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Mazepa gained confidence in Peter 1 and was highly respected by him. He provided serious support to the king in his military campaigns. He took part in both of Peter's campaigns to Azov. In February 1700, Peter 1 personally awarded Mazepa the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called No. 2 - “for many of his military labors
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Donetsk-Kryvyi Rih Soviet Republic In addition to the already mentioned Ukrainian People's Republic and the Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets, during this period there were other Soviet republics in Ukraine. One of them was the Donetsk-Kryvyi Rih Soviet Republic. Before the February Revolution in this
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Peace of Brest. Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets Ukrainian pseudo-statehood, represented by the Ukrainian People's Republic, proclaimed by a unilateral act, did not have any international recognition by other states, the borders of the republic were not defined and agreed with neighboring
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Ukrainian People's Republic The emergence of sham Ukrainian "states" and "Soviet republics" after the February Revolution in Russia and during the Civil War raises many questions. Did the population of the Southwestern Territory of Russia really strive for independence? Or was it all
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Directory. The West Ukrainian People's Republic The Directorate of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which came to power on December 14, 1919 after the overthrow of the Hetman of the Ukrainian State Skoropadsky, was headed by Vinnichenko, who was previously the chairman of the UNR government, the commander-in-chief of the army of the Directory became
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The Polish-Austrian stage in the advancement of Ukrainians began in 1863 and ended on the eve of the February Revolution, which provided Ukrainians with the opportunity to create their own state. After being defeated in the insurgency and losing support in Russia, the Poles decided to make Galicia the center
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The history of the emergence of the state of Ukraine and the Ukrainians raises many questions, especially in light of the attempts of certain representatives of the Ukrainian elites to lead the historiography of Ukraine from Kievan Rus or to consider themselves descendants of the ancient Sumerians (attempts are completely anecdotal)
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Five years have passed since the events of the “Russian spring” in the South-East. In this regard, I recalled one of the episodes of those turbulent events, just one day, containing so many events. He was associated with the organization and delivery on April 29, 2014 of the Kharkiv resistance of a cargo of humanitarian aid to the besieged
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The battle for Kharkov in the history of the Great Patriotic War occupies a separate tragic page. The Soviet leadership perfectly understood the strategic importance of Kharkov, which was forcedly surrendered to the Germans in October 1941, practically without a fight, and undertook four large-scale strategic operations to
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In Soviet and Russian historiography, the words "Vlasov" and "Vlasovites" are associated only with betrayal and treason, going over to the side of the enemy, and nothing else. In the political life of Ukraine recently, I had to endow the corrupt Party of Regions with the symbol of the "political Vlasovites", as
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For more than 70 years, the anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution was the main holiday of the Soviet Union. November 7, throughout the Soviet era, was the "red day of the calendar", that is, a public holiday marked by compulsory festive events
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As a result of the defeats of the Bryansk and Southern fronts and the impending threat of encirclement of the troops of the Southwestern Front on October 24, 1941, Kharkov was left without serious resistance. Soviet troops, conducting rearguard battles, retreated 60-150 km, gaining a foothold on the eastern bank of the Seversky Donets River
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In the previous material, the pages of the successful military career of General Vlasov were shown not in order to whitewash this traitor, but to show that he confidently moved up the career ladder and that there was not the slightest reason that could push the general on the path of treason. What finally pushed him to
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The second attempt to liberate Kharkov was made in May 1942. As a result of the Barvenkovo-Lozava operation, the Soviet command in January 1942 failed to liberate Kharkov, but south of Kharkov, on the western bank of the Seversky Donets River, a Barvenkovsky ledge was created with a depth of 90 km and
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The first two attempts to liberate Kharkov (January 1942 and May 1942) ended in failure and in the "Barvenkovo cauldron". After the defeat by the Germans at Stalingrad, the German troops rolled back to the west without offering serious resistance. In the euphoria of victories, the Soviet leadership decided that the German troops
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Tank battles between Soviet and German tankers in October 1941 near Mtsensk with the use of T-34 tanks, according to the German General Müller-Hillebrand, radically changed the tactics of the German tank forces. What influenced the opinion of the "invincible" German generals so much? Failures
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“The October Revolution cannot be considered only a revolution within the national framework. It is, first of all, a revolution of the international, world order. " Stalin Why did the Bolsheviks win? Because they gave Russian civilization and the people a new development project. They created a new reality that
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When and where the largest tank battle of the Great Patriotic War actually took place History both as a science and as a social instrument, alas, is subject to too much political influence. And it often happens that for some reason - most often ideological - some events
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Former colonel of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) Oleg Penkovsky is considered one of the most famous "moles" in the history of the special services. Through the efforts of Soviet and Western propaganda, he was elevated to the rank of a super-spy, allegedly playing a key role in preventing the third world war. As if
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On the evening of September 8, 1944, a powerful rumble was heard over the capital of Great Britain, which reminded many of a clap of thunder: it was in the London area of Cheswick that the first German V-2 rocket fell. The thunderous rumble that rang out over London that day announced to the whole world that
