"Kolchak's Gold" captured by Kappel, Kappel's career in the admiral's army, defeat and death....

The author talks about the publication of manifestos – information bulletins of his time – by decree of Peter I.

Next year marks the centenary of the publication of Major General A. A. Svechin's "Strategy," which coincided with a period of tectonic changes in the country. This article will discuss these changes, as outside the context of the era...

The accident at Unit 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant occurred, on the one hand, due to reactor defects and incomplete technical documentation. The second most important factor was the personnel's lack of knowledge about...

120 years since the Sevastopol uprising led by Lieutenant Schmidt, which Lenin figuratively called the "Sevastopol fire." It was one of the largest armed uprisings during the Revolution...

V. Kappel, a modest staff officer who became one of the prominent White Guard generals of the civil war...

Some historians call the political crisis in Germany that arose after World War I (1918-1923) a civil war. To what extent is this accurate?

We conclude our series on the Battle of Mobile Bay, a key milestone in the Federal victory in the Civil War.

Despite the wars Israel has waged since its establishment, the country's navy is rarely mentioned—Israelis mostly fight on land. However, sometimes news is generated by...

Grigoriev's separatist plans and his collaboration with the Japanese. "The Supreme Ruler of Russia's Eastern Borderlands." Defeat, exile, an inglorious death...

The fighting in Budapest lasted until November 9, 1956. But the assault was led by Stalin's army, which had vast combat experience. Experienced officers from the front lines. Therefore, the rebels had no chance.

Many of the crises occurring in contemporary Iranian society have their origins in the revolutionary period of the Islamic Republic's history, directly linked to the rule of Ayatollah Khomeini.

Only the cunning Kutuzov discerned both Napoleon's desire to fight a decisive battle with the allies and the duplicitous Austrians' policies, but they ignored him. Which led to the disgrace of Austerlitz...

Ships and crews of the naval units of the USSR border troops. The ship's main movers and shakers are the navigator, boatswain, and captain...

This article will discuss additional informational narratives in German leaflet propaganda. It will also continue the classification of Nazi leaflets addressed to Red Army soldiers...

250 years ago, Catherine II decreed the "Institution for Governing the Provinces of the All-Russian Empire." The Russian Empire was divided into 50 provinces.

170 years ago, the Russian army captured the "impregnable" Turkish fortress of Kars. The capture of Kars in 1855 was the last significant operation and the greatest victory for Russian arms in the Crimean War.

Today we'll tell you how a certain John Erickson became who he is, and... how he came to create his "Monitor."

A story about the truly heroic fate of a man from the Penza region, a doctor with a capital D, Nikolai Nilovich Burdenko...

The origins and beginning of G. Semenov's military career, the formation of the Special Manchurian Detachment, and the outbreak of the civil war in Transbaikalia...

Speaking about the confrontation between Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and Ruhollah Khomeini that preceded the Islamic Revolution of 1979, with hindsight it seems as if the circumstances doomed the Shah to defeat, however...

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370 years ago, the voivodes Urusov and Baryatinsky defeated the superior Lithuanian forces of Hetman Sapieha near Brest. The Russian army occupied almost all of Lithuanian Rus'.

The first Russian guardsman is traditionally considered to be Sergei Leontyevich Bukhvostov, who enlisted in the "toy soldiers" in 1683. In 1692, the "toy soldiers" were consolidated into the 3rd Moscow Elective Regiment under the command of Colonel...