How the Cossacks took the Polish fortress Kodak on the Dnieper
The Cossacks approached the Kodak fortress in the dark evening, quietly removed the sentries and caught the Polish garrison by surprise. The entire western garrison was destroyed...
Pages of wondrous beauty
Today we will not talk about knights, but about medieval manuscripts, the earliest and perhaps the most beautiful of everything that has ever been written or drawn in books ....
From the history of betrayal - world and Russian. They are not the first and, alas, not the last.
About traitors and betrayal as the best way to achieve what you want...
"In the Ring of Enemies": Soviet Society in the 1920s-1930s and Official Propaganda
How did Soviet society perceive the "military alarm" of 1927 and how did it assess the prospects for a possible war...
Julian the Apostate. Way from Christ
The difficult childhood of the last pagan emperor of the Roman Empire, years of study, appointment as Caesar and the war in Gaul...
Fight at May Day. Who betrayed our soldiers?
“On January 9, 1996, at 9.45, in accordance with the instructions of the Director of the FSB of Russia, General of the Army M. I. Barsukov. the personnel of directorate "A" was raised on alert to receive further ...
Victory Sword - triptych of monumental Soviet monuments
Few people know that one of the most famous and highest Soviet sculptures - “Motherland Calls!”, Which is installed in Volgograd on Mamayev Kurgan, is only the second part of the composition, which ...
Losses of the USSR and Germany in the Second World War
Before embarking on explanations, statistics, etc., let's explain right away what is meant. This article discusses the losses suffered by the Red Army, the Wehrmacht and the troops of the countries ...
The defeat of the Polish army at Pereyaslav: Taras night
All attempts by the Cossack elite to “settle normally” within the framework of the Commonwealth were flatly rejected by the Polish authorities, magnates and the Catholic Church. And the Cossacks decided to destroy altogether. This caused...
Mark Vipsanius Agrippa. The great commander who made Octavian "August"
The peak of the career of Marcus Agrippa, the great naval battle of Actium and the last years of the life of a politician and commander...
Battle of Kuruk Lake
On October 31, 1625, Polish troops stormed the positions of the Cossacks on Lake Kurukovo. The frontal attacks of the Poles and Germans were repulsed, the enemy suffered heavy losses from rifle and cannon fire ...
Volga steamships: on the carriage and in the battles on the Civil
American steamboats appeared in Russia during the period of rapid development of market relations in our country, brought to life by the abolition of serfdom. Accordingly, it became an impetus for the development ...
Mark Vipsanius Agrippa. In the shadow of Emperor Augustus
Mark Vipsanius Agrippa is not very well known, meanwhile, there is reason to believe that without him Octavian would not have become Augustus...
Medieval weapons in miniatures
Today we will go through the entire history of knightly weapons, and “pictures” from manuscripts will be used as illustrations, with the exact design of the captions...
The death of Napoleon's Great Army on the Berezina
As a result of the battle at the Berezina, the Great Army actually ceased to exist. However, Napoleon was able to avoid a complete disaster, broke through to Vilna, retaining command, most of ...
Secrets of the oil balance of the Japanese Empire during the war
Just one attempt to figure out how much oil the Empire of Japan received and spent during the war led to the fact that the statistics are very confusing, and traces of at least ...
Harbin 1945. The last parade of the White Army
To the 77th anniversary of the event that could finally reconcile the whites and the reds, but......
Battle of Rafiya. Lots of elephants and good old phalanxes
The Battle of Raphia is the largest battle of the XNUMXrd century BC. e., remaining in the shadow of the battles of the Second Punic War ...
Just... "something heavy on a stick"
Even as a child, I learned a very instructive phrase from one film: “a pointed stone and a club were the first tools of ancient man.” Since then, this phrase has been spinning around in my head. However...
"Normandie-Niemen". French regiment on the Russian front
On November 25, 1942, a Soviet-French agreement was signed on the formation of a French aviation squadron on the territory of the USSR. This is how the famous French fighter aircraft arose ...
Turkish chromium ore for Germany in World War II. Truth and fiction
Statistical data on German-Turkish trade relations during the Second World War give an interesting picture of the supply of chromium ore from Turkey to Germany...
"The battle is cruel and bloody" at Borisov
210 years ago, Lambert's detachment defeated the Polish-French troops near Minsk and liberated Borisov in a cruel and bloody battle...
Helmets and crowns in the Middle Ages
In the XIII century, the warrior's helmet became a kind of basis for heraldic coloring and heraldic figures with which it was decorated. Helmets at that time were practically not used to indicate rank ...
How the Russians destroyed the Turkish squadron in the Battle of Patras
250th Anniversary of the Battle of Patras The Russian detachment under the leadership of Mikhail Konyaev destroyed the superior forces of the Turkish "Dulcyonite" squadron ...