About several battles of the 37th artillery brigade of the Russian army in the autumn of 1914 ...

In the X century, some of the Russians converted to Islam. This is known from Arab sources. The then ruler of the Rus had the name or title Buladmir. Prince Vladimir was called a kagan ...

Not a drop of excess Russian blood. After Borodin and Maloyaroslavets, Kutuzov adhered to just such a line ...

In the 1920 year was born (and in the 1921 year it was translated into Russian and published by the Soviet State Publishing House) an extremely interesting and informative work devoted to the artillery component of the army ...

The unknown eastern countries, from where merchant caravans with goods surprising to Europe came to the markets of Constantinople and Kiev, always attracted the Russians ...

Prior to his betrayal in 1942, Vlasov proved himself as a successful commander of the corps and armies ...

Consider the intelligence data of the NKVD of the USSR for the 1940 year and the intelligence information received by the NPO at the beginning of the 1941 year. Let's finish the consideration of documents related to the fatal mistake of the General Staff ...

In 1776, a mysterious man appeared in Montenegro, who called himself Stefan Maly, but was accepted by everyone for the murdered Russian emperor Peter III ...

The offensive of the Bermondt-Avalov Western Volunteer Army in Riga. The Baltic people pulled all combat forces to the city. The British fleet has arrived ...

12 January 1848 year on the squadron of Admiral Yuryev in the Novorossiysk Bay fell bora. This hurricane wind showed the true strength at night and in the following days, throwing most of the squadron ships onto ...

75 years MGIMO. 14 October 1944 year, by the Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR, the international faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University was transformed into an independent higher educational institution - the Moscow State ...

Some nations will never get out of the hereditary pit. But true Aryans should only slightly correct the genotype, destroy an obvious marriage. Such motives drove adherents of National Socialism in ...

Arsenal compares favorably with other museums with an abundance of horse figures. It is unlikely to be an exaggeration to consider that there are more of them than in all other museums combined! ...

The activity of the 3 Army was replaced by the activity of the 8 Army, the strike group of which (the 2 Caucasian Army and 23 Army Corps) went on the offensive ...

Bloody battle in the Valley of Pitchers, in which the parties did not achieve their goal, but determined the further course of the war. And her result ...

The final stage of the Ulagaev’s landing ...

The ending of the sad story of "Princess Tarakanova." The story of "Princess Augustus" and some other hypothetical children of Elizabeth and Razumovsky ...

The war with Napoleon was a severe test for the cryptographic service of the Russian Empire. However, domestic cryptographers and censors withstood it with honor ...

11-13 October 1919 years, a hundred years ago, began the counterattack of the Red Army on the Southern Front. The Reds hit in the Oryol and Voronezh directions. In the decisive battle of the Civil ...

The son of General N. N. Yanushkevich testifies ...

In modern Norway, the myth of the "Soviet occupation" is created. But in October 1944, the Red Army carried out the Petsamo-Kirkenes operation. The Soviet Arctic and Northern Norway were freed from ...

This mysterious woman called herself Madame Frank, Shawl, Treimul, Ali Emete, Betty from Oberstein, Alina - Princess of Azov, Princess Volodimir, Countess Pinneberg and Countess Silinsky. And never ...

An article on the relations of the Slavs, Avars and Byzantium at the beginning of the VII century ...

A triangular standard captured at the famous battle of Lepanto in 1571. The authentic armor of the French king Henry IV. Armor of the Admiral of the Venetian Navy Francesco Duodo. And much more...

28 September 1919 year, the army of Yudenich suddenly went on the offensive. Parts of the two red armies defending the Petrograd direction were defeated. The White Guards broke through the front ...

We are starting the cycle "Entente Victory - Russia's Victory", dedicated to the contribution of each of the Entente powers and the Entente allies to the common victory over the German bloc. We start with the question: who ...

The liberation of Kharkov in August 1943 and the untimely salute ...

The defeat of the North-Western Front was not predetermined. Initially, the chances of the Russian army were higher. The article deals with a hypothetical situation in which the East Prussian operation ...

In Japan, the myth of "Russian aggression" and "preemptive strike" on Russia was created. The Japanese in the spirit of Hollywood built a very definite picture. "Peace-loving" Japanese, sparing no lives, reflect the expansion ...

Alexey Alelyukhin is one of the wonderful people, real heroes of his country. A renowned military pilot, he devoted almost his entire conscious life, from 18 to 65 years, to military service ...

Novorossiysk Nord-Ost, known as Bora, is a unique and extremely destructive natural phenomenon. In 1848, this wild wind nearly destroyed an entire squadron of ships of the Black Sea Fleet ...

The story of the murder of Peter III in Ropsha and his "posthumous adventures" in Russia and Europe ...

Of great interest is the enemy's view of the actions of the 1-th Cavalry Army in the 1920 year ...

Museums that exhibit knightly armor. And not just armor, but mannequins of riders and horses, which they could ride during their lifetime ...

The first and second battles at Lyubachev at the final stage of the Gorlitsky strategic defensive operation ...

Maloyaroslavets is another dubious tactical success and another strategic failure of Napoleon ...

The Reds at the first stage of the hostilities in the Kuban suffered a tangible defeat, but the command of the landing party lost speed, having missed a number of favorable opportunities ...

In Venice there is the Armory, which contains a valuable historical collection of weapons and armor of great interest. She is not in the museum, but in the Doge's Palace ...

In the fall of 1919, the white North-Western army under the command of Yudenich tried to take red Petrograd. In late September and October, the White Guards broke through the defenses of the Red Army ...

On August 1 of 1946 of the year in Moscow, "traitor No. 1" Andrei Vlasov and a group of his associates were hanged. After conducting trials of Hitler's punishers and traitors, hanging as the highest ...

In the second half of the 19th century, the period of formation of mountain police units ended. The Caucasus was integrated into the empire, and there were enough forces to defend it ...

An instructive story about how Peter III played with the conspirators "in a giveaway" and managed to lose ...

On 3 on August 1941, the Münster Bishop Clemens von Galen delivered the last of three sermons against the Gestapo, in which he condemned the program to kill the “inferior” citizens of Germany. The protest ...

The third attempt to liberate Kharkov ended in a catastrophic defeat ...

Radymno’s position turned out to be the key to Przemysl - the main operational goal of the enemy grouping in Galicia in May 1915 ...

Modern Japan is trying to rewrite history, forgetting about the aggressive policies of the Japanese Empire. Obviously, she is ready to review the results of World War II in her favor ...

About the short reign of Peter III and the "golden age" of Catherine II ...

We turn to specific subjects, namely, to the issue of paying Lend-Lease. There were three supply routes: Pacific, Trans-Iranian and Arctic. In total, they gave 93,5% of all deliveries ...

Twenty years of Peter's life in Russia until his accession to the throne, his relationship with his aunt, Elizaveta Petrovna, and his wife, Ekaterina Alekseevna ...

Was Samsonov really a mediocre general? Did Rennenkampf really, out of a personal dislike of Samsonov, come to his aid at a decisive moment? ...

We will continue to consider intelligence information about German troops on the Soviet-German border at the end of the 1940 year ...

Kolchakites defeated the 5-th Red Army, the enemy attack on Petropavlovsk and further Omsk was frustrated. However, the victory cost the Kolchakites such victims that the Reds soon resumed ...