Unjustly forgotten. Vladimir Gulyaev
In a series of recent world events, when every day, looking at the TV screen or at the computer monitor, we are waiting for the next news about the war in Ukraine, the next imposition of sanctions against Russia ...
Secrets of the underwater war. Part two
One of the biggest technical sensations of 1928 of the year was the invention of the Berlin engineer A. Krich, proclaimed a revolution in the crypto business. And indeed, a long and painstaking manual ...
The collapse of the German plan of war
France was saved. At the same time, she was saved not only by the iron will of Joffre, Gallieni and Foch, who were able to organize a counterattack and the heroism of French soldiers and officers, but also the actions of Russia ....
Cossacks and the First World War. Part IV. 1916 year
The general political situation for the Entente for the 1916 year was favorable. US relations with Germany were sharpening, and there was hope that Romania would also be on the side of the allies. The total ...
Swedish America and Africa: Stockholm's colonial expansion
In a previous article, we talked about the colonial possessions of Denmark. However, attempts to acquire their own colonial empire were made not only by Denmark, but also by its northern neighbor and eternal rival ...
Women tankers of World War II. Maria Oktyabrskaya
Maria Vasilyevna Oktyabrskaya (maiden name Gargulya) - Soviet tanker, Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously). During the Great Patriotic War, Maria Oktyabrskaya at her own expense ...
Soviet commander Peter Kosilova. 2 part
The Germans launched an offensive in Nizhne-Kumsky in the early morning of December 21. Large masses of tanks and infantry went into the attack. As Kosheva wrote, the guardsmen did not fail this time either. They fought skillfully and ...
Yevgeny Dzhugashvili. The grandson of the Soviet leader
December 21 marked the 135 years since the birth of one of the most significant politicians in the entire history of the Russian state - Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin. According to the official version, it was 21 December ...
The situation on the CER as a result of the Russian-Japanese war
At the beginning of the last century, the Chinese Eastern Railway (CER) was one of the links of the Great Siberian Railway. Connecting the Trans-Baikal Railway through Manchuria with ...
Secrets of the underwater war. Part one
In January, 1943, the commander of the fascist submarine fleet, Rear Admiral K. Deniz, was in a good mood. His chief, fleet commander Grand Admiral Raeder, had great ...
Heroes of the legendary miner
In early August 1941, the Nazi forces continued to successfully advance deep into the territory of the Soviet Union. Millions of Soviet people stood shoulder to shoulder, trying to protect their country from ...
"Murder in stone bags": terrorists were not saved from revenge even prison walls
In the early twentieth century, revolutionary terror became a real problem for the Russian Empire. In many regions of the country, especially in its western provinces, capital cities and the Caucasus, they operated ...
As a tanker "Soviet oil" saved the French. The forgotten feat of our sailors
At two o'clock in the morning on May 17, 1932, the tanker "Sovetskaya Neft" received a signal from the caretaker of the Guardafui lighthouse: a large ship was in distress abeam the Cape Gvardafui. Around this time ...
Feat scout anti-fascist
It is possible that the fate of the Russian intelligence officer Uno Puuseppe, who worked for two decades in the Estonian KAPO security police (an analogue of our FSB), will be filmed - it really is ...
When the world is worse than war
1 December 1994, the President of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Russia Boris Yeltsin signed Decree No. 2169 “On measures to ensure the rule of law, the rule of law and public ...
Genocide on fertile soil
20 years ago, one of the most monstrous disasters in history happened - the massacre in Rwanda. As a result of the genocide, a tenth of the country's population was destroyed. The crime was bright ...
Time heals and historical rancor
One hundred years ago, on 2 (15) on November 1914, at the height of World War I, Russia declared war on Turkey. Earlier, the Turkish fleet fired at Odessa, Sevastopol and other Russian port cities. Then in ...
Soviet leader Peter K. Koshevoy
110 years ago, 8 (21) December 1904 was born a Soviet military leader, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Peter Kirillovich Koshevoy. The commander went a long and difficult life journey from ...
Designer "flying ships". Genius and tragedy of Rostislav Alekseev
The terrible dream of American admirals A group of ships of the American fleet, led by an aircraft carrier, is in combat service in the oceans. Radars do not record any threats, and on American ships ...
Front Stalin Prizes
What kind of reward did the Red Army receive for destroying enemy equipment. Many have heard of the Stalin Prizes awarded for outstanding services to scientists and artists. But few people know that and ...
Branders of past and future wars
The Pentagon has announced that it will adopt homing unmanned patrol boats over the course of the year to protect large warships from terrorist attacks. This decision was the result ...
The secret of the death of the flagship
This was the largest loss of the Russian imperial fleet in all the years of the First World War! The head battleship dreadnought "Empress Maria" was killed in her native Sevastopol harbor at 7 hours 17 minutes 20 ...
Minister of Defense Stalin hardening
30 years ago, 20 December 1984, died one of the most famous defense ministers of the USSR, Marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitry Fedorovich Ustinov. The name of Dmitry Ustinov directly related ...
The first epidemiologist in Russia. Daniil Samoilovich Sushkovsky
The outstanding Russian doctor Daniil Samoilovich Sushkovsky was born on December 22 1742 of the year (according to other 1744 data) in the village of Yanovka, located in the Chernigov province. The boy's father and grandfather were ...