History 2024, November

200 years ago, in July 1819, the First Russian Antarctic Expedition set off from Kronstadt to the shores of Antarctica. Russian sailors became the discoverers of Antarctica, the last sixth continent. This feat was accomplished by the crews of the sloops "Vostok" and "Mirny" led by their commanders Thaddeus

Battle for Lviv. During the Lvov-Sandomierz operation, the troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front defeated Army Group Northern Ukraine. Our troops completed the liberation of the Ukrainian SSR, a significant part of Poland, reached the approaches to Czechoslovakia. Captured in the Sandomierz region, a vast

105 years ago, on July 28, 1914, the First World War began. Accusing Belgrade that the Serbs were behind the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia. Russia announced that it would not allow the occupation of Serbia and began mobilization. On August 1, Germany declared war on Russia. Nicholas II

Troubles. 1919 year. 100 years ago, in June-August 1919, the Eastern Front of the Red Army defeated Kolchak's army in the Urals. Soviet troops carried out a number of simultaneous successive operations to restore Soviet power in the Urals. This was a complete defeat of the Kolchakites. Finally lost

Troubles. 1919 year. Simultaneously with the Zlatoust operation of the 5th army, the 2nd and 3rd armies were attacking, striking in the general direction of Yekaterinburg. Two red armies had to solve a difficult task: to defeat the Siberian army, to liberate Perm and Yekaterinburg

75 years ago, in July-August 1944, the Red Army delivered the sixth "Stalinist" blow to the Wehrmacht. During the Lvov-Sandomierz operation, Soviet troops completed the liberation of Western Ukraine, threw the enemy back across the San and Vistula rivers, and created a powerful foothold in the area of the city of Sandomierz. Practically

Troubles. 1919 year. 100 years ago, on July 3, 1919, after the capture of Crimea and Donbass, Kharkov and Tsaritsyn, Denikin set the task of taking Moscow. On July 9, the Central Committee of Lenin's Communist Party put forward the slogan: "All for the fight against Denikin!" The red command is taking emergency measures to strengthen

Russian-Turkish war of 1828-1829 Constantinople-Constantinople was at the feet of the Russian army. The Turks had no more troops. Diebitsch scattered the Turks in Bulgaria, Paskevich - in the Caucasus. The Russian fleet could land troops in the Bosphorus. The Sultan pleaded for peace. Another 2-3 transitions, and Constantinople could become Russian. But

Russian-Turkish war of 1828-1829 190 years ago, in July 1829, the Trans-Balkan campaign of the Russian army under the command of General Diebitsch began. Russian troops unexpectedly overcame the Balkans for the enemy. The Russian army defeated the Turks in the battles at Aidos and Slivno. On August 8, Diebitsch's troops captured

Sven Felix Kellerhoff, a journalist and history editor for the major German newspaper Die Welt, published an article entitled "Victory" for the Red Army, which was in reality a defeat. " Referring to archival documents, the author wrote that the victories of the Red Army in the battle of Prokhorovka were not

310 years ago, on July 8, 1709, the Russian army under the command of Peter I defeated the Swedish army of Charles XII in the Battle of Poltava. The general battle of Poltava became a strategic turning point in the Northern War in Russia's favor. The "invincible" Swedish army was destroyed, Russian troops moved to

Troubles. 1919 year. 100 years ago, in May-July 1919, the Moscow campaign of Denikin's army began. By the beginning of June, the White Guards captured Donbass, on June 24 - they took Kharkov, on June 27 - Yekaterinoslav, on June 30 - Tsaritsyn. On July 3, 1919, Denikin signed a Moscow directive in which he set the task of taking

75 years ago, in June-August 1944, the Red Army carried out the Vyborg-Petrozavodsk operation. The troops of the Leningrad and Karelian fronts broke through the "Mannerheim line", inflicted a heavy defeat on the Finnish army, liberated Vyborg and Petrozavodsk, most of the Karelo-Finnish SSR. Finnish

