History 2024, November

Despite the fact that Generalissimo Francisco Baamonde Franco died in 1975, and a gradual democratization of the political regime began in Spain, those opposition forces that, even during Franco's reign, embarked on the path of revolutionary struggle against the fascist government and recognized the armed

The officers received the Order of the Red Star for Mozambique posthumously About the war in Angola in recent years, more has become known - the secrecy label has been removed from the documents, the memoirs of veterans, not only Soviet ones, but also of the enemy, have appeared. Operations that only a few previously knew about were made public. But

On May 3, 1113, Vladimir Vsevolodovich Monomakh (1053-19 May 1125), one of the most prominent statesmen and generals of ancient Russia, ascended the Kiev throne. The path to supreme power in Russia was long, Vladimir was 60 years old when he became the Grand Duke. To that

Oddly enough, in historiography there is no generalizing information either about the funds allocated for the rearmament of the Russian army and navy on the eve of the Russo-Japanese and World War I, or about the impact of these expenses on the economic, cultural and social development of Russia. Meanwhile militarism in a fatal way

Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin is an example of a rare type of Russian artist who devoted his life to the battle painting genre. This is not surprising, since Vereshchagin's whole life is inextricably linked with the Russian army. Ordinary people know Vereshchagin primarily as the author of the amazing

Probably, few people can remember this day now. Two years ago, in mid-January 2014, or rather, on the 16th, it was announced that Russian troops would no longer use footcloths, completely switching over to wearing socks. This is the third major attempt to get rid of

The beginning of the fifties of the twentieth century was marked by the largest and most bloody conflict after the Second World War, the war in Korea, between the communist North and the pro-American South, in which the interests of the two superpowers, the USSR and the United States, were affected. In this war, long considered

The enemy thinks that we are morally weak. Behind him, both the forest and the cities were burned. You better chop wood for coffins - Penal battalions are going to break through! Vladimir Vysotsky's song "Penal Battalions" was written in 1964. The poet was the first to talk about penalties at the top of his voice. Official prohibition on disclosure

What the USSR received from the Western allies in 1941-1945 What is lend-lease? This is a form of interstate relations, meaning a system of transferring on loan or lease of military equipment, weapons, ammunition, strategic raw materials, food, various goods and services

It has been 15 years since an agreement was signed in the not-famous American town of Dayton, which put an end to one of the phases of the Balkan crisis. It was called "On a Ceasefire, Separation of Warring Parties and Separation of Territories" and is officially considered a document

The hostilities began in November 1914, after the Ottoman Empire attacked the Russian Empire, and lasted until March 1918, when the Brest Peace Treaty was signed. This was the last major military conflict between Russia and Turkey. And it ended for both empires (Russian and

In the current situation, when the "Katyn Song" about how cruelly the USSR was guilty before Poland, turning it from a German governor-general into a state and allowing the Poles to settle in East German lands has reached, it seems, the maximum possible volume, one can recall others

The chronicle of the Caucasian wars contains many examples of how the servicemen of the Russian imperial army, people brave, full of determination and strong in spirit, sometimes performed such amazing deeds in the course of hostilities that to this day they amaze the human imagination. The largest number

During the reign of Emperor Alexander II in 1855-1857. in Russia, a serious heraldic reform was carried out. By his order, the Heraldry Department of the Senate was established specifically to work on the coats of arms in the Heraldry Department of the Senate, which was headed by Baron Boris Kene. He developed a whole system of Russian

On March 15, 1942, at one of the meetings in Berlin, Adolf Hitler announced that by the summer of this year the Russian campaign would be successfully completed by Germany. “We will dismember Russia and force her to kneel,” the Fuhrer announced as if chopping the air with his palms. - The border will be in the Urals! He hoped for success

Why, despite all efforts to convince people, Stalin's popularity is only growing? Before a serious visit to Poland, Dmitry Medvedev again - and somewhat irritated - recalled the current political statement: "The people won the war, not Stalin." But in response, there are some tricks on the Internet, and

It should be noted that in 1240, at the same time as the Swedish invasion, the invasion of the Novgorod-Pskov lands by the knights of the Teutonic Order began. Taking advantage of the distraction of the Russian army to fight the Swedes, in 1240 they captured the cities of Izborsk and Pskov and began to advance towards Novgorod

Recently, more and more publications have appeared on the Soviet shipbuilding programs of the thirties and forties. The projects of domestic aircraft carriers were also not ignored, however, apart from general phrases on this topic, nothing specific was reported in the periodicals. The fact is that practically

In a few months, the world will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Montreux Convention, which defined the status of the Black Sea straits of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles. The Montreux Convention is almost the only international treaty that has existed without amendments all this time. However, since 1991 Turkey has been trying to

Diamonds for the order, made of pure platinum, were taken from the royal treasury, but the rubies turned out to be synthetic.This was the highest award in the USSR, intended only for the supreme military leaders. But Stalin who ordered it to be created did not suspect that the Moscow jeweler Ivan Kazennov, a master of the highest

