Breaking

The dimensions of the Golden Horde, struck the imagination of foreigners. In the middle East believed that from East to West through the Horde have to go eight months, and from the North to the South to five months. In the West, the Ulus Jochi included Moldova and the Crimea, in the South came to Khorezm and in the North the Horde was under North-Eastern principalities of Russia. The Horde had two "wings" – the right was to the West of the Volga river; its capital was Sarai-Batu, and the left was worn in the South-East, and its capital was the town of Sygnak, standing on the river Syr-Darya.

In 1697, Tsar Peter the great went on the Great Embassy to Western Europe, which lasted almost half a year. It was the first overseas "tour" of the Russian ruler, in which he drew ideas for future reforms. The king brought back from his travels and material innovations that have become familiar in our daily life. The most famous "souvenir" king potatoes. But not only he appeared in Russia in the result of the visit of Peter to Europe. Many things were brought from the Grand Embassy.

Since the early middle ages to the present day soldiers of the warring parties to protect their heads in battle used metal helmets of various shapes and strength. Over time, they evolved into helmets must be worn by soldiers during the fighting. The mass production of these hats in our country only began in the period of the great Patriotic war. The question arises, how were Soviet helmets durable and able to protect the warrior in battle?

As you know, the underground organization "Young guard" appeared in the German-occupied Ukrainian city of Krasnodon. It lived there its leaders. One of them was Ivan Zemnuhov. Just a few months after the creation of the "Young guard" zemnukhova killed.

One of the most valuable agents of the Soviet intelligence during the Second world war was Rudolf Roessler. Thanks to him, Stalin was the German offensive at Kursk, which is known as the "Citadel". The main sources Ressler was a mysterious spy from the personal entourage of the führer, code-named "Werther". Most historians believe that "Werther" is a personal photographer and friend of Hitler, Heinrich Hoffmann, who introduced the führer to Eva Braun.