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General P. N. Wrangel accepts the report of the pilot of the 5 th squadron Smoot. 1920 year. The threat of starvation pushed the Wrangelites to Northern Tavria, where it was possible to seize the grain harvest. Crimea as the base of the White movement had no future. It was necessary to capture new areas in order to continue the struggle

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M. S. Gorbachev. 1986 What Gorbachev and his entourage did with the USSR, Soviet foreign and domestic policy, national security and the national economy, culture and people cannot be called anything other than high treason

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Adolf Hitler with his approximate poses against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Left - Albert Speer, future Reich Minister of Defense Industry and Armaments, right - sculptor Arno Brecker. June 23, 1940 80 years ago, June 14, 1940, German troops entered Paris without a fight. As a result of successful

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Troubles. 1920 year. 100 years ago, in June 1920, the Red Army defeated the Polish Army near Kiev. On June 5, Budyonny's 1st Cavalry Army broke through the Polish front and defeated the enemy rear in Zhitomir and Berdichev. Under the threat of complete encirclement and death, the Polish troops left Kiev on the night of June 11

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German Heinkel 111 bombers fly over British territory during the Battle of Britain 80 years ago, on July 10, 1940, the Battle of Britain began, an attempt by the Third Reich to suppress England with an air war, force London to agree to an agreement with Berlin. The British Empire is an example for

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Mussolini makes a declaration of war from the balcony of the Roman Palazzo Venezia 80 years ago, on June 10, 1940, Italy declared war on France and Great Britain. Mussolini feared to be late for the division of the "French pie" promised to him by a quick German victory in France. Italian Empire

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The wreckage of a B-29 shot down on November 9, 1950 by Soviet MiG-15s Seventy years ago, the Korean War began. Stalin's last successful war. It was a just and positive war for Russia. In it, the Russians inflicted a serious defeat on America in an air war and buried the hopes of military-political

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Russian commander Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev 250 years ago, on June 17, 1770, the Russian army under the command of Rumyantsev defeated the superior Turkish-Tatar forces at Ryaba Mogila. Prehistory The Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774 was caused by the desire of the Ports to maintain their positions in the Northern

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Children give flowers to the soldiers of the Red Army during the parade in Chisinau in connection with the return of Bessarabia to the Soviet state 80 years ago, on June 28, 1940, the Bessarabian operation of the Red Army began. Stalin returned Bessarabia to Russia-USSR. Russian outskirts

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Vemork Hydroelectric Power Plant, Norway It is believed that the explosion of a heavy water plant in Norway was one of the main reasons that Hitler did not manage to create a nuclear weapon

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Wilhelm Keitel and Charles Hüntziger at the signing of the armistice. June 22, 1940 80 years ago, on June 22, 1940, France signed a surrender at Compiegne. The new Compiegne armistice was signed at the same place where the armistice was signed in 1918, which, according to Hitler, symbolized

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I.K. Aivazovsky. Naval battle at Vyborg. 1,846,230 years ago, in June 1790, the Russian fleet under the command of Chichagov inflicted a heavy defeat on the Swedish fleet in the Vyborg Bay. The blockade of the Swedish fleet After an unsuccessful battle in the Krasnaya Gorka region on May 23-24, 1790, the Swedish fleet under

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The attack of the banner of the winged hussars in the battle of Klushino. Painting by Shimon Bogushovich 410 years ago, a battle took place between the Russian-Swedish army and the Polish troops. The Battle of Klushino ended in the disaster of the Russian army and led to the fall of Tsar Vasily Shuisky. In Moscow, power was seized by boyars who

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The British battleships Hood (left) and Valiant under the return fire of the French battleship Dunkirk or Provence off Mers el-Kebir 80 years ago, on July 3, 1940, Operation Catapult was carried out. The British attacked the French fleet in British and colonial ports and bases. The attack was carried out

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Battle of Rochensalm. Johan Titrich Schulz 230 years ago, the Second Battle of Rochensalm took place. The Swedish fleet inflicted a heavy defeat on the Russian rowing flotilla under the command of Prince Nassau-Siegen. This allowed Sweden to conclude an honorable peace with Russia

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N.K. Roerich. Alexander Nevsky defeats Jarl Birger. 1904780 years ago, on July 15, 1240, Alexander Yaroslavich with his squad utterly defeated the Swedish knights invading our lands. Whoever comes to us with a sword will die by the sword

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The defeat of the Turkish fleet at Chesma. Painting by Jacob Phillip Gackert 250 years ago, a Russian squadron in the Chesme Bay of the Aegean Sea completely destroyed the Turkish fleet. Russian sailors sank and burned the entire enemy fleet: 16 ships of the line (1 ship was captured) and 6 frigates

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In Soviet historiography, it was believed that the war with Japan was a disgrace for tsarist Russia and a prerequisite for the first Russian revolution. That the Japanese Empire defeated the huge Russian Empire because of the incompetent Russian military-political elite and the superiority of the Japanese in the military

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Rumyantsev in a battle with the Turks 250 years ago, on July 7 (18), 1770, on the Larga River, a battle took place between the Russian army of General Rumyantsev and the Ottoman troops of the Crimean Khan Kaplan-Girey. Despite the numerical superiority, the Turks and Crimean Tatars were defeated and fled

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Revolutionary Military Council of the 1st Cavalry Army: K. E. Voroshilov, S. M. Budyonny, E. A. Shchadenko 100 years ago, the Red Army defeated the 2nd Polish Army and liberated Rovno. Budyonny's cavalry in mid-July 1920 broke through into the territory of Western Ukraine. The success of the armies of the Southwestern Front created profitable

