The history of the heroic feat of Soviet prisoners of war, which consists in escaping from fascist captivity on a hijacked plane, is still amazing. Through 67 years after daring theft ...

At the end of the twentieth century 40, in addition to hand grenade launchers, another type of weapon was developed in the Soviet Union — the 82 caliber 122 and XNUMX mm anti-tank grenade launchers, which ...

The Arab-Israeli conflict has deep historical roots dating back to the period of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The essence of the confrontation lies in the sharp ethnic hatred, as well as mutual ...

More recently, the “top secret” neck was removed from one of the operations of the Second World War period, which had the code name “Fog”. The idea of ​​holding a radio game appeared immediately after ...

60-s. Leading countries in the aircraft industry begin the race to create a passenger supersonic aircraft. The Soviet Union, one of the main participants in the race, was able for the first time to 1969 ...

Further development of modern military aircraft required substantial funding. To this end, Su family fighters were offered for sale. The main ...

Tanks, which appeared in the period of the First World War and were used to support infantry, very soon became the main type of armament of the ground forces. But it is known that the appearance of any ...

The well-thought-out design of the SU-27 allowed to make it basic for the design and construction of modified models adapted to solve specific problems. For example, the first ...

During World War II, the intelligence services of many European countries opened another environment for the confrontation - the radio broadcast. The whole vast territory from England to Russia was covered by radio games. Among...

One of the most famous episodes of the First World War was the defeat of the 2 units of the Russian army during the East Prussian operation. This battle went down in history as the Battle of Tannenberg (26 - 30 ...

1916 gave the Soviet Union a future man of legend Aleksey Maresyev. A boy was born in a large family, the last and had poor health. Alexey often suffered from malaria and in his ...

We continue the story about one of the best fighters of the present Su-27. In the last article we talked about the creation of the aircraft. Now we will touch on the topic of its improvement. As already noted in ...

In early September, 1943, Adolf Hitler learned of the surrender of fascist Italy, which was the main ally of the Germans. Benito Mussolini himself was arrested. Hitler ordered to occupy ...

Unfortunately, domestic history often ignores important events that descendants should remember. One of these historical facts, undeservedly excluded from school ...

Continuing the theme of “black myths” about Russia, one cannot but dwell on the theme of “Russian slavery,” “downtroddenness,” “long-suffering” of the people. We analyze one of the most powerful pillars of this myth - "serfdom" ....

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled (From the Sermon on the Mount of Christ) The events of the first war in Chechnya today are diligently trying to forget, to hide all the responsibility that ...

The myth of Daedalus and Icarus states that the ancient engineer and designer Daedalus created wings for himself and his son Icarus in order to escape from the island of Crete that was hostile to them. Since the wings were fastened ...

[b] At the end of 1961, the Soviet convertiplane Ka-22 set a capacity record during a test flight. This final departure was preceded by a series of flight tests, during which there were ...

On the night of 3 on 4 in February 1943, in the area of ​​the village of Stanichka (southern suburb of Novorossiysk), a Soviet naval assault force commanded by Caesar Lvovich Kunikov (1909 - 14 in February 1943) was landed ....

Time of Troubles was one of the most difficult historical periods for our country. Constant changes in power, the procession of impostors in Russia and the occupation of Polish, Swedish interventionists almost ...

One of the most common “black myths” about historical Russia is the assertion that Russians are the most uncompromising people in the use of alcoholic beverages. And so, supposedly ...

The heroic defense of Sevastopol became the key moment in the whole Crimean war. However, before considering the battle itself, you should understand the reasons for this bloody collision, its ...

The experience of using self-propelled guns SU-122 showed that they have too low rate of fire to perform the tasks of supporting and escorting tanks and infantry with fire. The troops needed the ACS, which had ...

Why does the West need the myth of the “Russian threat” and “Russian occupation”? The answer seems to be that the West needs the “image of the enemy.” Moreover, the enemy is vicious and stubborn, who from century to century offends ...