70 years ago, about 3,5, thousands of cadets of the Podolsk military schools wrote another heroic page in the history of Russia. In October, 1941, they stopped parts of the Wehrmacht, which rushed to ...

With this article, we begin a new series of articles about unusual tanks and projects of Russia and the USSR. We all know about the tanks mass-produced in the USSR, the T-26, the BT series tanks, the legendary "thirty-four" ...

Today, the personality of Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky is one of the rather controversial in the history of Russia. Some experts speak of him as a tyrant and a bastard, and others - with a gasp, as if ...

At the anniversary celebrations dedicated to the centenary of the father of the Soviet atomic bomb, Academician Kurchatov, no one remembered this episode. Maybe not to darken the festive mood, but rather ...

The Battle on the Lake Peipsi is a battle of Novgorod and Vladimir under the leadership of Prince Alexander Yaroslavich against the troops of the Livonian Order, which included ...

Russian experts, adjusting the official strategy of the state's socio-economic development until 2020, sound the alarm: the Russian Federation is already on the verge of a catastrophe in ...

Talking about the new Georgia, or how it should be called “Georgia” in a new way, everyone recalls the police reform first of all. Indeed, in this area the country has experienced the most notable ...

Recently, the topic of the use of combat robots is being discussed quite actively, and sometimes in a rather strange way. There is even an opinion that developments in this direction are meaningless, but “stupid ...

Calling a date that could be considered the beginning of the development of hypersonic speeds is not so easy. The idea of ​​creating hypersonic aircraft appeared even before the beginning of the Second World War. But go ...

The uniqueness of such devices as ekranoplan is connected with their technical peculiarity of combining the properties of an air vessel and a sea vessel. To a greater extent it refers to the type of ships, ...

1922 was the year in the history of the carrier fleet that milestone that most directly contributed to its further development. Although at first glance this statement may seem ...

The Mi-28N "Night Hunter" helicopter has a special pilot protection system and can "see" the enemy at a distance of 35 kilometers even in the dark. Test pilots call it ...

Russia and Ukraine celebrate the 100 anniversary of the birth of the legendary Soviet intelligence officer, Hero of the Soviet Union Nikolai Kuznetsov, who destroyed during the Great Patriotic War 11 generals and ...

"The picture shows not just the chronicles of the last wars that have befallen Russia, but, summing up the terrible experience of these wars, it proves the criminality of the authorities and society behind these wars and ...

Buying something ready-made is always cheaper than doing it yourself from scratch. Therefore, when at the turn of the 1920s-1930s the USSR faced the task of building its own fleet of large airships, the government ...

Volley "Buratino" - an impressive sight. Leaving behind a fiery tail, the missile rapidly and accurately flies to the target. What remains of the enemy entrenched in the fortifications can only be ...

The events described below occurred in the second half of the 80s. beyond the borders of our country. The fortified enemy site in the highlands could not be destroyed by conventional fire weapons. For...

By the middle of 1943, regular Allied bomber raids strongly undermined the German military industry. Air defense guns could not fire above 11 kilometers, and ...

Let's start with the fact that in 1950-s. in the USSR, unlike the USA, the creation of an atomic bomber was perceived not only as a desirable, even if very, but as a vital task. It...

The lesson was difficult, but not in vain: during the Great Patriotic War, Soviet designers and industry learned how to make good tanks. 70 years ago, 19 December 1939, for service ...

During the first Chechen campaign, Bamut remained the main outpost of the militants for a long time. "Bamut - Russians will never take it!" - this expression, like a spell, was repeated on ...

Generalissimo Francisco Franco was a very cunning politician who ruled Spain from the 1939 year to the 1973 year. An interesting fact is that he vehemently hated everything Soviet, was an ally of Adolf Hitler ...

With the adoption of the Airborne Forces of the main combat vehicle BMD-1 and on its base of the armored personnel carrier of the landing BTR-D, the idea of ​​landing personnel inside the combat vehicle appeared ....

Only two countries in the world - the United States and Russia - have in the Armed Forces an elite branch of the Air Force - Strategic or Long-Range Aviation. Together with submarines and ...