Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev was born 130 years ago. “Kukuruznik”, who brought people to the slogan: “Khrushchev’s sausage!”...

The Corinthian and Boeotian wars, the great opponents of Sparta - Epaminondas and Pelopidas, the Egyptian campaign of Agesilaus...

Most media outlets are promoting the official, completely unproven, dubious version about the beginning of the accident after the release of emergency protection rods (CPS - control and protection systems) (pressing a button...

50 years ago, on April 25, 1974, the last coup d'etat in Western Europe took place - the Portuguese “Carnation Revolution”. The end has come to the regime of the “New State”, which ruled...

Translation of a German document about the initial stage of the creation of the SS division "Galicia" with comments from the translator...

The most “rich” in terms of illustrations today is the “St. Louis Bible”, or, as it is also called, the “Rich Bible”, which is a moralizing on biblical themes in three...

Let's imagine you're throwing a themed party and want to impress your guests with your ability to recreate a medieval feast....

A short story about an unlucky swindler who finally found happiness at the end of his life...

A description is given of the in-flight repair of the landing gear of the R-1 aircraft, which occurred during a training flight on May 26, 1936 at the Orenburg Flight School, when the left wheel fell off after takeoff. New...

After making peace with the Vikings, Alfred began restoring the devastated country and reforming...

The Polish confederates had up to a dozen independent leaders at once, intriguing against each other, robbing each other. General Dumouriez noted: “Amazing luxury, insane costs, long lunches,...

The Spartan king Agesilaus II is one of the best commanders of this Greek state, a worthy student of the great Lysander...

Until the end of 1923, the Nazi movement was essentially based on the color red. Then brown prevailed. What does a cheaply purchased batch of uniforms for...

The real goal of the Crusades was the destruction of the enemies of the Roman “vicar of God” and the subjugation of new peoples and regions to Rome...

Improved relations between Italy and the USSR were made possible by growing military contacts, a trade agreement of May 1933 and a political friendship pact signed in September...

A beautiful story from the 19th century...

Japanese samurai armor of the "tosei gusoku" type ("new armor")...

The campaign for mass smelting of iron and steel, which took place in China at the end of 1958, is most reminiscent of a military mobilization campaign to create a reserve of metal in case of a major war...

The best Roman houses, like temples, were copies of Greek models. But in the beginning everything was completely different. The dwellings of the first shepherds of the era of Romulus and Remus, who lived on the seven hills...

120 years ago, the first significant land battle of the Russo-Japanese War took place. The failure of Russian troops on the border Yalu River near the city of Jiuliancheng (Turenchen) became Russia's first defeat in...

As is known, for Europe in the 1814th century, the conquest of Paris in XNUMX, which led to the fall of the French Emperor Napoleon, was the greatest political and military event of the century. And so...

Alfred's military and administrative skills brought stability to Britain after nearly a century of Viking raids. Also, under his leadership, classical works were translated from Latin into...

820 years ago, bands of “Knights of the Cross” stormed and plundered the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople. A new crusader state was created - the Latin Empire...

About the key reason for the abolition of serfdom in Russia. Continuation of the cycle about the stages of development of the country associated with formations...

Legal nuances of Russian-Sich relations in the middle of the 17th century...

80 years ago, the victory of the Red Army ended the battle for Right Bank Ukraine - the Dnieper-Carpathian operation. This was one of the largest operations of the war - a total of about...

The Mongol conquest of the Volga Bulgaria, the emergence of the Kazan kingdom, the Kazan people, the Tatar Socialist Soviet Republic instead of the Bulgarian Soviet Republic...

90 years ago, on April 16, 1934, by the Decree of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR, a new honorary title of Hero of the Soviet Union was established - the highest degree of distinction. The title was awarded for personal or collective...

Perhaps thousands of years ago the Egyptians lived in Ireland...

On the night of April 15, 1944, Army General Nikolai Vatutin, who commanded the 1st Ukrainian Front, died in a Kiev military hospital. He was only 42 years old...

The completion of the western campaign of the tumens Subedei and Jebe and the unexpected defeat of the Mongol corps on the banks of the Volga...

120 years ago, France and Britain completed the “Scramble for Africa” and created the Entente...