Thursday, November 28, 2024

Side Hutsuls fought in the Great Patriotic

Side Hutsuls fought in the Great Patriotic
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The territory of Western Ukraine during the war was a tangle of warring forces.

How Russian weapons now the Turks attacked Syrians

How Russian weapons now the Turks attacked Syrians
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The confrontation in the Syrian province of Idlib between government forces and militants, which supports the Turkish army, entered in the most that neither is "hot" phase. In the fighting involved not only the "Jihad-mobiles", armed with heavy machine guns, but also tanks, heavy artillery, and ultra-modern drones. In the Russian defense Ministry warn that the opposition is actively using Western weapons and its sponsors Ankara. While Turkey itself is not shy about direct participation in the conflict and used against Syrians by all means. Including equipment of Russian origin.

Pavel Grachev: as a future Minister of defence fought in Afghanistan

Pavel Grachev: as a future Minister of defence fought in Afghanistan
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Pavel Sergeyevich Grachev was a controversial figure, but many of those who knew him well, believe that "Afghan"-hero of the Soviet Union, the last commander of the airborne troops of the USSR, - one of the brightest of the defense Ministers of post-Soviet Russia.

“The secret doctrine” Helena Blavatsky: she taught Hitler

"The secret doctrine" Helena Blavatsky: she taught Hitler
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In the 20-ies of the last century into the hands of Hitler – novice politician – was the first book by Theosophist Helena Blavatsky. In the "Secret doctrine", in particular, accounted for the seven races, the highest of which was considered to be Aryans. At the time, Hitler read books voraciously Blavatsky. So that some historians even tend to attribute to her the creation of the basic principles of the ideology of the Third Reich. However, in 1937, Hitler signed a decree on the persecution of all Theosophical societies, and "the secret doctrine" flew into the fire.

PSM: “ladies gun” to the Soviet generals

PSM: "ladies gun" to the Soviet generals
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Pistol self-loading small – the abbreviation stands for PSM. This miniature weapon will soon celebrate the fiftieth anniversary – on the arms of the command structure of army, MVD and KGB gun came in the 70-ies of XX century.