"The Dispersal of the Slavs," the first Slavic state of Samo. Can we find "traces of the Scandinavians" in our ancient history? The Rus' of Byzantine and European chronicles...

To this day, many are convinced that the last warriors of the 3rd Reich were the submariners of U-977, who surrendered in Argentina on August 17, 1945 and who are persistently credited with delivering Hitler and Eva Braun there....

On April 11, 1944, the city, through which the front line passed four times, was liberated in four hours – and this became one of the fastest operations in the history of the Crimean campaign....

For decades, the most fantastic “information” about... has appeared in Russian books, the media, various internet forums, and even in quite serious publications.

A textbook and reference book on artillery that served Russian officers for half a century....

In the Russian Empire, there were troops that moved faster than cavalry, attacked more quietly than infantry, and disappeared before the enemy had time to realize what had happened...

In just a few minutes, a Northern Fleet submarine launched 16 ballistic missiles at the Kura test site. This remains an unrivaled record for the Russian submarine fleet.

Today, continuing the theme of the impact of generational issues on society as a whole, we'll look, firstly, at the portrait of the average Russian at the beginning of the 20th century, and secondly, at migration issues...

On the morning of April 10, 1944, Odessa awoke free—in a matter of hours, without a single artillery salvo, Soviet troops drove out the occupiers, and partisans cut the power lines to...

Soviet troops took Königsberg in 81 hours, breaking the resistance of the garrison, which Hitler ordered to hold to the last soldier....

One of the founders of Hitler's stormtroopers, who rebelled against the Fuhrer and became a secret agent for Soviet intelligence, lived to be 88 years old without ever calling himself a traitor....

The Tale of Bygone Years as a source, and information about the Slavs and Rus' that can be found in the works of Khazar, Arab, Persian, and some other authors...

With the outbreak of World War II, Germany lost the weather information on its northern regions that had previously been provided through international exchanges. Germany was forced to create its own system...

In the early 1950s, Soviet counterintelligence systematically thwarted CIA attempts to deploy paratrooper spies into the USSR, turning the operation into a series of high-profile failures that...

The German Reich crushed Yugoslavia in 11 days. It was a true blitzkrieg. On April 13, 1945, the Germans entered Belgrade; on the 17th, the Yugoslav army capitulated.

There's speculation among experts that the Israeli assassination of A. Larijani will complicate the Iran-US negotiations. This is likely true, but the very possibility of dialogue...

Another "secret page" of World War II: hundreds of thousands of tons of toxic substances were stockpiled in the arsenals of the USSR and England...

Of course, there were large military-industrial enterprises in Hiroshima, but the Americans did not hit them...

In the conflict that erupted over Romanian territorial claims against Bulgaria, St. Petersburg could not remain indifferent and uninvolved. And St. Petersburg decided that it was in Russia's interests to support...

Having concentrated more than half of its armed forces against Russia, the Austro-German bloc rammed our defenses, striving not only to remove Russia from the war...

85 years ago, Germany began its invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece with the aim of establishing control over the Balkans. The attack was supported by Italy, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria.

Throughout history, nearly four million people have been awarded the Order of the Red Star, making it the most widely awarded order of the Great Patriotic War.

Despite terrible losses, the USSR's economic system managed to ensure Victory...

The story of how the Ottoman Empire abandoned the printing press for three hundred years has long been a textbook example of technological backwardness...