On the way to the Berlin Congress or the Crimean phantom of Alexander II
The main reason for Russia's diplomatic defeat at the Berlin Congress is usually called Alexander II's fear of a new coalition and a repeat of the Crimean War scenario, in the realities of the 1870s...
Underrated Russian Commander Boris Sheremetev
Boris Petrovich Sheremetev invariably finds himself in the shadow of Peter I, to whom all of Sheremetev's merits and almost all of his victories are traditionally attributed....
Everyone has their own Mayan pyramid
One of the most beautiful Mayan pyramids is probably the Kukulkan pyramid in the city of Chichen Itza. The Spanish call it "El Castillo", that is, "the castle", but in fact it is a temple structure, raised...
Stalin's Eighth Strike
80 years ago, the strategic offensive Baltic operation of the Soviet troops ended. The Red Army liberated almost all of the Baltics, the German group was locked in Courland....
Battles of the Momysh Uly battalion in the area of Matrenino station on November 17 and 18, 1941.
On November 17 and 18, 1941, the battalion under the command of Bauyrzhan Momysh-Ula heroically defended the borders near Matrenino station from the advancing German troops. These days became a shining example of courage and fortitude...
Avraham Norov – a one-legged Egyptologist without fear and reproach
Abraham Norov is a one-legged hero who became the prototype of the famous literary pirate John Silver. He went from being a participant in the Battle of Borodino to the Minister of Public Education. But few...
Russian revenge
370 years ago, the Russian army liberated Vitebsk. Overall, the 1654 campaign was one of the most successful in the history of the Russian state's wars against Poland and Lithuania....
His Majesty's Green Jackets
In the 90s of the last century, the series "The Adventures of Sharpe the Rifleman" with Sean Bean in the leading role did not leave the TV screens for more than 15 years. Filmed in Crimea, the series based on the cycle of novels by Bernard...
The Unhappy Queen Mary Tudor
Princess Mary Tudor - a girl with a difficult and hard fate, becomes the Queen of England, her five-year reign of this country. Was she a "bloody" queen?...
120 years of the heroic defense of Port Arthur
120 years ago, the Russian army repelled the fourth assault on Port Arthur. However, the Japanese, having suffered heavy losses, took the key mountain Vysokaya, which doomed the Russian garrison and the Pacific fleet to destruction...
Collectivization: What are they trying to hide from us?
The plan for the reorganization of agriculture, which included collectivization, was grandiose and is a historic achievement. And they are trying with all their might to hide it from us, so that we do not know and do not remember it....
Mary Tudor. The Unfortunate English Princess and Her Five Stepmothers
Mary Tudor, granddaughter of the Catholic kings Isabella and Ferdinand, daughter of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII, the unfortunate English princess and her five stepmothers....
Manifesto of Peter I to the peoples of the Caucasus and Persia
Informational preparation of the Persian campaign of Peter the Great....
Ukrainian myth about Holodomor
In Ukraine, a myth was created about the Holodomor. An artificial famine, which was conceived and carried out by the Soviet regime with the aim of mass murder of the Ukrainian people....
The Peace of San Stefano or a Tangle of New Contradictions
After the conclusion of the Peace of San Stefano, Petersburg hoped to present Bulgaria to Europe and present it with a fait accompli, without taking into account the tangle created by the newly-created state...
After 1204: The Battle for the Byzantine Empire
After the capture of the capital of the Roman Empire by the Crusaders and the Venetians, the representatives of the Greek aristocratic families and their leaders immediately began a struggle to restore the empire and...
Russian Egypt: Completely Forgotten Names
In the 19th century, interest in Egypt in Russia grew rapidly, attracting many travelers, such as the orientalist A. O. Mukhlinsky, officer A. N. Muravyov, botanist L. S. Tsenkovsky and others. They left...
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, "The Kingmaker"
Richard Neville became one of the main heroes of the Wars of the Roses and even received the telling nickname "The Kingmaker"....
About mills and millers of the Middle Ages
Windmills and watermills, which first appeared in ancient Rome and Persia, became an integral part of everyday life in Europe. Despite this, attitudes towards millers were ambiguous...
U-862 off the coast of Australia and New Zealand. The last months of the submarine war and the surrender
The article is devoted to one of the little-known episodes of the war at sea during World War II - the combat mission of the German submarine U-862 to the shores of Australia and New Zealand. It was the only...
Ivan the Terrible's campaign against Kazan 1549-1550. Beginning of the military campaign
What formations were the assembled troops divided into, what goals were set for them, and how did the Kazan campaign of 1550 begin....
History of Ukraine - Russian History
It is physically impossible to separate the history of Russia and Ukraine. This is the history of Rus-Russia, the Russian superethnos. The term "Ukraine-Ukraine" for many centuries meant the outskirts and nothing more....
Battles of the Momysh Uly battalion in the area of Matrenino station on 16.11.1941
In Soviet historiography, Baurjan Momysh uly was one of the heroes of the Battle of Moscow, and in the post-Soviet period he was (and is) also presented as an outstanding tactician of the Great Patriotic War....
Would the USSR have survived after the loss of the Caucasus: the Japanese opinion
The Japanese followed the battle for the Caucasus and Caucasian oil, but were very skeptical about its consequences even in the event of a German victory...