Why Kazakh Nationalists Don't Like Russia
Kazakh nationalists are hostile to Russia. But why? If you think about it, you can come to the conclusion that at the root lies an unhealed resentment for their own past, a very unsightly one...
World War III. War of a New Generation
The "Cold War" is the Third World War, which Great Russia (USSR) lost. Great Russia (USSR) was dismembered. The Russian super-ethnos was divided, turning Russians into the largest divided people...
Constantinople 1204. By the battlefields
Historical sites of Istanbul related to the siege and capture of Constantinople by the Crusaders in 1204....
1917. Unexpected triumph of the German fleet off the coast of Norway
In December 1917, German destroyers attacked a Western Allied convoy off the coast of Norway. This naval battle was the last German surface success in World War I....
170 years since the bloody Battle of Inkerman
170 years ago, on November 5, 1854, the Battle of Inkerman took place. Russian troops tried to unblock Sevastopol, but were defeated in a brutal battle....
"Cash cows" for "gray wolves"
The use of the Deutschland-class transport submarines in World War I gave the Germans useful experience. The Reich's sailors realized that submarines were quite capable of transporting cargo. It was only in World War II that...
The Black Prince Edward of Woodstock: A Commander's Finest Hour
The Black Prince Edward of Woodstock after the Battle of Crecy. The Battle of Poitiers, which became the finest hour of this commander....
Blood, Power, and Betrayal: How One Roman's Ambition Almost Destroyed the Republic
In 63 BC, the Roman Republic was on the brink of collapse: civil wars had depleted the treasury, an economic crisis had impoverished citizens, and slaves continued to rebel...
1204. Constantinople: "after the ball"
Having broken into the city, the pilgrims committed massacre in the coastal areas of the Golden Horn. The main part of the Roman army with noble commanders retreated to the Blachernae Palace, the smaller part with the emperor into the interior...
"Russia has only two allies - its army and navy"
130 years ago, the great Russian sovereign Alexander III Alexandrovich passed away. He was one of the greatest and most Russian in spirit tsars....
Gallery of Killer Innovations
It's a very old tradition to invent and embody in metal various killer "things"...
The brutal battle for Hungary
80 years ago, the Soviet troops began their Budapest offensive. The goal of the battle was to defeat the German troops in Hungary and remove that country from the war....
Collectivization: What was the plan?
When they talk about the famine of 1932-1933, they often tear out pages from history, including Stalin's actual plan to transform agriculture...
110 years ago Türkiye attacked Russia
110 years ago Turkey attacked Russia. The German-Turkish fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Souchon attacked Sevastopol, Novorossiysk, Feodosia and Odessa without declaring war....
The Profumo Affair: A Scandal of Sex and Soviet Espionage
Sex, lies and Soviet espionage. It was perhaps the biggest scandal in British political history, leading to prison terms, suicide and the fall of Harold...
Alexey Mikhailovich or the Lack of Alternative to Military Reforms
Despite the increased interest in the 17th century, there are still ideas in society: if it were not for Peter I, Russia would have shared the fate of India and China, turning into a semi-colony; how fair is...
"The French Wolf" Isabella and her grandson the Black Prince Edward of Woodstock
The Hundred Years' War has two main characters. Joan of Arc is unrivaled. The famous Black Prince is Edward Woodstock, in second place...
Napoleon's "Yellow Collars"
Sometimes, when reading descriptions of historical battles, you come across strange names. For example, such a type of light infantry as "voltigeurs". It seems that "vaulting" is one of the disciplines of equestrian sports, its own...
St. Sergius and the Liberation of Rus': Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Spiritual Strategist and Victorious Tactician
October 8 in Russia is the day of remembrance of Sergius of Radonezh, who made a significant contribution to the history of our state. His tireless work became the basis for the liberation of Rus' and our modern...
Stalin's Tenth Strike
80 years ago, the Red Army carried out the Petsamo-Kirkenes offensive operation, which went down in history as Stalin's Tenth Strike...
The role of the noble estate in Russian culture of the second half of the 19th century
The noble estate is the embodiment of Russian cultural identity – the life and work of many outstanding figures of Russian history and culture were inextricably linked with provincial...
Alexey Mikhailovich or On the way to the big European game
Under the Quietest, Russia enters into a confrontation for the Baltics with Sweden, which France saw as a replacement for Holland in the top league of the European concert, but Versailles did not see the increasingly confident...
Russian architect of Egyptian buildings
And it happened that when the ship "Buena Speranza" brought two sphinxes from ancient Thebes to St. Petersburg, a twenty-year-old student of the Academy of Arts, Dmitry Efimov, witnessed their delivery....
Expedition to the Ancestors. Inquisitive Subjects of the Russian Empire, Sphinxes by the Bridge, and “Egyptian Cast Iron”
Our distant ancestors, driven by curiosity and the desire to see distant lands, went to distant Egypt to gain knowledge about this country. They were "pedestrians", as well as ambassadors and merchants who...