Modern assessments of Stalin's personality: from murderer to saint
In the media, Stalin appears as the greatest villain of all time, then as the messiah who made an incredible civilizational contribution ....
From the history of the Kalashnikov self-loading sniper rifle
Why the rifle could not pass the selection for compliance with the requirements for precision weapons ....
On the war in Afghanistan and preparations for the withdrawal of troops
A military intelligence officer shares his impressions of how he had to work with the local population, who knew very well that he was a Soviet officer ....
Revelations of General Gromov: Nobody needed war in Afghanistan
Hero of the Soviet Union, retired Colonel General Boris Gromov, shares his revelations. It was he who in 1989 led the operation to withdraw Soviet troops from Afghanistan ....
Semester, which was not. An occupation
The biggest tragedy of the Nazi occupation was the mass extermination of Soviet citizens. Among those shot or strangled with the help of toxic gases in Stavropol there were many teachers and ...
Mi-35P: new helicopter or new name
The protagonist of this film is a descendant of the Mi-24 helicopter, famous for being able to bring down a fighter ....
What happened before SVD
When it comes to domestic small arms sniper, then, of course, remember first of all about SVD ....
On the interaction of special services and revolutionaries
Limonov writes in his book that a portrait of Dzerzhinsky hung on the wall of the office where interrogations were conducted. From the statement of the writer: “Guys, but Dzerzhinsky spent half his life in prison, and you are the secret police” ....
The early work of Mikhail Kalashnikov: machine gun of 1943
Of undoubted interest are the early works of the famous designer-gunsmith ...
Features of special training of cadets in the FEFU
According to the head of the FEFU, Major General Vladimir Gryzlov, when teaching cadets of the school, methods are used based on, among other things, the combat experience gained in Syria ....
Vladimir Onokoi: 2nd place among the worst Kalashnikovs in the world
The review of various versions of the Kalashnikov assault rifle, which were produced in foreign countries, continues ....
American documentary about Ukraine and internal political struggle in the USA
The American channel One America News presented a 50-minute film, which is dedicated to events in Ukraine, as well as intra-American political struggle ....
Rusnano Chubais proposed to allocate funds of pension funds to "green energy"
Experts note that the Anatoly Chubais corporation is trying to catch the wave, which is gaining height in Europe today ....
"Berezhok": the capabilities of the combat module on the BMP-2
Russian developers decided to combine a grenade launcher, anti-tank missile system, cannon and machine gun in a single combat module ....
Overview of MR1 - Kalashnikov self-loading rifle
MR1 was released in a small experimental batch and will be available by reservation in limited quantities ....
How many of those captured by the Red Army near Stalingrad were Soviet citizens
In Soviet times, one of the forbidden topics for media coverage was a topic related to the actions of collaborators during the Great Patriotic War ....
Ruslan Gelayev. Liquidation
On the account of the militant - a large number of committed terrorist acts and sabotage, attacks on federal troops during the 1st and 2nd Chechen campaigns ....
UBS Yak-130: the first, created from scratch after the collapse of the USSR
To date, the aircraft has undergone significant changes, went through a series of improvements ....
The feat of the “Kremlin” cadets in the battle of Moscow
In the battle of Moscow, the Wehrmacht troops for the first time suffered a serious defeat. It was near Moscow that Hitler’s plan for a “lightning war” was finally failed ....
Question of Soviet attack aircraft during the Great Patriotic War
The Su-6 attack aircraft had high hopes during the Great Patriotic War that began in June 1941 ....
Medicine in the USSR on the eve of World War II
Expert: When the war began, it suddenly turned out that we bought many medicines in Germany ....
Experiment: how many continuous shots will the legendary PPSh sustain
The endurance is checked by a real veteran of the shooting service - the 78-year-old submachine gun of the Shpagin system ....
How the Brest Fortress defended
A major role in perpetuating the memory of the heroes of the Brest Fortress and in covering this topic during the Soviet period was played by the writer, military documentary, participant of the Great Patriotic War Sergey Smirnov ....
Modern films about the war and the myths of "flying wood"
The appearance on the screens of reminded signalers in the trenches and dugouts, nurses with manicure, carrying the wounded from the battlefield - these are episodes of many modern “masterpieces about the war” ....
The lessons of the Russian revolution and civil war
An important question raised, how did it turn out that the situation of the late XIX-early XX centuries did not even lead to a revolution, but to a complete reformatting of the socio-political system ....
