History 2024, November
The army that recently defeated Frederick the Great, victoriously beating the Turks and Swedes, yielded to the polar aborigines with bows and spears. The Polar Clash The Russian-Chukchi War (more precisely, a series of wars) lasted, according to some estimates, more than 150 years and ended for us generally ingloriously. True, something
During the Stalinist leadership, for 30 years, an agrarian, impoverished country dependent on foreign capital has turned into a powerful military-industrial power on a world scale, into the center of a new socialist civilization. The poor and illiterate population of tsarist Russia turned into one of the
The full names of various countries are sometimes quite unusual. For example, Bolivia is officially called the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Mauritania and Iran emphasize that they are not simple republics, but Islamic. The Republic of Macedonia added "Former Yugoslavia" to its name - so as not to
Nowadays, the functions of the press and television, in general, are narrowed down to a minimum: the majority of mass media representatives are allowed to report only "jaundice", "crap" and whatever their founders want. The fact remains: in the information age, the media of this very information can mainly only
The first time the bomb did not reach Nadezhda Baydachenko was in June 41st that day (Either the 22nd or 23rd June, since Nadezhda Baydachenko clearly remembers that on the 24th, together with other students, she left to help the villagers in the harvest, from where they were later sent digging trenches. Returned to Stalino only in the first
Many Georgians defended the USSR with weapons in their hands, 136 of them were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Many soldiers from Georgia were in the units that landed in Kerch at the end of 1941. In 1942, Georgian national divisions were created, which took part in the battles for the Crimea. May 1942
30 years ago, on December 20, 1984, one of the most famous USSR defense ministers, Marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitry Fedorovich Ustinov, passed away. The name of Dmitry Ustinov is directly related to the implementation of the atomic project, the rearmament of the army with nuclear missile weapons, the creation of a reliable
A few years ago, I wrote about the heroic defense of an airbase in Syria. According to the militants, the base was initially defended by a special forces battalion, only about 300 people (according to our data, several officers were trained in Russia and Belarus)
After the collapse of the USSR, most of the newly independent states began to carry out a program of de-Sovietization and de-Russification. The revision of history was also part of this program. Historical mythology flourished in Georgia as well. One of the most famous Georgian historical myths is the myth of the occupation
On November 1, 1918, another state formation appeared on the political map of Eastern Europe. In principle, there was nothing surprising in this. As a result of the defeat in the First World War, several empires collapsed at once. Germany lost all of its colonies in Africa and Oceania, and two
“Articles are just class. I was in Mallorca, I saw Bellver Castle, which stands on a hill in Palma. It is said to be a one-of-a-kind round castle. If possible, tell us about it. I liked it very much.”(Head) Europe, as we know, in the Middle Ages was a real“country of castles”, where
On January 22, 1906, exactly 110 years ago, the famous "Chita Republic" ceased to exist. Its short history is typical enough for the turbulent years of the revolution of 1905-1907. At this time, in a number of regions of the Russian Empire, as a result of local uprisings by the Soviets of workers
The Afghan war began for me in the front-line Chirchik. The famous training in the shortest possible time squeezed out of our spring draft all the civilian sauce. Like a simple, but perfect machine, it shook out everything that was superfluous, equalizing everyone, smart and stupid, strong and weak, educated and
What memories did Nicholas II and his family leave about life in the Ipatiev House The history of the Romanov dynasty began in the Ipatiev Monastery, from where Mikhail Romanov was called to reign, and ended in the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg. On April 30, 1918, the family of Nicholas II entered these doors to
They say that the winners write history. The lot of the vanquished is to try to rewrite history, but Hitler’s commanders took up this long before the final defeat of the Third Reich
On the second day of the war, the Germans were at a loss from the restraint of the Russians. Without exaggeration, it can be argued that in the first, most dramatic days of the war, representatives of the technical branches of the armed forces became the cementing basis of the defense of the Red Army. Tankmen, gunners, sappers, more literate than
The largest political party in the world, the Chinese Communist Party, celebrates its birthday on July 1. As of June 2014, the party had over 86 million members. The Communist Party has played a colossal role in the modern history of China. In fact, this political
June 22 is not only the day of the beginning of the most terrible war in the history of our country. Exactly 19 years later, in 1960, an event occurred that could lead to no less tragic consequences. Namely, the actual rupture of relations between the Soviet Union and China, which has become large
The other day I decided to distract myself from everything and everyone and indulge in my childhood a little - to play a simple computer game "Red Alert" ("Red Alert"). For those who do not know, this is a strategy that does not require, however, special mental abilities, especially military knowledge. You just need to have
Admiral Thomas Moorer of the United States Navy shows the Azores on the map. Photo: AP The deal did not take place due to the objections of the Naval General Staff, which did not see any benefit in it At the beginning of the 20th century, it was normal practice for the islands and entire archipelagos to belong to private individuals. There was a market
