Great dreamer
190 years ago, 8 February 1828, was born Jules Verne - the future world-famous French writer, a classic adventure literature, one of the creators of the science fiction genre ....
Domodedovo Stalingrad
February 12 - Day of Military Glory of Russia. It was on this day in 1943 that a large group of Nazi troops near Stalingrad was defeated by Soviet troops ....
The most popular Nose of the German bloc
The so-called “Ferdinand Noses” enjoyed particular popularity on the Russian front of the First World War ...
Thirty eight minutes to war
The Guinness Book of Records mentions the war between the British Empire and Zanzibar, which occurred in 1896 year. That confrontation was not just among champions ...
How the troops of Batu stormed Vladimir
780 years ago, 7 February 1238, the army of Batu stormed took the capital of Northeast Russia - Vladimir ....
Twenty thousand miles under water. How Soviet sailors realized the dream of Jules Verne
A unique expedition was undertaken by 52 a year ago by Soviet submarines. They managed to make a round-the-world voyage under water, unnoticed by American means of observation ....
Artillery standard. Part of 2
What were the tasks of the Russian artillery in the upcoming operation? ...
Cyclades: the civilization of obsidian, marble idols and ... tombs!
When you are standing on the seashore and you see an island far away on the horizon, then you want to reach it and see it, but what is there? The Aegean Sea in this regard, the area is especially fertile ...
Turkish invasion of Transcaucasia. “Thousands of Russians were shot and burned alive. Armenians are subjected to indescribable torture”
100 years ago, in February 1918, the Turkish army launched an offensive in the Caucasus. The Russian Caucasian front has already collapsed and could not stop the enemy ....
Adolf Hitler's Penalty
Compared to their atrocities, the crimes of the other SS men paled. "Dirlewanger", "Hitler's penalties", was the most ruthless punitive formation, staffed by selected ...
Under the command of Ekka
There is a village in Galicia called Yanchin. Around this village, located on the river. Rotten Linden, 16 - 17. 08. 1914. A battle took place between the 7 Army Corps of the 8 Army (with the support of the 10 Corps 3 ...
Weapons and armor of the Mongol warriors (part three)
The third part of the material “about the Mongols”, based primarily on the monograph by A.I. Solovyov, in my opinion, should start, somewhat distracted from the main topic ...
West Siberian uprising. For the Soviets without the Communists
97 years ago, a powerful peasant uprising began in Western Siberia. The rebels were in favor of the Soviets, but without the Communists, and in the shortest possible time were able to capture several important Siberian cities ....
Fiends on the Black Sea: the little-known crimes of the Nazis in the area of Novorossiysk. 2 part
As I described in the first part, the situation in Novorossiysk after the liberation was critical. Lack of workers, totally mined territory and urgent need not only ...
Artillery standard. Part of 1
The apogee of successful actions of the Russian artillery of the First World War was the participation in the 1917 Summer Offensive. We find it extremely interesting to look at the quality of the use of Russian artillery ...
"Cram into nevpihaemoe." Action or musical?
We have to admit that many - almost all - things and objects around us have a rather narrow purpose. As well as working specialties ...
As the Black Sea coast opened an account torpedo attacks
26 January 1878, the Chesma and Sinop mineboats for the first time in history sank an enemy ship using torpedoes ...
Mahatma Gandhi is too much praised
Exactly 70 years ago, Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi, a man named among the main idols of the 20th century and the most important leaders of the first half, died in the hands of a terrorist. However, as a policy of Gandhi clearly ...
General Vasily White - hero of the defense of Port Arthur
During the defense of Port Arthur, the general for the first time in the Russian army used shooting from closed positions ...
As "fake" awards to the Great Patriotic War received
The situation when these heroes are left without military awards or is awarded very modestly, and those close to the authorities and material values are hung with orders and medals like New Year's ...
General Success Little Blood
I ask students the question: “How many Victory Parades were in 1945 year?”. Traditionally, I get the answer: “One - 24 June 1945 of the Year in Moscow”. It is necessary to correct each time: the Victory Parade was also held by 16 ...
Who was behind the murder of Volodarsky?
20 June 1918 of the year in Petrograd by an unknown person, as originally reported by the newspaper, the commissar for the press of the Northern Commune V. Volodarsky (Moses Markovich Goldstein) was killed ...
What really stood behind the massive repression of 1937 of the year
These days 80 celebrates years of events, the controversy about which does not subside to this day. It's about 1937 year, when mass political repression began in the country ...
Millions for the dictatorship of the proletariat
Stefan Mrochkovsky occupies a special place among prominent illegal immigrants. He carried out a very important project to create an international financial structure, engaged in obtaining ...