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The Baltics have been part of the sphere of influence of Russia since ancient times. The Baltic Sea itself in ancient times was called the Venedian (Varangian). And the Wends - the Wends - the Vandals and the Varangians are the western Slavic-Russian tribes, representatives of the western passionary core of the super-ethnos of the Rus

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In Lithuania, in 1924, the Union of Lithuanian Nationalists (Tautininki) party was created. The union reflected the interests of the big urban and rural bourgeoisie, the landowners. Its leaders, Antanas Smetona and Augustinas Voldemaras, were influential politicians. Smetona was the first president of the Republic of Lithuania (1919

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In Estonia in the 1930s, the influence of the fascist Vaps movement began to grow rapidly. The League of Veterans of the War of Independence (Vaps) was founded in 1929. The conflict of 1918-1920, when Estonian nationalists and the White Guard Northern Corps (then

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The suppression of the anti-Soviet Terek uprising strengthened the position of the Red Army in the North Caucasus. However, in general, the strategic initiative remained with the White Army. In addition, the Soviet troops had a serious logistical problem. After Stavropol was lost and the Reds

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A swift blow from Wrangel's cavalry corps cut through the positions of the 11th Army. The northern group of the Reds retreated beyond the river. Manych and formed the Special Army. The southern group with battles retreated to Mozdok and Vladikavkaz. The remnants of the 3rd Taman Rifle Division fled to the Caspian Sea. 11th Army stopped

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The winter offensive of the Red Army in the North Caucasus ended in complete disaster. The 11th Army was defeated, fell apart, and Denikin's army was able to complete the campaign in the region in its favor

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The death of the 11th Army Most of the defeated 11th Army fled - some to Vladikavkaz, most to Mozdok. To the east, the 12th Army occupied the region of Grozny and Kizlyar, covering the only route of retreat - the Astrakhan tract. In the region of Vladikavkaz, there were also red - the detachments of the North Caucasian

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The Civil War in Russia was the war between February and October, two revolutionary projects that were extensions of two civilization matrices. It was a war between two civilizational projects - Russian and Western. They were represented by red and white. Gerasimov. For the power of the Soviets. 1957 It was

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Simultaneously with the offensive of Shatilov's division on Grozny, the troops of Shkuro and Geiman moved to Vladikavkaz. The fierce 10-day battle for Vladikavkaz and the pacification of Ossetia and Ingushetia led to a decisive victory for the White Army in the North Caucasus

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Andropov was able to determine the moment when the Russian (Soviet) civilization approached the next breakdown, to the point of bifurcation. He noticed the disease, but was unable to find the answer, how to save the USSR-Russia. Andropov's death in early 1984 interrupted an experiment to implement a hidden plan of convergence and

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The desire of Georgia to expand its territory at the expense of the Sochi District led to a Georgian volunteer war. Georgian troops were defeated, Denikin's army returned Sochi to Russia. The first contacts of the Volunteer Army with Georgia During the campaign of the Taman Army (“Heroic campaign

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100 years ago, in February 1919, the White Guards defeated the Georgian army. The newly formed Georgian state, created on the ruins of the Russian Empire, was actively expanding its territory at the expense of its neighbors and tried to seize Sochi and Tuapse. However, Denikin's army fought back

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75 years ago, on March 1, 1944, the Leningrad-Novgorod strategic operation ended. The Red Army broke through the long-term defense of the enemy, defeated the German Army Group "North", by the end of February 1944 it had advanced 270 - 280 km, completely eliminating the blockade

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780 years ago, in March 1239, one of the Horde troops with a "spear" took Pereyaslavl Yuzhny, which was one of the strongest fortresses of Russia on the southern borders. Formerly well fortified Pereyaslavl Yuzhny (Russian) was a reliable guard of the capital city of Kiev on the very edge of the Polovtsian steppes

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Soviet self-propelled guns ISU-122 in the suburbs of Berlin. Behind the SPG there is an inscription on the wall: "Berlin will remain German!" The agony of the Third Reich. 75 years ago, on April 18, 1945, the Red Army took the Seelow Heights. Having completed the breakthrough of the Oder line of defense of the Wehrmacht, on April 20, the troops of the 1st Belorussian Front went to

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Red Army men attack on Seelow HeightsAgonium of the Third Reich. 75 years ago, on April 16, 1945, the Berlin offensive began. The final offensive operation of the Soviet troops, during which Berlin was taken, which led to the unconditional surrender of the Third

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Soviet T-34-85 tanks at a railway station in a German town 75 years ago, on April 25, 1945, the 1st Belorussian and 1st Ukrainian fronts, joining west of Berlin, completed the encirclement of most of the Berlin group of the Wehrmacht. On the same day, in the area of the city of Torgau, there was a "meeting

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Arrival of the armored train of the 11th Red Army in Baku on April 28, 1920. In the photo: M. G. Efremov, A. I. Mikoyan, G. M. Musabekov, Kamo and others. 1920 year. 100 years ago, at the end of April 1920, the Baku operation was carried out. The Red Army established Soviet power in Azerbaijan. The region was

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The Battle of Valkial The Russian-Swedish War of 1788-1790 230 years ago, in April 1790, the Swedish army defeated the Russian troops in the battle of Kernikoski. The land campaign of 1790 was carried on in Swedish territory, still passively. Everything was limited to a few skirmishes. The outcome of the war was decided on

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Banner of Victory over the Reichstag Agony of the Third Reich. 75 years ago, on May 2, 1945, Soviet troops took the Reichstag. A red banner was hoisted on the building, which was named the "Victory Banner". On the same day, the Berlin garrison surrendered. The Red Army took the capital of Germany by storm