Alexander Sladkov: the backstage of the war correspondent profession
Alexander Sladkov: "The most important thing is not to forget the money and documents. And ... kiss your spouse" ....
It is proposed that the Constitution of the Russian Federation include an item on the right of a nation to reunite
One of the main discussions of the domestic political life of Russia is related to amendments to the Constitution of the country ....
War for the Baltic, 1942
The order of the Supreme Commander of 1942 on the expulsion of the enemy from Soviet territory meant, among other things, the organization of active offensive operations by the Navy command ....
Sniper records: correspondence duel between Russia and the USA
After the Russians were able to hit the target at 3,4 km, the Americans took a new step, carrying out targeted shooting from a distance of 3470 m ....
Modern cinema about the war: examples of "mistakes" and other unprofessionalism
Filmmakers often in the hope of making a film faster and more economically, refuse military consultants ....
Tabuk - Iraqi copy of the Soviet Kalashnikov assault rifle
Initially, "Tabuki" had a fairly high quality / ...
What is Chinese coronavirus?
Doctors urge not to create a stir around coronavirus infection, recalling that every year up to 650 thousand people die from influenza around the world ....
American versions of AK put in third place among the worst
After 2004, those who simply wanted to make money came to the production of American versions of Kalashnikov assault rifles ....
Operation Uranus, how was it?
Operation Uranus itself, as you know, was intended as a strike from the flanks of an enemy grouping that wedged itself into the defense of the Red Army ....
Dismantling the arena in St. Petersburg: what happened at the Peterburgsky JCC
Earlier it became known that the concessionaire is planning to build the newest ice arena for 25 billion rubles on the site of the Peterburgsky JCC ....
Alexei Mukhin: For Dmitry Medvedev, apparently, there was a preferential regime
According to Alexei Mukhin, about 50 percent of the composition of the previous cabinet of ministers of Russia remained ....
The game of Putin and Trump: a discussion in the format of "Dartmouth dialogue"
The termination of the INF Treaty (Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles), in the opinion of the Americans, in many respects threatens the key bilateral START-3 treaty ...
MANPADS "Igla-S" and "Willow" - formidable opponents of aviation
Both complexes will be subjected to severe tests. From these weapons they will shoot at a ground target in the form of a shield, try to hit a drone, the most difficult target for MANPADS ....
After Stalin, there were no communists in the USSR
Some representatives of the party elite, of course, made attempts to “reconfigure” the management regime, but in the end, instead of “reconfiguration”, the famous Gorbachev perestroika came ....
Logistics of rail transportation during the Great Patriotic War
The crises created during that period directly influenced the conduct of hostilities by the Red Army ....
Russian machine gun of the times of the First World War
It is noted that the development of automatic small arms in Russia has been going on since the end of the XNUMXth century ....
Northern Fleet
They protect the strategic interests of Russia. They perform their work in the most difficult conditions. Behind them is a strong rear. They serve all over the world ...
Crossing, crossing! Left bank, right bank!
Dozens of tanks, air strikes, helicopter landing. No, this is not a full-fledged military operation, although it looks like that. This is a large-scale training to force the water barrier ...
Agitprop about the Chinese coronavirus
January turned out to be extremely eventful ....
How the Turks built their empire and were the geopolitical enemy of Russia
Author: "When meeting with the Turks, with these cheerful and optional people, sometimes you absolutely don’t understand how these people could have been our geopolitical enemy for centuries" ....
When the machine has a spring from the handle: the worst Kalashnikov assault rifles
The expert talks about the case when, in the Chinese AK, instead of the usual extractor spring, he found a ballpoint pen spring ....
Russophobia. Soviet click on the American nose
One can imagine what a blow to the capitalist world led by the United States was the news of October 4, 1957 ....
There is capitalism, but no competition
Why is there less and less free competition in the world around us? ...
The historian said what Stalin could not fix
Yuri Zhukov began his speech by examining the question of what Stalin was doing since March 1917 ....
Eugene Stoner - American Kalashnikov
According to the leading column, Stoner is the most underrated American designer ....
Excursion into the military past: Afghan war veterans visited Afghanistan
What feelings did they experience when they arrived in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan today ...
New technologies can hit capitalism
The economist is trying to figure out the situation, not gravitating to the recognition of liberal economic laws ...