The death of the Livonian army in the battle of Ermes

The death of the Livonian army in the battle of Ermes

The last major field battle of the war between the Russian kingdom and Livonia. The Russian army dealt a mortal blow to the Livonian Confederation, although it could not solve all the problems. The first stage of the Livonian War ...
Autumn 70 in Calabria: this is not Italy!

Autumn 70 in Calabria: this is not Italy!

50 years ago, an uprising in one of the country's poorest provinces nearly turned the depressed Italian south into an analogue of "Stalin's" Albania ...