War of predators with predators. How Americans fought over the drug trade
In 1801–1815, the United States fought its first war abroad, in Africa - on the Mediterranean coast. American predators fought for control of the opium trade...
The main characters of the War of the Scarlet and White Roses. Mothers of Kings: Catherine of Valois
Today our story will be about the people who became the cause and participants in the War of the Scarlet and White Roses, which led to the establishment of absolutism in England...
Poland takes revenge. The defeat of Khmelnitsky in the Battle of Berestetsky
The Battle of Berestetsky became one of the big battles of the 160th century, in which, according to various sources, from 360 to XNUMX thousand people took part....
Rumyantsev's war with Turkey
Russian-Turkish War of 1768–1774. sometimes called Rumyantsevskaya. It was then that Suvorov won his first high-profile victories, and the Turkish fleet in Chesme Bay was burned by A. Orlov’s squadron...
Illusion in photographs. Why did Khomeini win?
Who hasn’t seen online collages telling about the life of Iran under the last Shah and the first Grand Ayatollah in power, with the constant refrain: it was - it was; However, is it worth perceiving the realities of life - from...
The story of the duel between the famous knight Pierre Terray, Lord de Bayard and Lord Alonso de Soto Mayor
In 1503, a duel to the death took place between the French knight Pierre Terray de Bayard and the Spanish lord Don Alonso de Soto Mayor. What caused it...
Unknown war. The difficulties of the winter and spring of 1919
19th year. Before us is another file of the Izvestia newspaper. We open it and turn to the yellowed, faded pages, which often tear right in your hands...
Pyotr Rumyantsev in the Seven Years' War
The first article about P. Rumyantsev ended with a story about the beginning of the Seven Years' War and the Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf. In this one we’ll talk about the new battles of the Seven Years’ War, as well as the resignation of Rumyantsev after...
How the predatory American empire was created
The Monroe Doctrine was adopted 200 years ago. The Americans laid claim to the lands of the Western Hemisphere. Moreover, this doctrine was disguised by “humane and democratic” ideas of protecting America from...
Pyotr Rumyantsev. The youth of the commander
The origin and unlucky youth of Pyotr Rumyantsev, the beginning of his military career, the Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf...
Golden saber of General Chechensky
The highest state awards of the Chechen Republic could well be named in honor of this hero. Two hundred years ago, highlander Ali from the village of Aldy became the first Chechen general in the Russian Imperial...
The feat of the Novocherkassk Infantry Regiment in 1904
An episode of the Russo-Japanese War, reflected in the work of the great battle painter Franz Rubo...
“The battle is glorious, higher than Chesma and Navarino!”
On November 30, 1853, the Black Sea Fleet won a brilliant victory over the Turkish fleet in Sinop Bay. “The battle is glorious, higher than Chesma and Navarino!” – this is how Vice Admiral Kornilov assessed the battle...
The tragic death of Emperor Paul I
Continuation of the story about the conspiracy against Paul I, the death of the emperor and the fate of his killers...
Kabul airborne operation
The purpose of this work is to slightly expand the picture of the initial phase of the Afghan war than is currently presented. First of all, look at the operation from a logistics point of view. Reveal the nuances that...
Did Stalin want to starve Ukraine to death?
The Holodomor claimed, according to various estimates, from 4 to 7 million lives. In Ukraine they believe that Stalin is personally guilty of organizing the Holodomor...
The last traditionalist conservative of Europe: what is the role of Francisco Franco in the history of Spain
Who was Francisco Franco - the last traditionalist of Europe or the last “semi-fascist dictator”? How relevant are the ideas of Francoism today...
The death of the "Armenia" transport. The culprits of the tragedy
In April 1942, the Chief Prosecutor of the Navy sent an appeal to the People's Commissar of the Navy, Admiral N.G. Kuznetsov, in which, on the basis of a memo from the head of the 3rd department of the Black Sea Fleet, Kudryavtsev...
The UK and US will wait "until Germany is mortally wounded by the Russian offensive"
80 years ago, on November 28, 1943, the Tehran Conference opened. This was the first meeting of the Big Three during the Second World War. Stalin was able to offer his allies his vision of the future:...
Russian aristocrats against Emperor Paul I. “Conspiracy of the Beneficent”
Preparation of a conspiracy against Paul I, the protagonists of the coup, the last day of the emperor’s life...
“Indigenization” and “the fight against Great Russian chauvinism”: national policy in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and its results
Why did the Bolsheviks encourage small nationalisms, but at the same time prohibit Russian ones? What was the policy of “indigenization” and what did it ultimately lead to?...
The last days and death of the transport “Armenia” November 7, 1941
There is no separate file on the motor ship “Armenia” in the state archives! Therefore, grains of information had to be found by studying hundreds and hundreds of storage files...
Expedition to the ancestors. And we finished our campaign on the Pacific Ocean
Our ancestors have always been great restless people. As soon as they took off, they set off on foot, in chariots drawn by horses, in carts drawn by oxen, and simply on horseback...
Captain William Kidd: end of career and posthumous glory
The end of a career, posthumous fame and the search for Captain Kidd's treasure...