Cattle and war
On the hauls of the herd it was necessary to water and feed, organize their protection, collect the beaten off cattle. Little was allocated for escorting people - men were needed in the army, there were not enough weapons, in the end ...
"Soft power" of the West in the era of Peter the Great
The tragedy of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich is largely associated with the so-called. great game, the game of Rome and the West as a whole against the Russian kingdom. The masters of the West sought to subjugate Russia and use it in their ...
Two corpses in the castle Mayerling
The heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Baroness decided together to leave life ...
"Three hundred Spartans" of the Central Council. Myth and truth of the Battle of Kruty
100 years ago there was a battle of Kruty, one of the key events for Ukrainian political mythology ....
Special circumstances. Part of 1
We want to talk about the tactical specifics of fighting in special conditions on the Russian front of the First World War - complicated by such significant circumstances as a settlement or the presence of a forest ...
How the Germans occupied the western part of Russia
On February 18, 1918, the troops of the German bloc on the Eastern Front went over to the offensive. As a result, by the summer of 1918 the Austro-German invaders occupied the Baltic states, Ukraine, Crimea, Don region, ...
Looking for the 714 battery. Part of 1
Coastal artillery batteries of the Crimea or, say, the legendary battery of captain Andrei Zubkov are quite well known. On their base there are museums, guided tours, and information about these artifacts ...
How Russian armor fought. CH 1. At Strykov and Pabianice
How did the Russian armored cars fight in the First World War? About the tactics of their actions and the most interesting combat episodes - this series of articles ...
Knights and Knights of the Rose War era (part 3)
Last time we met with the English armor of the participants of the Rose War, imported from Flanders and Italy, pointing out that it is no less, if not more popular in it ...
Under torture, he wrote his Report ...
115 years ago one of the most courageous journalists was born - the famous anti-fascist Julius Fucik ...
New Moscow. How did the Cossacks go to Ethiopia
The amazing and adventurous history of the appearance of the Cossacks in Ethiopia and through 130 years is perceived as an adventure novel. But the Cossack expedition actually went to East Africa ...
17-th army under Tomashev. H. 3
The fighting of the 35 division began around 12 hours from panic in the wagon train of the 139 regiment - the regiment performed the duties of the side vanguard of the corps and went to Schepyatin to join the division ...
"Afghan", "Chechen" and "Syrian" Klochkovs
One hope for the local "Klochkovykh" - Syrian, Donbass, some more, with which it is easy for a Russian soldier to go to the fire, to the water, to hell with horns, to the teeth of death, in the mouth of hell ...
Under the northern lights
October 1941 Shel fifth month of the war, the enemy occupied the Baltic republics, most of Belarus and Ukraine, came close to Moscow. The front line stretched from Barents to the Black Sea ...
The historic victory of the Russian army in the Caucasus. Joining Eastern Armenia
190 years ago, 22 February 1828, between the Russian Empire and Persia (Iran), the Turkmenchay peace treaty was signed. Eastern Armenia became part of Russia. It was a brilliant victory ...
Fiends on the Black Sea: the little-known crimes of the Nazis in the area of Novorossiysk. 5 part
When the conversation about the Nazi concentration camps comes, the chilling names Auschwitz (Auschwitz-Birkenau), Buchenwald, Majdanek, Mauthausen, Dachau, Salaspils, ...
Guards property
The First World War witnessed a unique phenomenon - when combat trophies were bestowed on the property of the units of the Russian Imperial Army that had captured them. We are reliably aware of two such ...
Stone Age Beauties: "Paleolithic Venus"
How did human culture begin? When and in what form did he cease to be an animal and became a rational creature? Obviously, this happened when he began to reflect the world around him in spiritual images. BUT...
How Russia got the opportunity to join Sweden
210 years ago, 21 February 1808, the next Russian-Swedish war began. The war has become part of the "big game" and the war in Europe, caused by the confrontation of Paris and London for leadership in the ...
How the Baltic Fleet was rescued from the Germans
100 years ago began the famous Baltic Fleet Ice Camping ....
17-th army under Tomashev. H. 2
In carrying out the order, the commander of the 17 Corps briefly informed his commanders about the battle that had begun at Tarnovatka, ordering: the 3 Infantry Division to reach the Zimno, Ratichev, Zherniki, 35 Infantry Division -...
"Swamp people": all ends - in the water!
And before, and now the swamps were considered deadly, scary, mysterious. A lot of creepy stories was connected with the swamp swamps. They were afraid to go to them, because they considered them their abode ...
"They fight until they are killed ..."
The memory of the regular, pre-war Red Army, which was almost completely lost in the battles of the summer of 1941, should not be defiled by malicious slander and amateurish speculations ...
How "Ukrainian Chimera" incited the Civil War
100 years ago, in February 1918, the Red Army won the first major victories in southern Russia. As a result of two months of bloody battles, Soviet troops cleared of white and White Cossacks ...