German communists against Gorbachev, Kohl and Bush
What happened to the SED and its members after the hasty "abolition" of the GDR ...
Francois Picot and Jose Custodio de Faria. Real life of the prototypes of the novel "The Count of Monte Cristo"
The life story of the people who became the prototypes of Dumas' novel is not as romantic as in the book, but no less fascinating ...
The slipped away Kuriles. How the Japanese missed the opportunity of the 1956 declaration
The USSR forgave Japan for reparations, "meeting the wishes of the Japanese side and taking into account its state interests", and agreed to transfer two of the four islands of the Kuril ridge to it ...
The perfect storm in the Aleutian Islands. Operation Cottage
In August 1943, the American army completed the liberation of the Aleutian Islands from Japanese occupation. The final of this campaign was Operation Cottage, one of the most unusual and strange in the Pacific ...
Defeat of the Far Eastern Army. How the "Chita plug" was eliminated
A hundred years ago, Soviet troops liberated Chita. The remnants of Ataman Semyonov's army fled to Manchuria ...
The most important battles of World War II?
20 most important battles of World War II according to the American expert of Popular Mechanics ...
Barge haulers of Russia and Europe
The inhabitants of Russia are familiar with the barge haulers from the famous painting by Ilya Repin "Barge Haulers on the Volga". But this profession existed not only in Russia, it was international ...
Masonic liberalism in Russia
What relation did the "free masons" movement have to liberalism in Russia? The answer to the question is very important in the context of the general topic ...
Killed at Mtsensk. In the forty-second
The war for us will not end until the last soldier is buried ...
The flowering of noble liberalism in Russia
As the first nobleman of Russia, Emperor Alexander was at the same time a fully convinced supporter of all the basic principles of liberalism. And all because his educator was a citizen ...
How Dmitry Ivanovich destroyed the Horde army on the Vozha river
The Battle of the Vozhe was of great military and political importance. The Grand Duke of Moscow openly challenged the Mamai Horde. Showed the strength of his army. He was able to unite the forces of North-Eastern Russia. New ...
Stalinist deportations of peoples through the eyes of the executive general
How fair or unjust were the Stalinist deportations? ...
How Romania propelled the German army
German documents show that during the war, Romania almost did not export crude oil, but exported mainly oil products, and some of them were supplied directly to the German army ...
Can Cellini's Venus be faked?
How do scientists determine the authenticity of marble artifacts? Our story will be about this, and it will be illustrated by shots from the movie "How to Steal a Million" and photographs of the most famous kuros ...
The defeat of Wrangel's army in the battle on the Dnieper
The last offensive of the Russian army of Wrangel ended in a heavy defeat. The Whites suffered heavy losses, and the units were drained of blood and demoralized. The White Guards went on the defensive. Red Army,...
Doom and glory. The last trip of the submarine Sch-317
On June 9, 1942 the submarine "Shch-317" under the command of Lieutenant-Commander N.K. Mokhov. It became the last one for the boat and its crew, and also one of the most ...
Dmitry Ivanovich, prince-warrior. War between Moscow and Tver
Muscovite Rus fought hard wars with the Horde and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Russia. The Russian lands were subjected to constant invasions, destruction, suffered from internal strife ...
Hovburg Palace. Ephesian marble and bronze
Here once stood the city of Ephesus, which was one of the most important cities of antiquity. It was here that the Temple of Artemis stood, which was one of the seven wonders of the world. This city was also the birthplace of the philosopher ...
"Eagles of Catherine"
"I owe to the Orlovs what I am," said Catherine II in 1763 to the French ambassador de Breteuilme ...
History in stone. Scaliger Castle on Lake Garda
Today we are going to Italy, to the small but very picturesque town of Sirmione, located on a long and narrow peninsula, surrounded on all sides by the clear azure waters of Lake Garda ...