100 years ago, on June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed, officially ending the First World War. The Versailles Treaty, predatory and humiliating in nature, could not establish a lasting peace in Europe. The treaty formed the basis of the Versailles-Washington system with

Russian-Turkish War of 1828-1829 190 years ago, in June 1829, the Russian army under the command of Paskevich inflicted a severe defeat on the Turks in the Caucasus. The Russian commander got ahead of the enemy, who was preparing to launch an offensive with the aim of taking revenge for the defeat during the 1828 campaign of the year. Russians

75 years ago, on July 3, 1944, during Operation Bagration, the Red Army liberated Minsk from the Nazis. The Belarusian operation (the so-called "Fifth Stalinist Blow") began on June 23 and lasted until August 29, 1944. Soviet troops inflicted a heavy defeat on the German Army Group Center

Georgia is dominated by the myth of the "Russian occupation" of Georgia. However, the historical truth is that the Georgian lands at the time of their annexation to Russia were under the threat of complete destruction by Turkey and Persia. The Georgian people were under constant threat of physical destruction

630 years ago, on June 15, 1389, the Battle of Kosovo took place. The decisive battle between the united army of Serbs and the Ottoman army. The battle was extremely fierce - the Ottoman Sultan Murad and the Serbian prince Lazar, most of the fighting soldiers, were killed in it. Serbia will become a vassal

Russian-Turkish War of 1828-1829 The Kulevchensk victory was of strategic importance. The best Turkish army was defeated, its remnants hid in Shumla. Diebitsch did not even use his main forces in the battle. This allowed the Russian commander-in-chief to begin a march through the Balkans almost immediately. Diebitsch

Russian-Turkish War of 1828-1829 190 years ago, in June 1829, the Russian Danube army under the command of Diebitsch defeated the Turkish troops in the Battle of Kulevcen. This victory decided the outcome of the siege of Silistria, the fortress capitulated. Thus, the Russian army opened the road through the Balkans to

Suvorov's Italian campaign. On June 6-8, 1799, a battle took place on the Trebbia River. The result was the complete defeat of MacDonald's French Neapolitan army. Kotzebue. "Battle of Trebbia" Plans of the parties. Disagreements between Suvorov and the Gofkriegsrat

During the three-day battle at Trebbia, Suvorov's miracle heroes destroyed MacDonald's Neapolitan army. After the defeat of the French, the Russian-Austrian troops opposed the Italian army of Moreau, but he managed to retreat to the Genoese Riviera. "Lure!" (Suvorov in the battle of Trebbia)

The Holy War On June 22, 1941, the Holy War began. Through prolonged "soft influence" and secret subversive work, the Anglo-American part of Western civilization was able to play off the two great nations for the second time: the Russians and the Germans. The Third Reich made a tragic mistake and was doomed

Troubles. 1919 year. 100 years ago, in June 1919, the Eastern Front of the Red Army defeated Kolchak's army in the Ufa direction and liberated Ufa. Soviet troops crossed the Belaya River, defeated the Volga and Ufa group of whites, creating conditions for the capture of the South Urals

Troubles. 1919 year. On April 6, 1919, Odessa, without meeting any resistance, was occupied by the detachments of Grigoriev. The ataman trumpeted about his "grandiose" victory over the Entente around the world: "I defeated the French, the victors of Germany …" It was the "finest hour" of the ataman. He was greeted as a triumphant, and Grigoriev

Troubles. 1919 year. For a short period of time, the fire of the uprising engulfed a huge region and it seemed that Grigoriev would become the master of the central part of Little Russia, the bloody dictator of Ukraine. However, there was neither a general uprising, nor a triumphant campaign against Kiev and Kharkov. Grigoriev gangs

