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Aerial view of the burning Japanese city of Hiroshima after the atomic bombing 75 years ago, on August 6, 1945, the Americans dropped a 20-kiloton bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion killed 70 thousand people, another 60 thousand died from wounds, burns and radiation sickness. August 9, 1945

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Polish-Ukrainian troops enter Kiev. Khreshchatyk, 1920 100 years ago, in April 1920, the Polish army launched an offensive. The Polish army, with the support of the Petliurites, occupied the Right-Bank Ukraine and captured Kiev. General Situation In the early spring of 1920, it seemed that Soviet Russia

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A crew of a 122-mm M-30 howitzer is firing at the enemy in one of the streets of Vienna Agony of the Third Reich. 75 years ago, on April 13, 1945, Soviet troops took Vienna. It was the victorious finale of the Vienna Offensive. During the Vienna Offensive, the Red Army liberated the eastern part of the

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"Suvorov's crossing over the Alps". Painting by Vasily Surikov, painted in 1899, Russia's attempts to interfere in European affairs did not bring anything good to the Russians. No matter what coalition we find ourselves in, whoever we fought with, in the end the West won, and we suffered losses

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Drawing of a cadet-Alekseev, which depicts a squadron of Wrangel's Russian army in June 1920. White aviation played an important role in the outcome of the operation to defeat the cavalry group of the Redneck

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Reagan and Gorbachev sign the INF Treaty in the East Room of the White House. December 1987The disintegration of the USSR was prepared by the "democrats" and nationalists. Their ideology was based on anti-communism, Westernism and Russophobia. "Modernization" of public authorities After the glasnost program (revolution

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Russian poster of the beginning of the war "Let's sit by the sea, wait for the weather" The use of the "Russian penal battalion" reached its apotheosis at the beginning of the 20th century. Then participation in other people's games led the Russian Empire to a terrible collapse. It all started with a "small victorious war" with Japan. Alexander

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Polish volunteer death squadron in Lviv 100 years ago, on July 23, 1920, the Lvov operation began: the offensive of the Soviet South-Western Front with the aim of defeating the Lviv group of the Polish army and liberating Western Ukraine. To Lviv! Mistake of the Soviet Supreme

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Battle of Grengam. Artist F. Perrault. 1841 300 years ago, the Russian rowing fleet defeated a Swedish squadron on the Baltic Sea near Grengam Island. This was the last major battle of the Northern War. Campaign of 1720 The campaign of 1720 began with a victory. In January, a Russian detachment consisting of

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Ruins of Fellin Castle 460 years ago, the Russian army destroyed the Livonian detachment in the battle of Ermes. This was the last fairly large field battle of the war between the Russian kingdom and Livonia. The Order lost its combat-ready forces. Spring-Summer Campaign 1560 After the capture of Marienburg, the main forces of the Russian

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Castle Lais On December 17, 1599, the Livonians launched a new assault on Lais, but suffered a severe setback. A shower of arrows, cannon balls and bullets fell on the assault columns, our gunners shot down two enemy guns. Order bollards and mercenaries, in orderly ranks marching into the attack, halved, rolled back in disarray

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Russian troops are fighting in Beijing 120 years ago, Russian troops were the first to break into Beijing. The fall of the Chinese capital predetermined the defeat of the uprising of the ihetuan ("boxers"). As a result, the Chinese Empire fell into an even greater political and economic dependence on foreign

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A British-made White Guard tank, captured by the soldiers of the 51st Infantry Division near Kakhovka, Slashchev and Barbovich stopped the enemy and threw them back to the Dnieper. However, here the whites ran into the powerful Kakhovsky fortified area, occupied by fresh units of the Blucher division. Wire

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Polish infantry during the Battle of Warsaw. August 1920 While the Polish army had grown stronger and stronger by the time of the decisive battle on the Vistula, Tukhachevsky's troops were weakened. They suffered heavy losses, were tired of incessant battles, the rear fell behind by 200-400 km, which disrupted the supply

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One of the most prominent cavalry commanders of the White Army, Sergei Georgievich Ulagai, on August 14, 1920, at night, the Ulagai group captured Akhtari. On August 17, west of Novorossiysk, a detachment of Cherepov was landed. On August 18, Ulagai's troops took Timashevskaya, on the right flank Shifner-Markevich captured Grivenskaya

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Part of the Kursk nuclear submarine as a monument to submariners who died in peacetime in Murmansk 20 years ago, one of the largest disasters in the history of the Russian fleet took place. On August 12, 2000, the nuclear-powered submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea after an explosion on board. The whole crew, 118 people

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Polish positions. August 1920 100 years ago the "Miracle on the Vistula" happened. Pilsudski was able to defeat Tukhachevsky's armies. The Polish command, with the support of the West, was able to secretly concentrate the strike group (110 thousand people). On August 14, 1920, the Polish army launched a counteroffensive. During

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Pierre-Denis Martin. "Battle of Poltava" 320 years ago, Russia entered the Northern War. The Swedish envoy in Moscow was arrested, and a decree was issued to arrest all Swedish goods in favor of the Russian treasury. As a reason for declaring war, "lies and insults" were indicated. The need for a breakthrough to

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Polish cavalry on the attack 100 years ago, one of the largest cavalry battles of the 20th century took place. The Battle of Komarov ended with a heavy defeat of the 1st Cavalry Army of Budyonny

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A. Blinkov. Battle of Cape Tendra. 1955 230 years ago, a Russian squadron under the command of Ushakov defeated the Turkish fleet at Cape Tendra. This victory broke the blockade of the Russian Danube flotilla by the Turks and created the conditions for the victory of the Russian armed forces on the Danube. General situation In 1787 Turkey

