800 years ago, on May 31, 1223, a battle took place on the Kalka River between the main forces of the "Mongols" and the Russian-Polovtsian regiments. The Russian-Polovtsian army suffered a severe defeat ...

To what extent was the economy of the Second Reich ready for a big war? How effective were the efforts to transfer it to a military footing? Why was the German army the least exposed to projectiles ...

Count Johann Tserclaes von Tilly (1559–1632) is an outstanding general in the imperial service, famous for having won a huge number of victories over the Protestants, some of which had...

Alim Aydamak, a hero or a robber - this is not easy to understand...

After a three-day assault on May 29, 1453, the Ottoman troops of Sultan Mehmed II captured the capital of Byzantium, Constantinople, ending the 1100-year history of the Byzantine Empire...

In the late Middle Ages, very serious changes took place in weapons and military art. Solid plate armor replaced chain mail. The shield was no longer needed. Thanks to this, the warrior's hand was freed, ...

An aristocrat, the most educated man of his time, he proved himself in many areas: as a commander, diplomat, scientist, translator, teacher and engineer...

"Socialite" Daria Lieven: "political Sibyl" and "diplomatic soothsayer", whose Parisian salon was called the "watchtower of Europe"...

Unfortunately, very little is known about many authors of fencing treatises. So little that all the information about them fits in just one or two lines. That is why it will be all the more interesting to learn about one of ...

On May 27, 1703 Tsar Peter I founded the Peter and Paul Fortress. It started the history of the capital of the Russian Empire - St. Petersburg....

210 years ago, the Russian-Prussian army near Bautzen suffered a second defeat in a general battle with the French army. The Allies retreated to Silesia and made a truce with the French...

In 1410, the Bolognese master Fiore dei Liberi published a systematic work "Flos Duellatorium in Armis" ("The flower of those who fight with weapons"), which became a significant contribution to the literature on ...

The United States began to prepare for a new world war from the beginning of the 1930s. That is, even before Hitler came to power in Germany ...

Comparison of the level of combat training of British and Japanese naval gunners on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War, as well as a comparison of the firing conditions of the two fleets...

In Europe, the earliest book on weapon fighting techniques is Ms. I.33" ("I.33"), written in Franconia around 1300. He remained in a Franconian monastery...

The presence of Russian troops and navy in Constantinople, the fierce determination of the Russians to defend Turkey, forced the Egyptian pasha to stop the offensive and start peace negotiations. Russia saved the Ottoman...

Pagan motifs of ballads about Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest...

It was at the beginning of the XNUMXth century that infantry appeared on the battlefields in Europe, the whole appearance of which was nothing more than a characteristic uniform, and at the same time, none of the costumes of these ...

Khmelnitsky with an army in December 1648 solemnly arrived in Kyiv. It was a great victory. Russian land was cleared of the Poles ...

Robin Hood is the famous "noble robber", whose name has become a household name...

In the summer of 1940, the German ship "Komet" passed along the strategic sea route of the USSR - the Northern Sea. But how did it turn out for everyone and who is the main beneficiary ...

May 19, 1890 was born Ho Chi Minh, an outstanding Vietnamese political figure of the XNUMXth century, leader of the national liberation struggle of the Vietnamese people, founder of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Ho...

70 years ago, the Cuban leader was not recommended to visit Stalin's house-museum...

The famous victims of the lancets of doctors and barbers and was Duremar a charlatan ...