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100 years ago, on April 28, 1920, the great Russian scientist Kliment Arkadyevich Timiryazev passed away. A researcher who has revealed the secret of the transformation of the inanimate into organic matter. A man who was a source of light for the people. Origin and education Kliment Timiryazev was born on May 22 (June 3), 1843 in

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Ospan-batyr, Marshal H. Choibalsan and USSR envoy to the Mongolian People's Republic I. A. Ivanov The strategic position and rich resources of Xinjiang attracted the closest attention of the great powers: Russia, Great Britain, the USA and Japan. The situation was complicated by the national liberation struggle of the peoples of the region for

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Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signs the Act of Unconditional Surrender of Germany. Berlin, May 8, 1945 10:43 PM CET (May 9 at 12:43 AM Moscow time) 75 years ago, May 9, 1945, Germany surrendered. The act of unconditional surrender of the Third Reich was signed in

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Residents of liberated Prague greet Soviet soldiers riding a T-34-85 tank of the Third Reich. The war in Europe did not end with Hitler's suicide on April 30 and the official surrender of the Reich on May 9, 1945. Fanatics, war criminals and simply did not receive information about

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Pope Leo IX and Patriarch Michael Kerularius of Constantinople. The main event in the church life of Europe was the final split of the churches, Eastern and Western, into Eastern Orthodox and Western Catholic in 1054. This split ended nearly two centuries of church-political disputes

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Rotterdam after the German bombing of the Blitzkrieg in the West. Hitler took the countries of Western Europe out of the game with one blow. At the same time, she used a strategy of psychological lightning war, when the enemy surrendered himself, although he had the resources and strength for serious and long-term resistance

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Maria Bochkareva, 1917 100 years ago, on May 16, 1920, Maria Bochkareva, nicknamed the Russian Zhanna d'Ark, was shot. The only woman who became a full Knight of St. George, the creator of the first women's battalion in the history of Russia

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Revel battle on May 2, 1790. A.P. BogolyubovRussian-Swedish war of 1788-1790. 230 years ago, in May 1790, the Battle of Revel took place. The Russian squadron under the command of Chichagov defeated the superior forces of the Swedish fleet. "To Petersburg" Swedish monarch Gustav III

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German soldiers under cover of the Panzerjager I anti-tank self-propelled guns, who came under fire on the road between Annu and Merdorp Blitzkrieg in the West. During the Belgian operation, the first tank battle of World War II took place - the Battle of Annu. Göpner's motorized corps defeated

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German soldiers at the gates of the captured Belgian fort "Boncel". May 1940 80 years ago, in May 1940, the Third Reich inflicted a crushing defeat on Holland, Belgium, France and England. On May 10, 1940, German troops invaded Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. Already on May 14 they surrendered

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A poster from the times of the Soviet-Polish war. The last dog of the Entente. 100 years ago, in May 1920, Tukhachevsky's troops tried to destroy the Polish army in Belarus. The May offensive of the Red Army failed, but managed to divert enemy forces from Ukraine. The Polish army in Kiev at the end of April

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Writer G.A. El-Registan, laureate of the State Prize, People's Artist of the USSR, professor, Major General A.V. Aleksandrov and laureate of the State Prize, poet S.V. Mikhalkov. 1943 On May 27, 1977, the State Anthem of the USSR was approved, which existed until the collapse of the USSR

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Plague riot. E. Lissner Surprisingly, people in different historical epochs behave in the same way, despite the different level of education and culture of society. Plague in Russia in 1770-1771 first caused panic and fear, and then an outbreak of violence and the Plague Riot in Moscow. "Black Death" Plague - one of the most

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British tank captured by the Red Army at Kakhovka. 1920: Troubles. 1920 100 years ago, on June 6, 1920, the North Taurian operation began. During the first week of the offensive of Wrangel's army, the Reds lost almost all of Northern Tavria. Plans and forces of the parties Reorganizing the army at the end of April - May

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Adolf Hitler with a group of awarded paratrooper officers from the Koch assault battalion of the 7th Air Division. The officers were awarded the Knight's Crosses for the successful capture of the strategic Belgian fort of Eben-Emal Blitzkrieg in the West on May 10, 1940. 80 years ago, on May 28, 1940, she surrendered

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Bogolyubov A.P. The battle of the Russian fleet with the Swedish fleet in 1790 near Kronstadt at Krasnaya Gorka The Russian-Swedish war of 1788-1790. 230 years ago, in May 1790, a Russian squadron under the command of Cruz won a strategic victory in the Battle of Krasnogorsk. Russians did not give Swedish

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Armored vehicles and vehicles of the British Expeditionary Force in Europe, abandoned at Dunkirk Blitzkrieg in the West. After the breakthrough of the German divisions to the sea, about a million French, British and Belgian soldiers were cut off from the main forces. German tanks advanced along the coast

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From left to right: head of the government of the South of Russia A. V. Krivoshein, commander-in-chief P. N. Wrangel, chief of his staff P. N. Shatilov. Crimea. Sevastopol. 1920: Troubles. 1920 year. Crimea as a base and a strategic foothold for the revival of the White movement was inconvenient. Lack of ammunition, bread

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French prisoners of war After Dunkirk, in fact, the Nazis did not have to fight: France was killed by fear. Horror swept through the whole country. Instead of mobilizing and fierce resistance in the center of the country, fighting in encirclement and big cities, while reserves are gathering in the south, the French preferred to throw out the white

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Soviet troops enter Riga 80 years ago, in June 1940, units of the Red Army entered the Baltic States and occupied the primordially Russian lands lost during the collapse of the Russian Empire and the intervention of the great powers of the West. The Baltic outskirts became Russian again. This event had