History & Persons

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 […]

Tony Rocchi26.05.2024

The French Revolution was the greatest revolution and civil war that took place in a series of revolutions, civil wars, and national-liberation wars that began with the revolution in Geneva Switzerland in 1768 and finished with the final defeat of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The wave of revolutions and […]

Yuri Chekalin23.05.2024

In the USA and Great Britain, the name of Vadim BAKATIN is known today by many more people than in Russia. For the West, he is a hero who managed to destroy the KGB in the shortest possible time. That is, to fulfill the task set by the President of the USSR Mikhail GORBACHEV, without […]

Tony Rocchi18.05.2024

Just how unique was the French Revolution of 1789-1799? Revolutions, uprisings, revolutionary wars, and other upheavals took place in many countries in Europe and the world beginning with a revolution in Geneva Switzerland in 1768 and ending with the overthrow of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815. Revolutions have many points of similarities, but the French […]

Andrey Vedyaev29.04.2024

70 years ago, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR No.137/40 of March 13, 1954, the State Security Committee was created, which marked a new stage in the history of domestic intelligence services. Over the 37 years of its existence, the KGB has achieved outstanding results in ensuring national security, […]

Andrey Vedyaev25.04.2024

Olga Chekhova was a film star of the Third Reich and Hitler’s favorite actress. And all these years she was at the forefront of the invisible front, playing a complex and dangerous game against the leaders of the Nazi regime. It’s hard to believe, because she was not included in any foreign or military intelligence […]

History & Persons

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”

More Risks in Comparing European Revolutions

Executive Servant of the Spotted Devil

The French Revolution and its Legacy in France Today

Lubyanka — the KGB House in Moscow

Olga Chekhova — the “Queen of the Nazi Reich” and Russian Spy

What Beliefs Does the Orthodox Church Have About Birth Control?

On the Birthday of Leonid Brezhnev

Administrative Capitalism or a Fairy Tale from the Ogonyok Magazine that Turned into a Pumpkin

Photographs for the Tsar