Of all animals, the dog is definitely the most loyal and intelligent friend of man. Due to his cleverness, keen intelligence and considerable speed of running, a dog from the most ancient times began to be used for ...

Among the visitors to the VO website there are a lot of people interested in ancient technologies, and this is understandable. And whenever possible we try to satisfy their curiosity: we contact the masters who use ...

780 years ago, 4 March 1238, the decisive battle of the Russian troops and the Horde on the River Sit took place. The Russian army was destroyed, the Grand Duke of Vladimir Yuri Vsevolodovich died ....

The other day in the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita there was a material which is called “The war around Rurik: who was the creator of Russia?” In this connection, it is interesting to learn how the history of Ancient Russia is illuminated for ...

As for the culture of the inhabitants of mountainous Iran and Central Asia, the end of III and II millennium BC. Oe., then it remained Eneolithic, but changes in it, of course, occurred. Settlements have become ...

65 years ago, 5 March, 1953, great national leader Joseph Stalin passed away. The man who was able to revive the Russian empire in the form of the Soviet Union, who won the Second World War, ...

Before leaving "in the field", I still once again threw a cry at my friends - are there any documents confirming the safety of the gunfans and battery compartments ...

In 1914, the Russian representatives in Romania noted that their attitudes had changed. Previously inhospitable, it has been underlined benevolent. Earlier, Bucharest was guided by Austria-Hungary and ...

A special place belonged to the actions of Russian armored cars during the victorious campaign of 1916 ...

When the Messiers from Castelno Castle conceded hostility with the barons from Beynak Castle, they, of course, could not have thought about what would happen 800 years later, and dreamed only about one thing: how to get ...

100 years ago, 3 March 1918, was signed “bawdy” Brest Peace. Russia was officially defeated and left the world war ....

Some say that the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II Alexandrovich from the "Throne of the Russian State" was an act of will, a manifestation of personal strength and courage. Others argue that ...

"You can not win if you become infected with VD" ...

My acquaintance with the medieval knight's castle took place long before school: for the first time I saw him in the picture in the “Book for reading on the history of the Middle Ages” edited by Professor SD Skazkina ...

The Cossacks who defended Crimea proved to be a great tool for solving delicate tasks — proactive, independent and not burdensome for the budget ...

140 years ago, 3 March 1878, a preliminary peace treaty between Russia and Turkey was signed in San Stefano. Russia won a convincing victory over the Ottoman Empire and put the winning ...

In memory of young anti-fascists, executed by Nazi Germany for distributing leaflets. A well-known high-school student did not tell about them, but their memory is honored in Germany ...

In a night battle, an attack without shooting was desirable - advancing to the enemy as close as possible ...

Ukrainian nationalism was in the 1918 year, the property of only a small handful of intellectuals. Even the name of the state (Ukraine) has just sounded, like the name “Ukrainian people”. Therefore...

February 26, 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nikolai Dmitrievich Gulaev, the famous fighter pilot, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, the third of the Soviet aces in number ...

Ivan the Terrible unleashed the Livonian War in the hope of improving the political and economic situation of the Russian kingdom, but the war had completely different consequences for the country ....

Fyodor Mikhailovich's sister repeated the fate of the old lender woman 27 years after the first publication of Crime and Punishment ...

Before 1917, the term “Ukrainian people” was not in any encyclopedia, throughout Russia, the Great, Malaya and Belaya, lived by Russians who had their own territorial, linguistic and everyday ...

The 714-th battery of the 1-th separate artillery battalion of the Novorossiysk naval base was considered flagship in the battalion. Her 130-mm "Masha" in caliber were the most "adult" and long-range ....