“It’s not for nothing that all of Russia remembers.” Glory of the Battle of Shevardino
About the Battle of Borodino, from beginning to end...
The Unknown War: Hot Summer of 1918
The summer of 1918 was truly hot. Soviet Russia found itself surrounded by fronts, and even inside the “besieged fortress” not everything was in order....
Henry the Navigator
The XNUMXth century marked the beginning of the era of grandiose geographical discoveries - the period from the beginning of the XNUMXth century to the beginning of the century of the VII century, when the ships of European pioneers sailed around the world in search of new...
“There was Kudeyar-ataman”
Ataman Kudeyar is almost forgotten these days, but legends and traditions about him were popular even at the beginning of the XNUMXth century...
The final chord of French Hindustan
The exodus of the French from India, almost peaceful compared to the British, happened only seven years later...
Operation Baytown. Allied landing operation in Italy
England and the USA expected much more from Italy's exit from the war on the side of Germany. However, the Italian army was quickly disarmed and was unable to help the Allies. The Italians lost 20-30 thousand....
Storm units of the First World War as a model for the Reichswehr of the 1920s
To appreciate the influence of assault tactics on infantry tactics of the post-war Reichswehr, it is necessary to study the relevant guidance documents. Although the Reichswehr inherited the personnel and views of the Kaiser's army,...
A. N. Kosygin and Zhou Enlai: the difficult path to dialogue
Details of the negotiations between Kosygin and Zhou Enlai that followed in 1969 at Beijing airport...
Twentieth Century Viking Ivar Kruger
First there was Ivar the boneless, then Ivar Kruger - the king of matches. The history of doing business in the XNUMXth century, for understanding: what can await a successful business person...
From second lieutenant to marshal: the military career of the “Duke of Victory” Armando Diaz
“They gave me a broken sword, but I will sharpen it again,” Armando Diaz said these words before his appointment as Chief of the General Staff of the Italian Army. What role did Armando Diaz play in the victory...
Sold out masterpieces
About one episode related to the sale of works of art from our Hermitage in 1929–1934...
Ultracapitalism of Pinochetism and its lessons for Russia
On September 11, 1973, in the capital of Chile, Santiago, a military coup was carried out by the army, which was led by right-wing elements. President Salvador Allende and the Government of Popular Unity were...
Prince-oprichnik Afanasy Vyazemsky
A story about Prince Afanasy Vyazemsky, who is known to many as the anti-hero of A. K. Tolstoy’s novel “Prince Silver”...
"It's not for nothing that the whole of Russia remembers." Battle of Shevardino
“Surprise” turns out to be the key word in characterizing the Battle of Shevardin, but with one caveat: if Napoleon’s attack on the 24th was unexpected for us, then for the French it was so...
Operation Axis. How the Wehrmacht captured Northern and Central Italy
80 years ago the German invasion of Italy began. Operation Axis proceeded quickly and decisively. The Wehrmacht disarmed most of the Italian armed forces, occupied Northern and Central Italy...
The White Bohemian rebellion and other hostilities in the spring-summer of 1918
On March 3, 1918, an agreement was signed in Brest-Litovsk between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey on the one hand and Soviet Russia on the other. Not everyone understood that this was a necessary measure, however...
Ney's defeat at Dennewitz
On September 6, 1813, near the village of Dennewitz, a battle took place between the allied Northern Army under the command of Bernadotte and the French troops of Ney. The fierce battle ended in heavy defeat...
unknown war. White Bohemian rebellion in old and modern photographs
It's time to talk about how the Izvestia newspaper covered the events of the White-Czech rebellion, but before turning to the yellowed pages of this newspaper, we will turn on a kind of "time machine" and ...
“It’s not for nothing that all of Russia remembers.” On the eve of the battle
Kutuzov assumed his retreat and even the loss of Moscow already in St. Petersburg, where he received a message from a courier who had arrived from the army that Smolensk had been abandoned by our troops ....
Guard stand and die
In the two-day bloody battle of Kulm, Russian and Prussian troops under the command of Osterman-Tolstoy, Ermolov, Barclay de Tolly and Klest destroyed the French corps of Vandam...
Oprichnik Vasily Gryaznoy, ally of Malyuta Skuratov
Not everyone can boast that they have “bitten to death” six people. Vasily Gryaznoy claimed that he succeeded...
“It’s not for nothing that all of Russia remembers.” Barclay's retreat
Two victories - at Kobrin and Klyastitsy - revived the hearts of the public with joy and hope. They proved that our troops are strong in spirit and courage and can successfully fight Napoleonic troops...
Feudal Russia and modernization of the XNUMXth century
Why and how Russian technologies were borrowed in Europe in the XNUMXth century. Continuation of the story about the evolution of the Russian state...
Alfred the Great
The difficult time in which the hero of this article lived was one of the most significant in the history of Britain, where at that time there was a process of active socio-political development...