History 2024, November

The outbreak of the Cold War and the arms race contributed to the rapid development of rocketry in the USSR. If in the early 50s we still continued to release the R-1 rocket, essentially an improved version of the V-2, then on October 4, 1957, a powerful multistage rocket launched into orbit

In the winter of 1918, he saved the Baltic Fleet. Withdrew from the ports of Revel and Helsingfors 236 warships, including 6 battleships, 5 cruisers and 54 destroyers, from under the nose of the rapidly advancing Germans and took them through the ice to Kronstadt. The "reward" for the feat was unexpected - by personal order

On March 25, 1984, sensational news spread around the world - a Soviet nuclear submarine surfaced in the center of the US Navy's carrier strike group and … … rammed the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. The events unfolded as follows. In early March, an aircraft carrier strike group (AUG) of the US Navy entered the Sea of Japan

According to the writings of modern Chechen-Ingush chroniclers, their fellow tribesmen were the most loyal servants of the sovereign-emperor, to the last drop of blood they fought for a white cause and at the same time played a role in the victory of the Bolsheviks. In fact, the main achievements of the predecessors of Dudaev and Basaev, as well as

90 years ago - November 22, 1920 - several thousand Russians were thrown onto the bare coast near the small dilapidated Greek town of Gallipoli. The shipwreck that caused such a large number of Robinsons and Fridays should be called

He is called "the last great Frenchman", in his historical role in the 20th century he is certainly compared with Churchill and Roosevelt. After living a long eighty year life, he really deserves these reviews. Charles de Gaulle became for the citizens of his country a symbol of patriotism, the fight against Nazism

Expert on Korea Konstantin Asmolov: “In the minds of several generations who survived the war, the psychological orientation to confrontation remained.” The largest military incident between the DPRK and the Republic of Korea in the past half century recalled that the war on the Korean Peninsula is still not over. Truce

The destruction of the city of Damur is just one of the links in the genocide of Christians in Lebanon, carried out by local Muslims and Druze, who were later joined by newcomer Palestinian Arabs, and then pro-Iranian Shiites. Citizens of the USSR could not find out about this from the Soviet press, their country supported

70 years ago, the Allied Expeditionary Force was ready to land in the Russian North. If the Western powers had been able to fulfill their plans, the Second World War would have developed differently. The Anglo-French invasion of the Soviet Arctic was prevented only by the fact that Finland, under the pretext of

As before, disputes over the question of why the colossal military catastrophe that happened to our country on June 22, 1941 and brought innumerable calamities to our people became possible. It would seem that the Soviet leadership before the war did everything possible and even impossible to

“With the help of skillful propaganda, one can imagine even the most miserable life as paradise and, conversely, paint the most prosperous life with the blackest colors” - this is how Hitler wrote in his work “Mein Kampf.” Propaganda was the basis of the existence of the Third Reich, precisely thanks to skillful and skillful propaganda

Before my second trip to Afghanistan in 1986, "grandfather" Starinov * * Professor Ilya Grigorievich Starinov - born in 1900, veteran of four wars, legendary saboteur, "grandfather" of Soviet special forces showed me a Yugoslav magazine with an article about the underground war in Vietnam. Immediately flashed

Today on the BBC Russian Service website there was a note with the recollections of the British singer James Blunt, who served in Kosovo in 1999. He was in charge of the British military unit in Pristina at the moment when the Pristina airfield was suddenly captured by a battalion of our

This story was written from the words of a man who was in Angola and experienced it all. That is to say, the look of a soldier from the trench. He told this in 2005, 30 years later. The alarm, the "Balancer" signal, sounded at 5 am. Hearing this prearranged signal, my heart skipped a beat, is it really a war! "Balancer" sounded only on

Today, November 15, marks 22 years since the first and only flight of our reusable transport spacecraft "Buran". As well as the second and last flight of the Energia super-heavy launch vehicle. Regular readers know that this event cannot pass by my

■ FRENCH PEPPERBOX-STYLE OF THE XIX CENTURY from the collection of the Tula Museum. The scheme of the pepperbox made it possible to "surround" any round or polyhedral tube with trunks. A man has always dreamed of killing two birds with one stone. Better not two, but twenty at once. Therefore, hand-held small arms

A commentary about the excellent Abrams tank is circulating across the open spaces of the Runet. Read it and you will like it!))) Abrams (M1 Abrams) - an iron American battle tin can chariot to prepare people of non-Indos nationality for the program of democracy implementation, developed by the central kagal ZOG for

And 153 “There was an interweaving of two approaches in our and the German Air Force - rationalism and ostentation,” notes Dobrovolsky. - And yet - the different price of life on the scales of history. The Germans took care of their soldier. Ours about such categories - a lone soldier - did not really care. And more recently, a monument was erected

Before this legendary battle, Hitler's armies were still advancing. After her there was nothing but retreat and final defeat. November 11, 1942, Adolf Hitler was at his residence Berchtesgaden, in the mountains of Bavaria. There he celebrated with his closest entourage the capture of Stalingrad and

