How Kutuzov lost his eye
On August 4, 1774, fighting with the Turkish landing force on the Crimean mountain pass near the village of Shumy, Lieutenant Colonel Mikhail Kutuzov was the first to launch his grenadier battalion into the attack and was seriously wounded in the head...
Afanasy Nikitin in India. Commerce or exploration
A new look at the reasons for Afanasy Nikitin’s travel and stay in India...
Sacramentaries - beautiful books from the Middle Ages with texts for the liturgy
Today we will get acquainted with the sacramentaries - a special kind of church literature, which was required to be read by all priests who served the mass....
Ram off the coast of Lebanon
On June 22, 1893, a disaster occurred that completely changed the theory and practice of the fight for the survivability of a ship. From a set of applied skills developed over thousands of years of maritime practice, it has become...
Philip II of Macedon. The commander who became the king
Philip and Olympias, the accession of the hero of the article to the throne, a new phalanx, heytyres, “silver spears” and “a donkey laden with gold”...
What happened in Manchuria in 1944
Why did Japanese-controlled Manchuria experience a sharp decline in iron and steel production in 1944? So far, even very interesting publications cannot answer this question...
General Milyutin and the reform of military education: why a half-hearted result was inevitable
The Crimean War demonstrated the need for reforms in Russia, including in the field of military education, the result of which, however, can hardly be called completely satisfactory...
From the history of the nuclear test site on Novaya Zemlya
On July 31, 1954, 70 years ago, the Decree of the Central Committee and the Council of Ministers of the USSR was adopted on the creation of the Northern Test Site on the islands of Novaya Zemlya. The training ground played an important...
Chasing the gas chamber
The German gas chambers were supposed to leave a photographic and film trail. This trail of murderers can be followed many decades later in order to solve crimes that are still shrouded in mystery...
How the Russian Army liberated the “ancestral city of Yuryev” from the Swedes
320 years ago, the Russian Army liberated the “ancestral city of Yuryev” from the Swedes. The “fiery feast,” as Tsar Peter called the assault on Dorpat, lasted all night. A detachment of Russian grenadiers, clearing the swamp with fascines,...
Philip II of Macedon. The youth of the king and commander
The Macedonian king Philip II traditionally remains in the shadow of his son Alexander, but many consider him a much more outstanding sovereign, and some - a more skillful commander...
50 years since the founding of the Alpha group
50 years ago, the elite special group “A” was created within the structure of the KGB of the USSR, which later became known as the “Alpha” group. Its task was to combat terrorism and other especially dangerous...
Shards and vessels of history
One of the reasons for such a wide distribution of ancient Greek clay shards is the following circumstance: Greece was rich in clay, so the raw materials for their dishes were right at their disposal...
World War I trap
On July 28, 1914, the First World War began. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia by shelling Belgrade. Russia has stated that it will not allow Serbia to be occupied. All the great powers of Europe began...
Expedition to the ancestors. Travel to the land of Punt
Having mastered the Nile River basin, the Egyptians found themselves in a kind of geographical trap: desert on the left, desert on the right, the sea in front, mountains and hostile Nubians behind. However, the desert on the one hand they...
Stalin's industrialization: where did the USSR get the money for the big leap?
Why aren’t they building supermarkets in the Russian outback now, and sometimes you can’t even find a bank branch there, and somewhere there is such devastation, as if a war had passed? The answer is simple: there is simply no...
Games under the sign of the swastika
The 1936 games in Berlin were hailed as a Nazi success as Germany topped the medals leaderboard. However, there were several incidents that caused confusion among the Nazis -...
Operation Atilla. How Türkiye carried out the Northeast Military District in Cyprus
50 years ago, Türkiye carried out a quick and successful military offensive - Operation Atilla. Turkish troops successfully occupied the northern part of Cyprus. The US and Britain have strengthened their influence in the region...
Phalanx: structure, maneuvers, camp
The Greek phalanx was a turning point in military history. This invention not only changed combat tactics, but also had a profound impact on social and political life...
“It’s more friendly to work with bayonets!” How Bebutov defeated the Turkish army in the Battle of Kyuryuk-Dara
170 years ago, the Russian Caucasian Corps defeated the Turkish Anatolian army in the Battle of Kyuryuk-Dara. General Bebutov won the 1854 campaign in the Caucasus...
Juan Domingo Peron and the “third way” for Argentina
What was Juan Peron's "Third Way" doctrine? What domestic and foreign policies did Argentina pursue during Peron's first presidency...
Lion of Africa - German partisan Lettow-Vorbeck
In Russian historiography, from the fact that in 1945 Goebbels’ widely advertised “werewolf” movement (“werewolf” - “partisan” in our language) did not take off, they often conclude that...
Half a year behind enemy lines
Reconnaissance group "Jack", according to some experts, is one of the most effective in the history of the Second World War. Soviet intelligence officers fought for half a year in the very lair of the Germans, supplying...
“We bought every step with blood”
250 years ago, the Turkish fleet landed an amphibious army in Crimea, and they were joined by the rebel Crimean Tatars. The Yalta post fell heroically, but in the battle near Shuma the Ottomans were defeated...