After the war between Iran and Iraq escalated into trench warfare, both countries' economies were forced to adapt to the new reality. How did they cope?

A short series of articles on the results that can be achieved when the fleet is used politically correctly...

Let's talk about one of the "forgotten" detective episodes from the history of the House of Rurik—the mysterious death of the Kazan Tsarevich Abdul-Latyf in Kashira in 1517, for which many still blame...

After the Chinese retreated beyond the 38th parallel, the war on land became a trench war. But in the air, things were different. The impact of the Korean War on aviation deserves a separate discussion...

While there's a fair amount of information about the participation of Soviet Army and Air Force units in the 1979-1989 military operations in Afghanistan, few know about the actions of the KGB Border Troops there. And then...

From Polesia and Slutsk to Khingan and Mukden: the composition, techniques, and operations of the cavalry-mechanized groups under the command of I. A. Pliev...

Fyodor Shaklovity was the most loyal supporter of Princess Sophia; it was he, according to Prince Kurakin, who "made a great profit in the Cupid under Sophia."

This whole story is so extraordinary that it's hard to take it at face value. It's a truly stunning intelligence breakthrough in the entire history of the Cold War, even though it happened...

On April 5, 1242, on the ice of Lake Peipus, a twenty-year-old prince named Alexander defeated the crusader army and halted Catholic expansion into Rus' for several centuries...

After Bismarck's resignation, Caprivi, a career military man, was appointed chancellor. He was tasked with resolving colonial disputes with England and deciding whether to extend the reinsurance treaty with Russia.

On December 23, 1950, the jeep of General Walton Walker, commander of the Eighth Army, collided with a South Korean army truck that had crossed into oncoming traffic. General Matthew was forced to assume command of the army...

March 1944. Night. Seventy-six pilots escaped from a Nazi camp. Seven of the ten were soon caught and executed. But this escape was the most daring challenge ever posed to the guards and barbed wire...

This article reveals the history of information warfare in the USSR and Finland during the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940.

On June 26, 1928, the St. Roch set sail from Vancouver on its maiden voyage. The schooner's crew consisted of 10 men, only three of whom had sea experience and only two of whom had been to the Arctic. However, Larsen believed...

Remembering the greats of the century, we identified the 10 best automobile designers of the 20th century. Among them are Cadillac founder Henry Leland, the incomparable Henry Ford, the world-famous...

"Russian land" and modern versions of the origin of the word "Rus", a modern look at the Norman problem...

In 1868, the United States suffered its only defeat in history at the hands of the Native Americans of the Great Plains, a lesson Washington long remembered...

Why didn't Germany's military-political leadership give the order to use chemical weapons?

Today, as American and European "pirates" continue to seize Russian vessels on the high seas under trumped-up pretexts, one can't help but recall the experience of their North Korean comrades. In 1992...

In the Romanian-Bulgarian conflict, Russian diplomacy acted based on its understanding of Russian interests, but its actions contributed to the development of the Balkan...

In May 1985, five Soviet nuclear submarines passed through all NATO anti-submarine defenses and entered the Atlantic, remaining invisible to the American SOSUS tracking system...

On April 13, 1945, Soviet troops completed their assault on Vienna—an operation in which the army fought not only against the Wehrmacht but also against Hitler's orders to raze the city to the ground.

230 years ago, Napoleon began his victorious campaign in Italy. At the Battle of Montenotte, the great Frenchman achieved his first major victory over the Austrian Empire.

On December 19, 1949, the Pentagon approved a document providing for the dropping of three hundred atomic bombs on one hundred Soviet cities and the subsequent occupation of the dismembered country...