Ninety-two years ago, on November 11, 1918, at five o'clock in the morning local time, a truce was concluded between the Entente countries and Germany in the Compiegne forest. Germany's allies - Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary - surrendered even earlier. World War I

To the hero of the anti-fascist resistance, Georg Elser, a 17-meter monument will be erected in Berlin. Adolf Hitler was distinguished by constancy in his habits. Every year on November 8, he came to Munich and visited a pub called Brgerbrukeller, from where in 1923 the famous

Despite the fact that in the first days of the Second World War, the Red Army suffered huge losses and mostly retreated, there is, albeit scanty information about the use of captured, captured, German equipment by some units of the Soviet troops, in particular tanks. For example in various articles and publications

Rafael Zakirov, a member of the Academy of Military Sciences, a retired colonel, tells about the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Cristobal

The true history of the Soviet naval anchorage at Socotra Discussions about Moscow's plans to acquire naval bases outside the country have been replenished with one more - today we allegedly show interest not only in the Syrian port of Tartus, but also in the Yemeni island of Socotra. In Russia only about Socotra

The Fuhrer felt that precious time slipped away from him like sand between his fingers. Moscow was Barbarossa's most important target. However, the resistance of the Red Army forced to forget about it for a while and focus on the flanks of the Soviet-German front. Even in the midst of the battle for Kiev into the light

The life of a paratrooper hangs on 28 slings. - Those who did not jump with a parachute are called MABUTA. - A paratrooper's point in flight can bite through barbed wire. - A woman can give birth to a child, a paratrooper can give birth to EVERYTHING. - Death is not so terrible as 800 meters to her. .- If the parachute did not open, then you

This year has brought us quite a few losses. In the summer, we were shocked by the tragic death of 52-year-old Major General Yuri Ivanov, deputy chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the General Staff. October began no less tragically. General, former head of the Intelligence Directorate of the High Command of Internal

Chechnya was returned to a peaceful life before it was recaptured. From morning to evening, a "political process" is underway in the republic; candidates for the presidency have already appeared. And with the onset of dusk and before the first rays of the sun, here, as before, there is a war. Politicians' words have nothing to do with action

At the end of February last year, many media outlets reported a collision in orbit between American and Russian satellites. The Americans were unlucky, because their satellite was operational, but ours was not. On ORT, information about this event was presented as follows: the satellites moved to meet each other

Israel is shrouded in myths, most of which in practice turn out to be ridiculous misunderstandings. One of the myths depicts the Israeli military as wise and fearless heroes, behind whom the people feel like they are behind a stone wall. 19-year-old declassified archives shedding light on the first

The second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century are characterized by a large number of local wars and armed conflicts, in which air defense means were widely used. Moreover, the contribution of air defense units to the victory of any of the parties, as a rule, was not only tactical, but also

The famous "Big Bertha" Usually one has only to start talking in the company of "techies" about super-large guns, someone will certainly remember: - Ah, "Big Bertha"! She fired at Paris … But, according to Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor V. G. Malikov, there are at least two mistakes in this judgment

The article was published on February 24, 1938 Poland, Warsaw, February 23 The alliance of Germany and Poland against Russia began to take shape today, when Field Marshal of Germany Hermann Wilhelm Goering was having lunch at the Warsaw castle. With him were the President of Poland Ignacy Mosticki, Field Marshal

I'll tell you briefly. Believe it or not, as a former resident of Grozny, I know the history of my land quite well. Damn, at least do the FAQ. By the way, I warn you in advance that I am setting it all down to the impossibility of being soft, correct and tactful. Actually, you need to talk about it

After World War II, our army took part in wars in more than 20 countries of the world, having lost 18 thousand people. The names of the heroes are still a mystery. More than 30 thousand Soviet soldiers passed through the Middle East alone. People served in extremely difficult conditions, according to eyewitnesses - sometimes just hellish

On October 26, 1960, in the central newspapers of the USSR, a message appeared about the death of the Commander-in-Chief of the Rocket Forces of the Chief Marshal of Artillery Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin in a plane crash. Everything about him was true, except for one thing: the disaster was a missile. In the late 1950s, the United States put on

The first thing that caught the eye of the archaeologists upon entering the front chamber was the plaster, which turned out to be in excellent condition. On the floor, you could see many remnants of wood furniture. The front camera turned out to be incredibly large and, moreover, was literally strewn with various

The Russian nuclear industry celebrates 70 years. It counts its official history from the Decree of the State Defense Committee No. 9887ss / op "On the Special Committee under the GKOK" dated August 20, 1945, but Russia came to the approaches to the atomic problem much earlier - even if it had

The Soviet cipher conducted meetings with American intelligence officers in the Moskva pool. Betrayal in the form of treason has existed since the community of people turned into a state and espionage is followed by foot to foot, shoulder to shoulder. There are countless examples in the history of earthly civilization

Paradise The magnolia flower is flawless. Refined and austere, snow-white, modest - without the bright multicolor characteristic of the subtropics, full of purity and dignity. Such a flower is only worthy of a bride. Abkhazian bride, of course! Do you know the Abkhaz wedding - when a thousand people are related and