Alexei Ignatiev after the October Revolution, the "Tsar's gift" to the Soviet government, service at the trade mission in Paris, his return to his homeland, and service in the USSR...

Finding itself in strategic isolation during the Crimean War, Russia was forced to accept Austria's humiliating ultimatum and begin negotiations in Paris....

At 6:30 a.m., artillery shells rained down on KPA soldiers defending Wolmido Island, near the port of Inchon. Fifteen seconds after the shells ceased, the enemy approached the shore...

The outstanding Russian émigré researcher A. A. Kersnovsky is known as the author of the four-volume "History of the Russian Army," but he also wrote analytical articles, in one of which, back in 1930,...

During World War I, the Yenisei Cossacks were eager to go to the front, but at first they were forced to essentially desert to join the active army. It wasn't until 1916 that the Yenisei...

Victory at the Battle of Kalisz was determined by the bravery of the Russian troops, led by the energetic Menshikov. It was a purely cavalry victory, without the participation of Russian infantry. This is what makes this...

According to the plans developed for Kim Il-sung by military adviser Lieutenant General Vasiliev, the operation to unify the peninsula was scheduled for 25–27 days. However, the plan was based on...

The "Red Nobility" of the USSR. The origins, early life, and military-diplomatic career of the "Red Count" A. Ignatiev in Tsarist Russia...

Scholars have been very fortunate when it comes to ancient Egyptian ships. Their depictions have been found in abundance on the walls of tombs and temples. Models of them have been found in the tombs themselves. And finally...

Translation of the obituary published in The New York Times, with comments from the translator....

In the 15th century, the heyday of Gothic armor, armor was free of any frills or embellishments. Everything changed with the dawn of the Modern Age. The metal surface of armor began to be decorated with carvings...

The reasons for the White movement's defeat in Russia are still debated to this day, but the key to understanding some of them lies in familiarizing oneself with the life of the Russian military organization of the 1920s, which is what we will discuss...

We know Wellington for his role in Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, but it might not have happened without his brilliant campaigns in Portugal and Spain. We'll discuss them in...

The KGB is often cited as one of the main culprits behind the collapse of the USSR. Allegedly, they "missed the boat," "slept through," decided to profit from the collapse of the Soviet state, etc.

The Wehrwolf partisans were active both in Italian South Tyrol and in the northern part of East Prussia, which became part of the USSR as the Königsberg (since 1946 – Kaliningrad) region.

Seventy years ago, on February 25, 1956, at a closed session of the 70th Congress of the CPSU, Khrushchev made accusations against Stalin. Essentially, "the brave jackal bit the dead lion."

In 1440, a war hero and compatriot of Joan of Arc was accused of horrific crimes, including the murder of over 150 children. But was he truly a serial killer or a victim?

Was the "Bezobrazovsky Project" a gamble by a handful of aristocrats that led to the Russo-Japanese War, or a failed attempt to colonize Korea? To answer this question, we need to take a closer look at...

With this article, I begin a series in which I will discuss the work of Soviet special propaganda, or as it is sometimes called "external propaganda."

Poland is preparing a lawsuit against Russia for alleged damages caused to it during the existence of the Soviet Union and the Polish People's Republic....

In Czechoslovakia, Germans were considered second-class citizens and subjected to all manner of oppression. Consequently, a national liberation movement, aiming for reunification, gained momentum in the Sudetenland...

The army in the Russian Soviet Republic was established on January 15 (28), 1918. It would be more logical to celebrate Soviet Army Day on January 28 rather than February 23. But the Soviet Union used its own...

About the duel between the Messerschmitt Me-109 and the Yak-1 on February 23, 1942, over Stalingrad and other true stories. The story of a pilot instructor at the Stalingrad Military Aviation School named after...

Silesia, like East Prussia, was a Nazi stronghold. Here, as throughout Germany, hostility from the local population was common: toward Red Army soldiers and...