The course of "perestroika", announced by Gorbachev some time after he came to the post of General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, turned out to be closely linked not only with "progressive" economic ideas, but also with new ideas, let's say, of a humanitarian nature. It was from the second half
The Caucasian native cavalry division, better known in history as the "Wild" division, was formed on the basis of the highest decree on August 23, 1914 in the North Caucasus and was staffed by volunteer mountaineers. The division included six regiments of four hundred composition: Kabardinsky
The 20s and 30s of the last century were a difficult time. The country was rebuilding after the civil war and intervention, but the young citizens of the young Soviet Union were already looking to the future. Aviators were the idols of the youth. The pilots declared themselves especially loudly after the rescue of the legendary Chelyuskinites
The First World War was very different in nature from the previous and next ones. The decades preceding this war were characterized in military affairs, first of all, by the fact that in their development the weapons of defense went sharply forward in comparison with the weapons of the offensive. On the battlefield of steel
By the beginning of the reign of Emperor Alexander II, the position of Russia, both externally and internally, was difficult. The finances were pushed to the extreme. Bloody wars were fought in the Crimea and the Caucasus. Austria occupied Moldavia and Wallachia, entered into an alliance with England and France and is ready
Since 1769, Russia has been waging a difficult but very successful war with Turkey for the possession of the Black Sea region. However, in Russia itself it was very restless, at this time a rebellion began, which went down in history as the "Pugachev revolt". Many circumstances paved the way for such a riot, and
Two years ago, on June 21, 2017, one of the "golden galaxy" of legendary Soviet intelligence officers, Major General Yuri Ivanovich Drozdov, passed away. It is he who is called the true "father" of the famous special purpose unit of the KGB of the USSR "Vympel". Soviet illegal intelligence
Soviet heavy tank IS-3 from the Group of Forces in Germany. October 1947 After the adoption of the IS-3 tank into service in March 1945 and the introduction of the vehicle into mass production in May of the same year at the Chelyabinsk Kirov plant, it began to enter service with the tank forces of the Red Army
Soldier's tales are an invariable attribute of Russian folklore. It so happened that our army fought, as a rule, not "thanks", but "in spite of". Some front-line stories make us open our mouths, others scream "come on !?", but all of them, without exception, make
Valentin Ivanovich is 86 years old. He works at the Scientific Institute of Healthcare as a medical engineer. equipment. He began his military career as a driver-mechanic on a T-34 tank. He graduated from the service as the chief of intelligence of the Taman Guards Motorized Rifle Division. Biography
Today, the first president of our country, Boris Yeltsin, can hardly be called a controversial historical figure. As shown by public opinion polls, the absolute majority of Russians have a sharply negative attitude towards him. No, there are those who sing to Boris Nikolaevich Hosanna for the "flourishing of democracy", but
The battle near the Ukrainian village of Legedzino showed all the strength of the spirit of the Soviet soldierIn the history of the Great Patriotic War there were a lot of battles and battles, which, for one reason or another, as they say, remained "behind the scenes" of the Great War. And although military historians have not disregarded practically
The leader of the peoples of the USSR was killed not by Lavrenty Beria, but by the future leader of the party Nomenklatura. The question "Was Stalin killed?" closed to anyone who has researched this topic. But there is no consensus about who is responsible for this. For example, N. Dobryukha claims that Beria organized the assassination of Stalin
It is widely believed that one of the reasons for the defeat of the USSR at the initial stage of the war was Stalin's repression of the officer corps of the state in 1937-1938. This accusation was used by Khrushchev in his famous report "On the cult of personality." In it, he personally accused Stalin of "suspicion"
The authentic data show a reality that is fundamentally different from the one that is being introduced from school into the minds of people both in the West and in Russia itself. The myth of the "bloody USSR" was created to slander and denigrate Russia-USSR and Soviet civilization as the main enemy of the West
On the evening of September 8, 1961, a group of five cars was racing from Paris to Colombey-les-Eglise. At the wheel of the Citroen DS car was the driver of the national gendarmerie Francis Maru, and in the cabin - the President of France, General Charles de Gaulle, his wife Yvonne and the adjutant
SB Bomber On August 10, 1938, the crew of our SB sank a Japanese aircraft carrier. This story is so incredible that many consider it a fake. Neither before nor after this episode was there a case of a single plane sinking an aircraft carrier. Meanwhile, this incident took place, and the pilot
They say that the paratroopers are the most uncompromising fighters. Maybe so. But the rules that they introduced in the mountains of Chechnya during the complete absence of hostilities are clearly worthy of special mention. A paratrooper unit, in which a group of scouts was commanded by Captain Zvantsev
On July 26, 1572, the greatest battle of Christian civilization took place, which determined the future of the Eurasian continent, if not the entire planet, for many, many centuries to come. Almost two hundred thousand people came together in a bloody six-day battle, with their courage and dedication, proving the right to
Who in Russia and other former republics of the Soviet Union does not know the greatest feat of the defenders of the Brest Fortress? But at the end of June 1941, another battle took place on the western borders of the USSR, in terms of the heroism of the participants and the overall scale of the tragedy, quite comparable to the defense of Brest. Zelva today