How the Red Divisional Commander raised an uprising against the Bolsheviks and how it ended ...

Under what circumstances did the Fascist Party emerge? Why was the “campaign against Rome” successful, and why did the army and police actually offer no resistance to the Squadrists (Blackshirts)?...

The lands of Scandinavia, unsuitable for farming, and its harsh northern climate simply did not allow the local population to adequately exist at the expense of agricultural land and fish ...

The beginning of the story about Lavr Kornilov: the brilliant career of a rootless boy from a poor large family...

Very many of our readers are interested in the following question: what was characteristic of the Middle Ages, primarily from the point of view of the natural-geographical component of the social development of Europe...

Wood as an ornamental material played an exceptionally important role in the Middle Ages. What professions were popular ...

An objective look at the Battle of Orsha, which is recorded in a series of great victories by many enemies of Russia...

In the field of military affairs, weapons and ammunition from the very beginning of the XNUMXth century, we have not just a written source, but a beautifully illustrated manuscript compiled by Bartholomeus Freisleben ...

110 years ago, the Second Balkan War began. Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Montenegro were allies for a short time and were torn apart because of the "Turkish heritage" ...

About the first military rebellion in the ancient Roman Republic, its origins and causes...

Privatization has become the biggest crime of the time of "democratic reforms" in Russia. The country and people were brazenly robbed, stealing hundreds of billions of US dollars...

The illustrations of the “Book of the Twelve Brothers” tell us about the professions of tailors and shoemakers from 1425 to the end of the XNUMXth century ....

On September 27, 1941, 101 Uzbek Red Army soldiers taken prisoner near Smolensk were delivered to the Amersfoort concentration camp. The Nazis planned to use them for propaganda purposes, but the Soviet soldiers...

What were the reasons for the outbreak of the Austro-Prussian War? How was it perceived by German society? Why was the war called the war of brothers, fratricidal...

The background of the events in which the Russian Federation acted as one of the parties that pushed the FRY to surrender ...

The appearance of Donetsk on the world map is inextricably linked with the activities of the British businessman John James Hughes. About who he was, how he started his career, how he ended up in the Donbass and what he achieved, it’s worth ...

250 years ago, a detachment of ships of the Azov Flotilla, led by Captain 2nd Rank Kinsberg, in the Balaklava region repelled an attack by superior forces of the Turkish fleet, which were planning to land...

The last 15 years of the life of the inventor ...

250 years ago, the 5-strong detachment of General Weisman defeated the 20-strong Turkish army in the fierce battle of Kainarji. The brave Russian general, who was called "Russian Achilles", fell in battle. His...

Perhaps the first artificial material created by human hands was fabric. It is believed that weaving and the profession of a weaver arose a very long time ago, back in the Late Paleolithic era due to the development of...

The defense of Ryazan by Alexei and Fyodor Basmanov in 1564, the oprichnina and disgrace, the fate of the grandchildren of the famous governor Ivan IV ...

Ivory products were known in the ancient world and even earlier. It was from ivory that the legendary Phidias made the bodies of the statues of Zeus and Athena. But at the beginning of the Middle Ages, people were not up to ...

The West skillfully reproduced in Russia the semi-colonial system that was established in the former colonies of the Western powers. When real resources are taken out, they are exchanged for "beads" (green paper), and ...

In the narratives of this story, a path has been traveled from facts and fiction to anecdotes and all sorts of cults...