Klim Zhukov

Klim Zhukov15.05.2025

Jaroslav Hašek was born on April 30, 1883. He was a Czech satirist, anarchist, playwright, feuilletonist, and journalist. He wrote about 1,500 different short stories, feuilletons, and other works, of which his unfinished novel, The Good Soldier Švejk, gained worldwide fame. Hašek spent his entire life making fun of himself and the world around him. […]

Klim Zhukov08.01.2025

Since the fall of the Roman Empire, the dominant aspects of human life were the church, the state and the army. Accordingly, the activities of merchants were regulated by the state and the church with the help of military forces. The already difficult economic situation was aggravated by strict restrictions, trade was at rock bottom, […]

Klim Zhukov21.12.2024

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev was born on December 19, 1906. He is the personification of stability. The people of Rus’-Moscow Kingdom-Russian Empire-USSR have never lived so calmly, well-fed, richly, confidently, but most importantly — calmly. The majority of the population was confident in the future. The other side of memory is the endless jokes about Brezhnev. […]

Klim Zhukov04.12.2024

December 1, 1896 was the birthday of Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, a Soviet military leader and statesman. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1943), four times Hero of the Soviet Union (1939, 1944, 1945, 1956), holder of two Orders of Victory (1944, 1945), six Orders of Lenin (1936, 1939, 1945, 1956, 1966, 1971), and many other Soviet […]

Klim Zhukov14.10.2024

On October 9, 1967, Comrade Che, aka Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, a glorious son of the Argentine people, commander of the Cuban Revolution of 1959 and Cuban statesman, was executed in a school in the Bolivian village of La Higuera. Apparently, the reason for the decision to execute Che Guevara was the reluctance of […]

Klim Zhukov25.09.2024

The eductional reforms are once again a subject to discussions. Studying for 11 years at school is an unaffordable luxury, soon secondary, like higher education, will be “compressed in time,” said Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to the Russian president, head of the Russian Military Historical Society and former Minister of Culture. “Time dictates a reduction […]

Klim Zhukov14.09.2024

On September 13, 1812, a military council was held in Fili. The main issue was being decided: to give another battle after Borodino near Moscow or to leave the city without a fight. The Russian units themselves were located to the west of Moscow. The council was attended by Generals Barclay de Tolly, Bennigsen, Dokhturov, […]

Klim Zhukov08.09.2024

On September 5, 1919, Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev, a Red Army commander and participant in the First World War and the Civil War, was killed. He was awarded three St. George’s Crosses and one medal in the First World War. He was also awarded the Order of the Red Banner (1919). Chapayev was killed as a […]

Klim Zhukov30.08.2024

State-of-the art accents of cinema in the Russian Empire and the First World War. At the height of the First World War, the mood of society changed from euphoria and agitation to ridicule the enemy (films: “Down with the German Yoke” and “Glory to us, death to the enemies”) to fatigue and a sense of […]

Klim Zhukov27.08.2024

Matvey Platov was not only a Cossack General, he also became a Victorious Hero and a Symbol of Russian military valor and courage, who was able to conquer the most incredible circumstances. Matvey Ivanovich Platov was born on August 19, 1753 — Ataman of the Don Cossack Army, General of Cavalry. Participant in the Russian-Turkish […]

The World of Jaroslav Hašek

A Little About Medieval Advertisement

On the Birthday of Leonid Brezhnev

Happy Birthday, Comrade Marshal Zhukov!

“I am Thinking About the Immortality of the Revolution”

Medinsky: Education Should be Compressed in Time

Kutuzov: Give Moscow to Napoleon?

Life and Death of Vasily Chapayev

The secret of Bauer’s films

The Life of the Cossack General Platov

Cultural Shock: Chingiz Aitmatov

The World of Jaroslav Hašek

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