Troubles. 1919 year. For a short period of time, Grigoriev felt like the sole owner of a huge area with the cities of Nikolaev, Kherson, Ochakov, Apostolovo and Alyoshka. Formally, the Kherson-Nikolaev region was part of the UPR, but Grigoriev was the real ruler-dictator there. Pan ataman felt himself

Troubles. 1919 year. 100 years ago, at the end of May 1919, a major uprising of Ataman Grigoriev was suppressed in Little Russia. Adventurer Nikifor Grigoriev dreamed of the glory of the leader of Ukraine and was ready to commit any crime for the sake of glory. He managed to become the main figure for two weeks in May

Troubles. 1919 year. Troubles in the Crimea took place no less "incendiary" than in Little Russia and Novorossiya. In particular, Crimea, like Little Russia, experienced a change of several "governments", which often had very formal power on the peninsula. "Krasnaya Oprichnina" The first to establish their power in Crimea

Troubles. 1919 year. By the spring of 1919, there were three main forces in the Crimea: the armed forces of the Entente; the white Crimean-Azov army under the command of General Borovsky; and the weak government of North Crimea, which did not have its own troops. In addition, on the peninsula there was a powerful red underground and partisan

Troubles. 1919 year. At the beginning of May 1919, on the Southern Front from Manych to the Sea of Azov, there was a turning point in favor of the Whites. The White Guards won important victories in the Donetsk sector and the Manych battle. In the camp of the Red Army, signs of decay were noted. A difficult situation was in the rear of the Reds

Troubles. 1919 year. 100 years ago, in May 1919, the offensive of the Armed Forces of the South of Russia (ARSUR) began with the aim of defeating the Southern Front of the Red Army. Denikin's army, repelling the offensive of the Red Army, itself began a counteroffensive on the front from the Caspian to the Sea of Azov, delivering the main blows to

300 years ago, in May 1719, a Russian squadron under the command of Captain 2nd Rank N.A. Senyavin defeated a detachment of Swedish ships in the area of Ezel Island. Russian trophies were the battleship "Vakhtmeister", the frigate "Karlskrona" and the brigantine "Berngardus". This was the first victory

The second front was opened 75 years ago. The allied forces of the USA, England and Canada landed in French Normandy. The Normandy operation is still the largest amphibious operation in the history of mankind - more than 3 million people took part in it. The Third Reich in Europe had to fight

Troubles. 1919 year. 100 years ago, in May 1919, the White Army launched an assault on Petrograd. Rodzianko's northern corps, with the support of Estonia and Great Britain, launched an offensive in the Narva-Pskov direction. Having a three-fold superiority in strength, White broke through the defense of the 7th Red Army and took Gdov on May 15

Troubles. 1919 year. In late May - early June 1919, the Northern Corps reached Ropsha, Gatchina and Luga. It took the Whites 10 days to establish their control over an area of 160 thousand square kilometers. However, White did not develop an offensive. There are several reasons for this

Troubles. 1919 year. In two weeks of fighting, the Red Army achieved impressive success. The enemy offensive towards the Volga was stopped. Khanzhin's western army suffered a heavy defeat. The Reds advanced 120-150 km and defeated the 3rd and 6th Ural, 2nd Ufa corps of the enemy. Strategic

Third Stalinist blow. Liberation of Crimea. 75 years ago, on May 5, 1944, the general offensive of Soviet troops began on the Sevastopol fortified area, which was defended by the 17th German army. The first to attack was the 2nd Guards Army in the northern sector. On May 7, a general assault began

The opening of the second front. In Russia, most people still walk in the illusion that the whole world considers us the winners in the Great War. In fact, the world has already rewritten the history of World War II. The West created their own myth about the world war. In this myth, the winners are the United Kingdom and the United States with their

80 years ago, in May-September 1939, Soviet troops defeated the Japanese army on the Khalkhin-Gol River in Mongolia. The defeat of the Japanese armed forces thwarted the plans of the masters of England and the United States to incite the Japanese Empire against the Soviet Union, again push the Russians and the Japanese together, realizing their strategic