Preparing the material for the next lesson in 11 classes on life safety, but to diversify the material, I decided to follow the progress of changing the text of the military oath in Russia since the beginning of the century. Oath in the Russian Imperial Army "I, the one named below, promise and swear by Almighty God, before His Holy One

About the book by A. I. Denikin "Essays on Russian Troubles" There are stages in the history of countries that one can be proud of, there are stages that one can regret. The events that took place in Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century are like St. Bartholomew's Night in France. The Civil War is a critical period in Russian history, when

On various Internet sites, you can find many German photographs of destroyed and captured Soviet military equipment, both tanks and guns, and aircraft, captured on film during the Second World War, and then scanned and posted “on the net”. Among them, perhaps the most interesting

It is known that the Japanese discovered the squadron of Vice Admiral Zinovy Petrovich Rozhdestvensky with the help of a balloon lifted from one of the ships of the Japanese squadron. This was one of the main reasons for the death of the Russian squadron. Why Russian ships could not use balloons for detection

I am recording from the words of my 90-year-old grandmother Alexandra Samoylenko. We are sitting in the kitchen in her apartment in the city of Lviv, drinking tea and talking about life. We say that a person should maintain his dignity not only for himself, but also for the sake of his children and all their descendants, so that they can later

"… Here is a fascist poster from the Second World War … Does it remind you of anything? .." Instantly reminds documentary photographs of Nazi executions. I watched a lot of archival "trophy" German photos and newsreels. And everyone who knows the topic of German executions, once looking at the poster instantly

The name of the Russian traveler and naturalist N.M. Przhevalsky, who made an invaluable contribution to the study of the geography of Central Asia, is known to every educated person. At the same time, few people know that all Przewalski's research expeditions were carried out by order of the Ministry of War

Actually, the visit of British Prime Minister David Cameron to Afghanistan on December 6 would not have attracted much attention. It seems that such "unannounced" visits by top officials of states whose military contingents are located in this country are becoming the norm, which is not surprising. Everyone is interested in what is in

December 7 marks 69 years since Japanese forces attacked the US naval base at Pearl Narbor. In connection with this event, several conspiracy theories appeared, claiming that the US administration knew in advance about the plans of the Japanese, but did not take any action

133 years ago, November 28, Art. style (December 11, new style) in 1877, the siege of the Plevna fortress ended with the victory of Russian arms. The battles for this fortress, which the Turkish troops under the command of Marshal Osman Pasha held for almost five months, became the culmination point of the Russian-Turkish war of 1877–78

The great empire of the USSR quietly disappeared and was wiped off the map under the tacit consent of the masses of the lower classes and the rapid repainting of the upper classes. Probably, this is how great states or, as they say now, empires have always collapsed. And only some organisms of a no longer existing system continued

The theme of the history of the Second World War is multifaceted; many books, articles, memoirs and memoirs have been written on this topic. But for a long time, under the influence of ideology, these topics were covered mainly from a political, patriotic or general military point of view, the role of each individual soldier was paid very little

Vasily Sergeevich Oshchepkov is rightfully considered one of the founders of the Russian school of martial arts. It was this man who took the first steps to popularize judo in Russia, and was also one of the ideologues of the creation of the most famous Russian type of martial arts - Sambo

69 years ago, on December 5, 1941, the Soviet counter-offensive began near Moscow. This was the beginning of the first strategic offensive of our army in the Great Patriotic War, its first major victory. For the invading enemy, the Germans and their allies, the battle near Moscow was not easy

On December 4, we must pay tribute to the memory of the Red Army soldiers who were tortured, humiliated, executed, and also deliberately killed by hunger and disease in Polish captivity in 1921-1922. With such a noteworthy and public support initiative, the blogger of “Zhivoy

An important event took place in South Korea related to the military history of Russia. During the November visit to this country of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the flag of the legendary Russian cruiser Varyag was handed over to him in a solemn atmosphere. The ceremony took place in Seoul at the Russian embassy. Flag with

You can now get to the islands of the Moonsund archipelago through any of the Baltic republics, since there are no borders between them and a visa to any of the three states allows you to safely move throughout the Baltic. There is a ferry service in the small village of Virtsu on the Estonian coast

His name is probably the most famous Russian name in the whole world: Kalashnikov. Presumably, from 60 to 80 million Kalashnikovs - no one knows the exact number - are in circulation. The man who, by creating the AK-47 assault rifle, practically became synonymous with mass shooting and assassination

For a long time I didn’t understand: why “White Finns”? Due to heavy snowfall? However, there was still a point in the propaganda cliché. In 1917, taking advantage of the general turmoil, the Suomi Senate led the "parade of sovereignties" and thus lit the fuse for the civil war in the Land of a Thousand Lakes. In spite of

On a sunny day on July 3, 1941, a Soviet tank slowly entered the city of Minsk, having been captured by the Nazis for a week. Lonely, already frightened by the Germans, passers-by hurriedly huddled up to the houses - a huge three-turret armored vehicle crawled along the streets of the city, bent with four machine guns