History & Persons

Klim Zhukov15.07.2024

On July 9, 1943, Operation Husky began — the landing of Western Allied troops in Sicily. Despite the complexity of the operation and the successful evacuation of local troops, its results were impressive: Italy left the war, the Mediterranean Sea was open to navigation. In turn, after Italy’s withdrawal from the war on September 8, […]

Tony Rocchi07.07.2024

In its own way, terrorism became a mass movement in the Russian Revolution of 1905-1907. However, few historians consider terrorism a mass movement but regard it as something committed by individuals or small groups. The Revolution of 1905-1907 was the first European revolution with a strong terrorist component. Politically motivated murders did happen in previous […]

Yuri Chekalin06.07.2024

On November 28, 1943, a meeting of the leaders of three countries — allies in the anti-Hitler coalition — began in Tehran. One of its main participants, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, recalled the Tehran summit, which went down in world history, with such specific humor. “On one side of me, with his paws crossed, […]

Tony Rocchi04.07.2024

How we regard the Russian Revolution of 1905-1907 often determines how we understand the nature of political terrorism in the Russian Empire. If we only focus on the mass movements of the revolution, then terrorism during this period remains the Great Unknown. What makes it so ironic about terrorism being the Great Unknown is that […]

Tony Rocchi29.06.2024

Because political terrorism in the Russian Empire remains the Great Unknown, we will go on having huge difficulties in understanding many tendencies in terrorism in today’s world. While it is true that terrorism happens under specific historical circumstances in different countries and periods during different periods, the fact remains that the history of political terrorism […]

Alexander Schmidke22.06.2024

Today, 81 years ago. Lindemannstadt, occupied territory of the Leningrad region under the control of the military administration of Army Group North. June 22, 1943 / Gatchina, Leningrad region. May 2020 To mark the anniversary of the invasion of the Soviet Union, the occupation authorities organized public events on June 22, 1942 and 1943, called […]

Natalia Tanshina21.06.2024

On July 2, 1644, the famous Battle of Marston Moor took place, in which the parliamentary army under the command of Oliver Cromwell and the Earl of Manchester was victorious. This was the first serious victory of the parliamentary army. But the Civil War in England had been going on for almost two years. Moreover, […]

Klim Zhukov01.06.2024

On April 5, 1945, Georgian Nazis retrained as anti-fascists and started an uprising. If you type the phrase “The last battle of the Second World War” into a search engine, it will carefully return a set of links leading to materials telling about the settlement “Polyany” in Czechoslovakia, or about battles in Slovenia, also known […]

Tony Rocchi30.05.2024

The Reign of Terror in 1793-1794 remains the most controversial chapter of the French Revolution. Historians are still arguing if the terror of the Jacobin government was an aberration—something gone tragically wrong—or whether the terror was the logical result of the violent and intolerant sentiments expressed by revolutionaries in the early stage of the revolution […]

Klim Zhukov27.05.2024

On May 27, 1525, Thomas Münzer, a glorious son of the German people, a German preacher during the Reformation, who spoke out against the sinful way of life, contrasting it with the gospel ideal, was executed. Münzer’s oratory and preaching talent most clearly manifested itself during a large-scale uprising of German peasants who fought against […]

History & Persons

Anti-Hitler Coalition in Italy

A Mass Movement that is a Great Unknown of the Revolution of 1905-1907

Tehran-43 or Operation Countenance

Terrorism — the Great Unknown of the Russian Revolution of 1905-1907

Why Terrorism in the Russian Empire Remains the Great Unknown

Tragedy of One Day of the Great War

Battle of Marston Moor

Uprising of Georgian Collaborators on the Island of Texel

Terror and Violence in the French Revolution

“Let Your Sword Not Become Cold With Blood”

Don’t get your hopes up on Trump

“Deplorables” in the US

Two-Faced Yakovlev: Part Two

Two-Faced Yakovlev: Part One