How Konev defeated the 8th German Army and liberated Uman

How Konev defeated the 8th German Army and liberated Uman

80 years ago, the 2nd Ukrainian Front under the command of I. S. Konev carried out the Uman-Botoshan operation. Soviet troops defeated the 8th German Army, liberated the southwestern regions of the Right Bank...
Dunkirk: between England and France

Dunkirk: between England and France

On September 17, 1646, French troops under the command of Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, besieged Dunkirk, hated by the French and English, and the fortress was blocked from the sea by the Dutch fleet...
Wittgenstein's victory at Bar-sur-Aube

Wittgenstein's victory at Bar-sur-Aube

210 years ago, allied Russian-Bavarian troops defeated Oudinot's French corps near the town of Bar-sur-Aube. The main army stopped retreating and resumed its offensive...
Constantinople. Assault 1203

Constantinople. Assault 1203

On June 24, 1203, the entire Crusader fleet passed the southern walls of Constantinople...
How Little Rus' became Ukraine

How Little Rus' became Ukraine

Since 1991, the owners of Kyiv should not have carried out decommunization, but, on the contrary, erected monuments to the creators of today's Ukraine - Lenin, Stalin and Khrushchev...
Dance plague

Dance plague

You will dance until you faint from fatigue...
Wedding in the Middle Ages

Wedding in the Middle Ages

For most of the medieval period, the legal age of marriage was 12 for a girl and 14 for a boy...