Harbin 1945. The last parade of the White Army
To the 77th anniversary of the event that could finally reconcile the whites and the reds, but......
Battle of Rafiya. Lots of elephants and good old phalanxes
The Battle of Raphia is the largest battle of the XNUMXrd century BC. e., remaining in the shadow of the battles of the Second Punic War ...
Just... "something heavy on a stick"
Even as a child, I learned a very instructive phrase from one film: “a pointed stone and a club were the first tools of ancient man.” Since then, this phrase has been spinning around in my head. However...
"Normandie-Niemen". French regiment on the Russian front
On November 25, 1942, a Soviet-French agreement was signed on the formation of a French aviation squadron on the territory of the USSR. This is how the famous French fighter aircraft arose ...
Turkish chromium ore for Germany in World War II. Truth and fiction
Statistical data on German-Turkish trade relations during the Second World War give an interesting picture of the supply of chromium ore from Turkey to Germany...
"The battle is cruel and bloody" at Borisov
210 years ago, Lambert's detachment defeated the Polish-French troops near Minsk and liberated Borisov in a cruel and bloody battle...
Helmets and crowns in the Middle Ages
In the XIII century, the warrior's helmet became a kind of basis for heraldic coloring and heraldic figures with which it was decorated. Helmets at that time were practically not used to indicate rank ...
How the Russians destroyed the Turkish squadron in the Battle of Patras
250th Anniversary of the Battle of Patras The Russian detachment under the leadership of Mikhail Konyaev destroyed the superior forces of the Turkish "Dulcyonite" squadron ...
Seleucus Nicator. Companion of Alexander the Great and the last of his diadochi
The founder of the largest Hellenistic state, whom Pausanias called "of all the kings the most just" ...
The role of Turkey in World War II in the spring of 1941
How would the course of World War II have changed if Turkey had allowed a limited contingent of German troops into Iraq in April-May 1941...
The influence of the Russo-Japanese War on the design of battleships in France
At the beginning of 1901, the modernization of the battleships Royal Sovereign was discussed in England, while various options for fighting with the battleships of other countries were considered. The new Japanese...
"Princess of Tsaregorodskaya" Sophia
550 years ago, Zoya Palaiologos, the niece of the last Byzantine sovereign Constantine XI Palaiologos, arrived in Moscow from Rome. She was married to the Grand Duke of Moscow Ivan III Vasilyevich and ...
The cruel "sun of Austerlitz"
The battle of the Russian rearguard with Murat's corps at Schöngraben and the battle of Austerlitz ...
"Stalingrad hell". How the Russians changed the course of the war
On November 19, 1942, the counteroffensive of the Red Army near Stalingrad began. Operation "Uranus" was the beginning of the defeat of the German army near Stalingrad and a radical turning point in the war...
War of the Third Coalition. On the way to Austerlitz
The formation of the Third Anti-Napoleonic Coalition, the catastrophe of the Austrian army at Ulm, the "Miracle of the Vienna Bridge" and the first clash of the Russian army and the French troops at Krems...
War for Russianness: the uprising of Nalivaiko and Loboda
Russian Cossacks, who considered themselves defenders of Orthodoxy, opposed the union and the Polish colonial policy. Revolts broke out in the Russian Ukraine ...
“How should a military husband arm himself”
According to the Hastings Manuscript, no shirt was worn under the flannel "underarmor" or "military doublet" which had a satin lining. But here the question immediately arises, how were the stockings maintained then, ...
Operation Torch. How the Allies took over French North Africa
80th Anniversary of the Marine Landing Operation "Torch". British-American forces successfully landed in French North Africa, Morocco and Algeria...
Lucius Cornelius Sulla. Dictatorship and renunciation of power
Sulla's dictatorship, proscriptions, reforms, voluntary renunciation of power, illness and death of the former dictator...
The heavy defeat of Napoleon's army near Krasnoe
In the 4-day battle near Red, Napoleon suffered the first complete defeat in his life and left the battlefield, abandoning his troops. The French army narrowly escaped complete annihilation and fled to...
Alone against a coalition of European powers: the reasons for the defeat of the Russian Empire in the Crimean War
What events led to the Eastern Crisis and the Eastern (Crimean) War of 1853-1856? Why did the Russian Empire find itself alone, without allies, against a coalition of Western powers? Was there a chance for...
End of the Imjin War
In the second year of the war, it became clear that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's dreams of conquering China had failed. The Koreans, with the support of Chinese troops, managed to inflict a number of sensitive blows on the Japanese and free ...
Miniatures and castles of the Middle Ages
Today we will turn to a completely unique manuscript of The Magnificent Hours of the Duke of Berry. The most famous illustrations of the hour book is the cycle "Seasons", consisting of 12...
Lucius Cornelius Sulla. On the way to dictatorship
Civil wars and campaigns of Sulla against Rome, the war with Mithridates...