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Grunwald. Hood. Wojciech Kossak 610 years ago, Polish, Lithuanian and Russian troops defeated the army of the Teutonic Order in the Battle of Grunwald. Allied forces stopped the expansion of the crusaders to the east and marked the beginning of the military-economic decline of the Order. Onslaught on the East in the 13th century Teutonic

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Polish soldiers in position 100 years ago, the Red Army conducted the July Operation. Soviet troops inflicted a heavy defeat on the Polish North-Eastern Front and liberated a significant part of Belarus and part of Lithuania, including Minsk and Vilno

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The ship "Fortress" on the engraving of Adrian Shkhonebek 320 years ago, on July 14, 1700, the Peace of Constantinople was concluded. Victory in the Russian-Turkish War. The return of Russia to Azov and the Azov region. Crimean campaigns The government of Princess Sophia (ruled Russia in 1682-1689)

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Troubles. 1919 year. Kolchak's army completed only the first stage of the planned operation. The Kolchakites defeated the 5th Red Army, the enemy offensive to Petropavlovsk and further Omsk was thwarted. However, the success of the Kolchakites was partial and the victory, in fact, was a Pyrrhic one. She was worth such sacrifices that

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Painting "Sea Battle in the Kerch Strait". Artist I.I. Rodinov 230 years ago, the Black Sea Fleet under the command of Ushakov defeated the Turkish Navy near the Kerch Strait. The victory of the Russian fleet thwarted the plans of the Ottoman command to land troops in the Crimea. Creation of the Black Sea Fleet

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D. Chodovetsky. "The Battle of Cahul" 250 years ago, the Russian commander Rumyantsev defeated the six times superior Turkish army on the Cahul River. Russia regained the left bank of the Danube

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Troubles. 1919 year. 100 years ago, on October 11-13, 1919, the Red Army launched a counteroffensive on the Southern Front. The Reds struck in the Oryol and Voronezh directions. In the decisive battle of the Civil War, a radical change took place in favor of the Reds. Moscow campaign of Denikin's army on

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Troubles. 1919 year. 100 years ago, in the fall of 1919, Operation White Sword began. The White Northwestern Army under the command of Yudenich, with the support of Estonian troops and the British fleet, tried to take red Petrograd. At the end of September - October, the White Guards broke through the defenses of the Red Army and

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Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin kisses the "Sword of Stalingrad" at the presentation ceremony in the conference hall of the Soviet embassy during the Tehran conference. Before I.V. Stalin is British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. To the right of Stalin is People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR V.M

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Troubles. 1919 year. On September 28, 1919, unexpectedly for the Reds, Yudenich's army launched an offensive. The units of the two red armies defending the Petrograd direction were defeated and thrown back in different directions, the 7th army to the northeast, the 15th army to the southeast. White Guards broke through the front, 11

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According to Arab sources, it is known that in the 10th century some part of the Rus converted to Islam. The then ruler of the Rus bore the name or title Buladmir, consonant with the name of Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich. At the same time, Prince Vladimir is called a kagan, as the rulers of the Turks. "The Grand Duke Vladimir chooses faith", 1822. And

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I returned from Arkona, Where the fields are red with blood, But the German banners Under the walls do not blow anymore. Having torn that shreds to burst, We paid the debt to the Germans, And now we have come to slap you on the shaved Humens! K. Tolstoy. Borivaya (1870) On the foundation of the Slavic civilization Secrets of the ancient Rus. In the II millennium BC. NS

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75 years ago, in October 1944, the Red Army carried out the Petsamo-Kirkenes operation. As a result, the Soviet Arctic and Northern Norway were liberated from the German invaders. In modern Norway, a myth is being created about the “Soviet occupation” and the “Russian threat.” “The Russian threat” Past “grievances”

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Russian campaigns to the Caspian were associated with the economic and trade interests of Russia. The striving of the warriors to take rich booty, to cut the road to the East. Also, the campaigns were associated with the alliance of Russia and Byzantium, directed against the Arabs. Warriors of the North. Artist I. Ye. Ozhiganov

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Troubles. 1919 year. Why did the White Guards lose? Some researchers point out that there were too few whites. The Reds simply “filled up with corpses”. Other historians look deeper and note that the white project was a pro-Western, liberal-democratic project, that is, it turned out to be unacceptable for

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Secrets of the ancient Rus. One of the secrets of the history of Rus is the Khazar question. Was there Russian Khazaria or was the Khazar Kagan the ruler of the Rus? According to Russian sources ("The Word of Law and Grace" by Metropolitan Hilarion), the title of the ruler of the Rus is known: Vladimir and his son Yaroslav the Wise are named in this

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Troubles. 1919 year. Simultaneously with the campaign against Petrograd of the North-Western army of Yudenich, the offensive of the Western Volunteer Army of Bermondt-Avalov began on Riga. The hype was terrible. The Baltic limitrophes accused the Russians of all sins and pulled all combat-ready forces to the city. British arrived

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Troubles. 1919 year. 100 years ago, in October 1919, Kolchak's armies suffered a heavy defeat in the second battle on Tobol. After the loss of Petropavlovsk and Ishim, the White Guards retreated to Omsk. Red armored train "Avenger" General situation on the Eastern Front September Kolchak offensive

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The storming of Vladimir by the Horde. Miniature from the Russian chronicle Secrets of the ancient Rus. The term "Tatar-Mongols" is not in Russian chronicles, neither VN Tatishchev, nor NM Karamzin and other historians, founding fathers of the Russian historical school, have it. "Mongols" are the Rus of the Scythian world, the most

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Rus, greedy for battles … set out to sea and made an invasion on the decks of his ships … This people devastated the entire territory of Berdaa … They seize countries and conquer cities. Fragment from the poem "Iskander-name" After the tragic battle on Itil in 912, the onslaught of the Rus to the East did not stop. Next