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On the first spring day of this year, at 17.49 UTC, an Atlas 5 booster roared off the launch pad from the SLC-3E launcher at United States Air Force Base Vandenberg in the roar of a Russian propulsion engine and solid propellant boosters. Under her head
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After such turbulent events as the annexation of Crimea to Russia, the hostilities in the southeast of Ukraine, the economic sanctions of the West against us, our country began to act more decisively. It seems that now is the right time to start work on the preparation of a bill on full coverage by Germany
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By the end of the 18th century, Polish lands were divided between Prussia and Austria. As a result of the Napoleonic wars, another redistribution of Poland took place, as a result of which, in 1815, a significant part of its territory became part of Russia. In the First World War one of the desired goals of the German
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In October 1942, a rocket created in Nazi Germany rose to a height that can be attributed to space. Its launch site is an army test site and research center located in Peenemünde, on the island of Usedom. Currently, the island is located
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78 years have passed since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, and people still talk about "people's commissar's hundred grams". The distribution of state-owned vodka to servicemen remained too deeply in the memory of the people. On August 22, 1941, the USSR State Defense Committee adopted the famous decree “On the introduction of vodka
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After three unsuccessful attempts to liberate Kharkov, in January and May 1942 and February 1943, following the defeat of the Germans at the Kursk Bulge in August 1943, the Belgorod-Kharkov operation ("Commander Rumyantsev") was carried out, which led to the final liberation of Kharkov. From the Soviet side
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On January 25, 1928, at night, under guard, Leon Trotsky was taken to Alma-Ata. At the end of 1927, the politician, whose name resounded throughout the world for more than ten years, suffered a crushing defeat and was expelled from the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks. Such a disappointing result for Trotsky was the result of a struggle that lasted for more than five years
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These days marks 80 years of events, the controversy about which does not subside to this day. We are talking about 1937, when massive political repression began in the country. In May of that fateful year, Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky and a number of high-ranking military personnel were arrested, accused of "military-fascist
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Today, our country marks the jubilee date of the epic battle that changed the course of World War II - the 75th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Stalingrad. "Uranus" is the codename of the defensive (July 17 - November 18, 1942) and offensive (November 19, 1942 - February 2, 1943) operations
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Marshal Rodolfo Graziani, who was at the origins of the creation of the army of the Italian Social Republic, proposed forming twenty-five divisions in its composition, including five tank divisions. However, life made its own adjustments to these plans - the Germans, under whose complete control the Italian
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The Battle of Stalingrad, which began on July 17, 1942, ended on February 2, 1943 with the defeat and capture of the troops of the 6th German army. For the first time, the Wehrmacht suffered losses of this magnitude. The captive commander of the 376th Infantry Division, Lieutenant General A. von Daniel, assessed the actions of the Soviet troops as follows: “Operation
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Stefan Iosifovich Mrochkovsky occupies a special place among the outstanding illegal scouts. He carried out a very important project to create an international financial structure that was engaged in obtaining foreign exchange funds necessary to ensure the activities of foreign structures of strategic
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The situation when real heroes are left without military awards or are awarded very modestly, and persons close to their bosses and material values are hung with decorations and medals like a Christmas tree with toys, probably as eternal as the war itself. It is no coincidence that a bitter joke was born in the tsarist army: “For
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On June 20, 1918, in Petrograd, an unknown person, as initially reported by the newspapers, killed V. Volodarsky (Moisey Markovich Goldstein), Commissar for the Press of the Northern Commune. The murder took place at about 20.30 on the Shlisselburg highway, near a lonely chapel, not far from Porcelain
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I ask the students the question: "How many Victory Parades were there in 1945?" Traditionally, I get the answer: "One - June 24, 1945 in Moscow." We have to correct every time: the Victory Parade was also held on September 16, 1945 in Harbin, and was commanded by Afanasy Beloborodov. With this he entered the history of the Second
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During the defense of Port Arthur, the general for the first time in the Russian army used fire from closed positions Vasily Fedorovich Bely, a famous Russian military leader, was born on January 19 (31), 1854 in Yekaterinodar, in the family of a Cossack descended from the Zaporozhye Shcherbinovsky kuren family
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The Russian attack on May 15, 1877 On January 26, 1878, the mine boats Chesma and Sinop sank an enemy steamer for the first time in history with torpedoes. The development of the first combat torpedoes belongs to the Englishman Robert Whitehead, they were even officially called "Whitehead mines." But the honor of the first successful
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Exactly 70 years ago, Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi, a man named among the main idols of the 20th century and the most important leaders of the first half, was killed by a terrorist. However, as a politician, Gandhi is clearly over-praised, and as a leader, he is idealized. And the fact that nonviolent resistance has not yet won
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In February 1943, servicemen with shoulder straps first appeared on the streets of Soviet cities. It looked so unusual and even strange that many people could not believe their eyes. Still, after all, until now, for a quarter of a century, more precisely, for 26 years it was believed that shoulder straps were the first and main symbol
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General Nikolai Mikhnevich, a prominent Russian military theorist at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries, who made a significant contribution to the theory of coalition wars, wrote: “These wars are characterized by mistrust, envy, intrigue