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100 years ago, the Red Army carried out a lightning-fast Bukhara operation. Soviet troops under the command of Frunze took Bukhara by storm and liquidated the Bukhara Emirate. On September 2, Frunze sent a telegram to Lenin, which said: “The Old Bukhara fortress was taken by storm today by united efforts

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Italian infantrymen march through the desert in British Somalia. Soldiers on the far right and left are armed with 6,5-mm machine guns "Breda 30". 1940 Having achieved some success in East Africa, the Italians decided to launch an offensive in North Africa, to capture the main base of the British fleet on

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Italian tanks M11 / 39 in positions at Sidi Barrani. September 17, 1940 80 years ago, Italy conducted a strategic military operation to capture Egypt. Despite a significant advantage in forces, the Italian troops proved to be unsatisfactory, were unable to suppress the British and capture

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September 3 marks the Day of Military Glory of Russia - the Day of the end of the Second World War. The corresponding decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in April 2020

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Vladimirov I. A. “Capture of tanks near Kakhovka”. 1927 The assault on the Kakhovsky bridgehead lasted five days and nights. Soviet artillery met the White Guards with deadly fire. Multi-row wire barriers had to be cut with bayonets. Attempts to break through the defenses of the Red Army using tanks

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Wrangel is still alive, finish him off without mercy. Artist D. S. Moor (Orlov). 1920 Under the conditions of defeat on the Polish front, large-scale insurgent, peasant and bandit uprisings throughout Russia (Caucasus, Ukraine, Central Russia, Volga, Siberia and Turkestan), the breakthrough of the Wrangelites from the Tavria region to

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G.F. Gorshkov. "The battle of the ships of the Azov military flotilla with the ships of Wrangel at the Obitochnaya Spit" 100 years ago, in September 1920, the last offensive of the Russian army of Wrangel began. The White Guards again defeated the 13th Soviet Army, captured Berdyansk, Mariupol and Aleksandrovsk and

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M. M. Ivanov. View of the fortress in Bender (1790) 250 years ago, on September 16, 1770, after a two-month siege, Russian troops under the command of Count Panin stormed the Turkish fortress of Bender. The Turkish garrison was destroyed: about 5 thousand people were killed, the rest were taken prisoner. It was one of

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Battle of the Neman. Fragment of the painting by V. Kossak The Western Front lost the battle for Grodno and Volkovysk. This was mainly due to the mistakes of the command and poor intelligence. The enemy's strategic operation was overslept, since Tukhachevsky still dreamed of a "red Warsaw". Battles on the Lithuanian border

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Svyatoslav Igorevich. The sculptural image by Eugene Lansere 1050 years ago, the great Russian prince Svyatoslav Igorevich defeated the Byzantine army in the Balkans. Panic broke out in Constantinople: “Rus is striving fully armed against us, the peoples of Scythia have risen to war.”

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"Prince Svyatoslav". Artist Vladimir Kireev Greek chroniclers lie that Svyatoslav was defeated. That the Romans surrounded and destroyed the army of the Rus, having lost only 55 (!) People, killed thousands of "Scythians". According to the Russian chronicle, Svyatoslav won a victory and continued his attack on Constantinople. Second

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Polish cavalry 100 years ago, in September 1920, Polish troops again defeated the armies of the Western Front under the command of Tukhachevsky. The dream of a "red Warsaw" had to be abandoned. Moscow abandoned the initial demands on Warsaw and went to a "bawdy" peace, yielding to the Poles

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Soldiers stand over the remains of genocide victims who were burned alive by the Turks in the Armenian village of Sheikhalan in the Mush Valley. Caucasian Front during the First World War. Western Armenia 100 years ago, the Turkish army invaded Armenia. The war was caused, on the one hand, by a historical conflict between

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Prisoners of the Red Army 100 years ago, Polish troops defeated the 3rd Soviet Army in Belarus. On September 28-29, Soviet troops tried to recapture Lida. The assault followed the assault. As a result, Lazarevich's army suffered a complete defeat. Thousands of Red Army soldiers were killed, wounded or captured. Bloody

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Sagittarius. Fragment of S. Ivanov's painting “Tsar. XVI century. " (1902) 470 years ago, on October 1, 1550, Tsar Ivan the Terrible laid the foundations of the Russian regular army. On this day, the Russian sovereign issued a Sentence (Decree) "On the placement in Moscow and surrounding districts of a selected thousand of service people." In that

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Cromwell reads a letter found in Charles I's wagon train after the Battle of Nesby. Painting by Charles Landseer History of Russia XVI-XVII centuries. in Europe it is considered bloody. Indeed, this time was marked by Ivan the Terrible's oprichnina, Troubles, Razin's war, various riots. However, when compared with Western

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General Leonard Skersky awards the officers of the 10th Reconnaissance Squadron with the Order. 1920 100 years ago Pilsudski defeated Tukhachevsky's troops on the Shchara River. Polish troops completed the defeat of the Western Front of the Red Army, which led to the defeat of Soviet Russia in the war with Poland. Development

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Ararat regiment is heading to the front. 1920 Armenia counted on the support of the Entente, primarily the United States. President Wilson invited Erivani to oppose Kemalist Turkey, promising aid. Armenia was promised to include all historical lands in its composition. Armenian leadership this bait

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Blessing of Sergius. Pavel Ryzhenko670 years ago, the Grand Duke of Moscow and Vladimir Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy was born. The collector of the Russian lands, the pacifier of Tver, the winner of the Mamai Horde and the creator of the white-stone Moscow Kremlin

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Battle of the Vozha. The obverse annalistic collection On August 11, 1378, the battle on the Vozha River took place. The Horde cavalry pressed to the river was almost completely destroyed: "And our soldiers drove them away, and they beat the Tatars, and flogged, stabbed, cut in two, many Tatars were killed, and others drowned in the river." All temniki