In addition to inefficient aviation, the only way to evacuate people from besieged Leningrad, as well as to deliver food and military supplies back to the city in September-November 1941, was ...

For quite some time now, Ukrainian nationalists are raising Ivan Mazepa on the shield. On the national currency of an independent Ukraine, his portrait adorns a ten-hryvnia banknote. According to the official story that ...

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Chernobyl today! An amazing film from “Animal Planet” and “Off the Fence” about how nature heals the wounds caused by the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, how animals populate cities and villages in a hurry ...

In the Chinese city of Zhuhai, Guangdong, from 16 to 21 in November, the international air show 2010 takes place. Here is a photo of some exhibition copies ....

Migov Factory Tour ...

One soldier received fragmental wounds during a special operation that took place on Saturday in Buinsaksk in Dagestan, the first deputy minister of internal affairs of Dagestan said on Sunday ...

To detect mines in Tanzania and Mozambique, specially trained rats are used. The rat training project was launched by the non-governmental organization APOP from Holland. We offer your ...

"HAARP" stands for "Aurora High Frequency Active Research Project." The name of this American project camouflages the fact that it has the potential to become bigger ...

October 5 1933 was an unusually large number of Russian military émigrés in the French resort of Cannes. They came here to the funeral of the last really great commander of the Russian Empire, ...

In the 1975, the Soviet Army adopted a special underwater submachine gun (APS - 5) and an underwater pistol (SPP). Until now, these samples are included in the arsenal of combat swimmers' units ...

Exactly 111 years ago, the legendary cruiser Varyag was launched. He became a real symbol of valor for Russian sailors. The cruiser "Varyag" and the gunboat "Koreyets" showed the whole world that ...

1 November, 1578 was born to one of the greatest sons of Russia - Prince Dmitry Pozharsky. By its origin, he was a descendant of Rurik, who settled in the Suzdal land (a kind of princes ...

Modification "F" was the peak of the development of the aircraft Bf 109 and one of the best fighters of the Second World War. Nevertheless, the improvement of the design was continued in the direction of increasing the height and ...

When elite German divisions invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, a Nazi victory seemed inevitable. On the approaches to Moscow, German troops were stopped. So the myth was dispelled ...

The beginning of the creation of the order system of Russia put Peter I. Before him, the only state distinction was a medal. Orders in Russia were created in the image of the Western European order ...

85 years ago, Mikhail Frunze died on the operating table. Disputes about whether the famous military leader was stabbed to death by doctors or whether he died in an accident have not subsided to this day. Mother...

Recently there has been a lot of talk about short-barreled weapons. Someone is not satisfied with the fact that in modern Russian Army there are few new samples, someone scolds old samples for their ...

Why hasn't a TV show been broadcasted with sharp criticism of Defense Minister Serdyukov? So far, the passion around the incident connected with the recent visit of Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has not abated ...

The life of this person is divided into three parts. The first is from birth to imprisonment for anarchist activities, the second is four years of continuous battles, hikes and treatments from numerous ...

Photos of the Second World War from the military archives of Germany ....

"War is a man's business." However, in the twentieth century, the participation of women in war, and not only as medical personnel, but also with weapons in hand, becomes a reality. Especially massive ...

NIST publishes three thousand one hundred sixty (3160) electronic records in response to your request for the attached eleven (11) discs. Some of the published documents may be protected by copyright ...

I think no one needs to explain what Pearl Harbor is, what role he played in World War II, and what imprint he left on the subsequent story. I offer the community about fifty ...