Frames that did not pass censorship during the First World War
A selection of photographs taken on the battlefields and in the training camps of the United States and its allies. All these pictures were censored in due time so as not to cause defeatist sentiments in ...
Rurik - the creation of the state of Falcon. To the 1150 anniversary of the vocation of the Varangians
1150 years ago in 862, according to the 12th century Old Russian Chronicle of the Tale of Bygone Years, Rurik and his brothers Sineus and Truvor were called to rule in the north of the Russian land. Rurik invited ...
Soviet army
Photos A.M. Juice, R.A. Zvyaglsky, M.V. Klimentyev, I.F. Kurashova, V.A. Mikhailova, A.E. Shadrina, L.E. Yakutin ...
Russian air defense: from the beginning to the present day
Although the first human flights date back to 1783 the year when the Marquis of Darland rose into the air in a balloon, but only in the 19 century did the process of creating aircraft gain the greatest acceleration ....
Operation Jihad - blood after elections
The 1996 summer of the year was the first after the second presidential election, which Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin won. One of the many promises of his company was the end of the Chechen war, for which ...
1993 coup of the year - a look through 19 years
Events from September 21 to October 4 The 1993 of the year is still a hot topic discussed, often controversial. Today, researchers of the October putsch adhere to the most diverse points ...
War through the eyes of German pilots
The rapid advancement of the Hitlerites deep into the USSR was greatly facilitated by an effective operational intelligence service. German aviation seized air supremacy in the first days of the war. Preemptive ...
Igor Sikorsky - the lost genius of Russia
"The father of multi-engine aviation" Igor Sikorsky is a talented Russian designer who was forced to leave his homeland during the revolution, because he was recognized as a political traitor. The whole life of this ...
German photos of the Great Patriotic War 1941g-1943g
A large number of photographs taken by German officers while attempting to conquer the USSR. The collection includes photos of Wehrmacht soldiers, destroyed vehicles, local residents of occupied villages and ...
The coup d'état budget 50 thousand rubles
In July last year, a retired colonel Leonid Khabarov, a veteran of the Afghan war, was arrested in Yekaterinburg. The accusation against the veteran shook the public. Honored Military ...
Minsk ghetto - death conveyor for Jews
The bloody years of World War II claimed millions of innocent lives. The terrible facts of the genocide of the Jewish people became known to the world community already in the post-war years. The atrocities of the Nazis against ...
7-I military base
Returning to places where previously served, is always interesting. I want to see what has changed, what is not, to find out whether there are still former colleagues. The base has not been since that May 2010 day ...
S.Y. Witte is a brilliant minister and daring schemer
One of the most prominent historical figures who participated in the political life of Russia at the turn of the 19-20 centuries - Sergei Yulievich Vitte. An amazing man who made a brilliant career and reached ...
First Chechenskaya in photos
The first Chechenskaya in photographs (photographer Alexander Nemenov) ...
Excursion to North Korea (Part of 1)
Even before the Associated Press announced the creation of its office in Pyongyang, the photographs of David Gattenfelder gave the world an idea of how North Korea lives. Then the country is in the form of ...
Excursion to North Korea (Part of 2)
In this post - the second part of the selection of photographs of David Gattenfelder from North Korea 2008-2012's. Since 1948, when the state was created, North Korea had only two rulers: Kim Ir ...
Soviet special forces: from creation to our time
In 1923, the state of the USSR appeared, although its creation was officially announced at the end of December 1922. It replaced the Soviet Russia that existed during the years of the revolution, and became a new one ...
Afghanistan: February 2012
21 February, there were reports that copies of the Koran were burned at the Bagram airbase. Anti-American demonstrations immediately began, despite statements by NATO and the US presidential administration that ...
Photo project by Gerd Ludwig "The Long Shadow of Chernobyl"
Photojournalist Gerd Ludwig, who won international acclaim, spent many years documenting the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. In 1986, due to ...
Anti-terrorism exercises in South Korea are more like shooting action movie
Just imagine this hellish scenario: a limousine arrives at the center where the nuclear weapons summit is taking place. The leader of one of the atomic superpowers comes out surrounded by bodyguards from a car. Is he...
Destroyers "Orly Burke". Record holders with rocket weapons
In June 2011, the US Navy Command announced its plans for the future of US Navy destroyers. Prospective destroyers of the Zumwalt type were too expensive for ...
Mikheev Anatoly Nikolaevich - life, like a moment!
Time does not turn back. However, who can say what would have happened if the trouble had happened again, and the enemy had invaded the territory of our state? Can we hope for such a behavior ...
Women - Heroes of the Soviet Union
For the first time, women were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union by a decree of November 2, 1938. Pilots Valentina Grizodubova, Polina Osipenko and Marina Raskova were awarded for ...
Women in the war
It just so happens that all our ideas about war are associated with the image of a male soldier. This is understandable: it was mainly the representatives of the stronger sex who fought - men. And for some reason they usually forget ...