One of the main reasons for the defeat of the Russian Empire in the First World War was the degradation of the "elite" of the empire. This can be found a lot of information, but rarely mention another major reason ...

In 1156, the Barrientos brothers founded the Order of Julian de Pereiro in Spain. The order, on the advice of the hermit Pereiro, built a fortress to defend against the Moors. And originally it was named after ...

Currently, there is a fierce attack on our memory of the Great Patriotic War. Perhaps, only in Russia, Belarus, Armenia and partially in Ukraine has a true understanding of the Great War and ...

What images arise from a citizen of Russia, who is told about the beginning of the Great Patriotic War? Most likely - dull columns of prisoners, wandering under the protection of German machine gunners, broken and ...

The information war against Russia has been going on for more than one century, one of its methods is the project of “Ukraine” and “Ukrainian language”. All the Slavorussian tribes and clans who inhabited huge 10 century ...

The great war of 1941-45, which according to the plan of Nazi Germany that started it, should bring her world domination, eventually turned into a complete collapse for her and proof of the power of the USSR ....

The Great Patriotic War brought grief and tears to almost every Soviet family. It has been almost 70 years since its inception, and it seemed we knew the story from the beginning of the war to its victorious end ...

Many accuse Stalin of the fact that 22 Jun is not he, as head of state, but Molotov told the Soviet people about the beginning of the war. At that time, historians justified Stalin by pointing out that he could not have been ...

The 15 (28) of July was a motorcade of several open cars moving along the crowded streets of the Bosnian city of Sarajevo. From the embankment of the Appleple motorcade turned into the street Franz Joseph, General Oscar ...

There is a statement that Stalin loved to read and quietly read 500 pages for one day. The main literature, which was preferred by the leader of the USSR, was historical ...

Even before the October Revolution 1917, in March, at a meeting of the Council of Workers 'and Soldiers' Deputies, it was decided to eliminate the military rank of officer in the army. Strange as it may sound, but ...

The Second World War broke out in the capitalist world, its main reasons lie in the very nature of capitalism, imperialism. The capitalist system leads to enormous contradictions between ...

Many people know the feats of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War. Representatives of all post-war generations with pleasure and ecstasy listen to stories about the exploits accomplished by ordinary people for the sake of ...

Hero of the Great Patriotic War ... Who is he? A talented commander or a courageous squad leader? Fearless soldier with a grenade in his hand or a pilot going to the ram? Eternal memory of courage, courage and ...

It is worth noting that now interest in history, which was somewhat lost due to reasons that had political roots, is gradually starting to revive. It should be understood that the loss of this ...

Malta is a place like a real paradise. Today it is a corner of romance and true solitude, and yet the history of the island is full of bright and complex events. It is a place with a unique culture and history ....

“The more monstrous the lie, the faster the public believes in it,” said the propaganda minister of the Third Reich, Joseph Goebbels. Nazi Germany succeeded in rewriting history, but we ...

In the past two decades there have been several, one more surprising than the other, versions of the fate of Adolf Hitler. Some researchers claim that he lived until his old age in South America, where his ...

Probably, for many, this information will not become news, but during the Great Patriotic War, not only ordinary citizens of the country, but also children and loved ones took part in hostilities ...

The events of the Great Patriotic War are farther and farther away from us, fewer and fewer remain the living participants of those events that have affected the lives of all those living on the planet today. Despite this, in generations ...

Nothing conveys the atmosphere of war as living and direct testimony about it to those who were on the front line. Today we present you excerpts from letters and diaries of German soldiers and ...

The history of the bayonet in the Russian army dates back to Peter I, when the introduction of the bayonet instead of bagnets in 1709 made the gun quite suitable for action in fire,

Back in April 1945, Goering proposed to Montgomery (British Field Marshal) "to deploy the entire Western Front and expel the Russians from the territory of the Reich." There were other suggestions - in ...

Taking Berlin and hoisting the red flag over the Reichstag was the final solemn chord in the victory over Nazi Germany. Fighting in Berlin were literally for every house. Germans...