks: to destroy half of the Russian human potential, to seize territories, including the Caucasus." From the statement of the USSR Permanent Representative to the UN Andrei Vyshinsky Izvestia, October 28, 1947 The Art of the Possible Pro-Russian Transcaucasia has always attracted not only Turks, but also their patrons

Russophiles and Russophobia After the death of Stalin on March 5, 1953, his successors at the top, without waiting for the party's "debunking of the cult of personality", took up a radical revision of the ideological policy in the USSR. And the first thing it touched on art and literature. But, as it happens in the likes of

I will defend my Motherland I look at my father, the border guard colonel, Hero of Russia, Oleg Petrovich Khmelev, and feel love, pride and respect. What is he like, as a person who, together with my mother, brings me up, teaches me to walk through life? What do I feel, what do I think, how do I perceive it? First, it is expensive

The goodwill of the "dictator" In modern terms, Saddam Hussein is, of course, a dictator. How cruel really is is a controversial issue, but it was Hussein who, on December 6-7, 1990, released from arrest over 1,500 foreign citizens captured by Iraqi forces in Kuwait

Bucharest and Phnom Penh - together against Moscow On January 14, 1990, the so-called "Council of National Salvation" of Romania discovered in the archives of Nicolae Ceausescu, a conductor (conducător), a draft treaty with Pol Pot Kampuchea. This happened shortly after the execution of the Ceausescu couple. And special

The first essay on the military articles of the classics of the third wave (The Military Prose of Stalin and Trotsky) demanded a continuation, although the topic of war was clearly replaced by a revolutionary topic, which is hardly surprising, since almost every revolution was a consequence of the war. About Russians

Until the last minute, the Soviet Union in the pre-war years, of course, did not have a market economy, but it had to trade with the West, including Hitler's Germany, according to the laws of the market. For the growing industry and the rise of collective farms, foreign currency was needed. In addition, allied relations with those

Prelude Nikita Khrushchev, who was rather unexpectedly elected first secretary of the CPSU Central Committee after Stalin's death, almost immediately fell under the suspicion of his foreign comrades-in-arms. And not only because of the strange death of Stalin, but also due to the fact that, at his filing, the body of the leader was replaced, which is somehow hastily

What Benefits the West Extremes are known to have a tendency to converge. Therefore, it is not surprising, although at first glance it is paradoxical, that in Kosovo, "independent" from Serbia, there has been a street named after Enver Hoxha (1908-1985) - "Albanian Stalin" for five years already. He ruled this country from 1947 to 1985

Part 1. Almost Companions-in-arms The Third Call By no means Russian by nationality Stalin and Trotsky - without a doubt, Russian revolutionaries. And everything written by them (and this is, let's say, almost exclusively revolutionary prose) should be included in the asset of Russian literature. Marxist must write

I will never forget this battle in the southern city of Russia, Stavropol, a grand event took place. A street appeared in the Industrial District, perpetuating the memory of an amazing person - Pavel Buravtsev. About the boy who lived in this world for only 19 years, not only the city itself already knows. But also Russia

“I was killed near Tuapse” - this is how the first line of the famous poem by Evgeny Astakhov sounds. It first appeared in the 70s of the last century on the pages of the famous weekly Literaturnaya Rossiya. And there was a man who picked up beautiful music to the sorrowful words

Our border is on the Kursk Bulge! In this year of the 75th anniversary of the Victory, when we again and again remember every single episode of the Great Patriotic War, I would like to once again turn to the summer of 1943. Kursk Bulge. 18 border guards of a platoon under the command of Lieutenant Alexander Romanovsky receive an order

After all, this is exactly what the great Suvorov taught us. The usual autumn Saturday of 2020 with light hints of rain became not quite usual for the residents of the Nagoryevsky territorial administration of the Pereslavsky district of the Yaroslavl region

Thälmann's case is true The liquidation of the GDR, carried out by the leaders of the USSR, the FRG and the USA under the spectacular cover of the unification of Germany twenty years ago, did not lead to the self-destruction of the communist movement there. Today, few people will remember that the West German Communist Party at certain stages of its

Even if it is a dominion All British dominions, including the Commonwealth of Australia, were involved in the provision of military-technical and food assistance to the USSR from Great Britain. It was also humanitarian aid sent as part of allied convoys to the USSR through the Arctic, through the Persian corridor

All this was invented by Churchill. Actually, more precisely, legally, the anti-Hitler coalition was formed only on January 1, 1942. However, the three great powers began to interact as true allies much earlier. And this happened even then, when across the ocean, as, indeed, on the Foggy