There are people whose fate is tied to a single star. Having chosen the path in childhood, they continue to follow it until their death. The American Douglas MacArthur is one of them. Being the son of a military man, he connected his fate with the war, having spent most of his conscious life on the world fronts and having reached the highest rank - "general of the army"
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Tributes (tribute, mistress, polyudie, lesson or dues, wreath, honor and wagon) are monetary taxes levied on the dependent population of Russia until the middle of the 19th century
The Lumiere brothers are people whose names are shrouded in so many legends and tales that it is very difficult to figure out where is truth and where is fiction. But we'll try
Marc Fabius Quintilian (35 - c. 100 AD) is known to everyone who has at least once encountered rhetoric and oratory. He was the first Roman theoretician who received a salary for his achievements, and subsequently won the fame of a great orator
General Georgy Fedorovich Zakharov is one of the most educated military leaders of the Red Army. By the time the Great Patriotic War began, he already had vast experience in serving and participating in battles. He commanded companies, battalions, regiments, fronts, armies and military districts
Joachim Murat - marshal and associate of Napoleon - a man of insane courage, ready to sacrifice himself to save his comrades, won the love and reverence of his subordinates. He was their idol. Napoleon, loving him, believed that he brought him success and did everything he could for him. He said that this man was brave only at the sight of the enemy, and in the office he was a simple braggart and insane
The article tells about the history of the Arctic sea convoys that delivered supplies from the allied countries to the northern ports of our Motherland during the war years. A brief overview of the history of the dispatch of the first convoy, called "Dervish", is also given
The States General were established by the French King Philip IV in 1302. This was done in order to gain support in the face of influential estates to fight against Pope Boniface VIII
Everyone who is interested in the history of the Russian state, sooner or later, had to deal with anecdotes that some decrees of Peter 1 have turned into today. XVII - early XVIII centuries, as they say, upside down
The history of Tsarist Russia is not just a period, knowledge of which is necessary only for general development, but a whole milestone that carries a lot of initial data for events that take place in the modern world. For every person living in our country, the details that this important historical era carries in itself are interesting. The photos in which she is captured contain a lot of information about the life of that time, and the study of coins, buttons and awards will help you to feel our history even deeper
Everyone knows that in Russia there was such a thing as "court rank". However, few people know what the meaning of this phrase is, when it appeared and what these very court ranks were. The article describes in detail what it is, describes their types and differences
The Habsburg dynasty has been known since the 13th century, when its representatives owned Austria. And from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 19th century, they completely retained the title of emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, being the most powerful monarchs of the continent
The North German Confederation was formed over two hundred and fifty years ago and played a decisive role in the formation of the German nation. The process of the emergence of state education was a completely logical conclusion to the era of feudalism and the formation of bourgeois capitalism
The German Confederation was created in 1815 by decision of the Congress of Vienna and became an alternative to the dissolved Holy Roman Empire
The Duchy of Warsaw existed in 1807–1815. It was created by Napoleon, and although formally considered independent, in fact it was a satellite of France. In the event of a victory over Russia, Bonaparte was going to transform it into a kingdom, but these plans were not destined to come true. After the defeat of France from the allied countries, the Duchy of Warsaw was divided among its neighbors: Austria, Prussia and Russia
The revolutionary events of October 1917, rapidly developing, demanded clear action from the leaders. In the most difficult conditions of confrontation and struggle between different political forces, the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets adopted and approved by decree a decision to create a distribution body, called the Council of People's Commissars
In October 1905, the Russian Empire proclaimed a new state order as a manifesto. The convocation of the State Duma was announced, for seats in which the newly created parties could compete. Until that moment, they were outside the law in Russia. Progressives were among the party structures that formed after this historic document
It is necessary to answer questions about what the Civil War is, why the "Reds" won, not only because this is one of the most striking and tragic pages in the history of our Motherland, but also because the reasons for the confrontations and victories are necessary study carefully in order to learn how to prevail in any battle or in time to prevent the growing indignation of the masses
The civil war in Russia is a series of armed conflicts of 1917-1922 that took place in the territories of the former Russian Empire. The opposing sides were various political, ethnic, social groups and state entities. The war began after the October Revolution, the main reason for which was the coming to power of the Bolsheviks. Let's take a closer look at the prerequisites, course and results of the Russian Civil War of 1917-1922
France is the cradle of several revolutions. Each time, society in its confrontation with the state sought new freedoms. After the events in 1848, it seemed that the monarchy and lack of rights in the country were finished forever
The white army was founded and formed by the notorious "cook's children". Only five percent of the organizers of the movement were we althy and eminent people, the income of the rest before the revolution consisted only of officer salaries
The article is devoted to the review of the life and work of the historian Vasily Klyuchevsky. The paper presents the most famous statements of the scientist about history and life
After the death of Peter the Great, Russia falls into turmoil: the time comes for palace coups. They are full of mysteries, secrets and conspiracies. Who wouldn't want to take a closer look at this?
Catherine I and Peter II reigned for a total of only 5 years. However, during this time they were able to destroy many of the institutions that their great predecessor had created with great difficulty. No wonder Peter I before his death could not choose a worthy heir, to whom he could give the throne with a pure heart. The reign of the grandson of the first Russian emperor was especially mediocre
Ekaterina Alekseevna is an empress who has become one of the iconic figures in the history of Russia in the 18th century. It was with her that the so-called century of women on the Russian throne began. She was not a person of strong political will or a state mentality, however, due to her personal qualities, she left her mark on the history of the Fatherland. We are talking about Catherine I - first the mistress, then the wife of Peter I, and later the full ruler of the Russian state
The cult of the ancient Greek god of healing Asclepius was one of the largest in Hellas. Its priests for a long time remained the best doctors of the ancient world
The life of an ancient person directly depended on the tribe in which collective labor was established. All the first people lived in common dwellings, because it was easier to survive that way. Having united in a community, they could pass on experience from older generations to younger ones, who, in turn, learned to hunt, make various tools of labor from wood and stone. Skills and knowledge have been passed down from generation to generation for many centuries
The ancient Egyptian writing system, used for a very long time - about 3500 years - has come a long way. From the first pictographic signs, it successively reached the appearance of cursive (cursive) writing, which is commonly called demotic. What it is, how it arose, developed and how it ceased to exist, we will consider in this article
1714 in Russia was marked by the formation of a new order. Peter I signs a new decree "On Single Inheritance", thereby he is trying to put an end to the countless fragmentation of noble estates and attract new people to serve in the army
The family of the Golitsyn princes has a rather long and interesting history. A large number of works of genealogists are devoted to it. The ancestor of one of the branches of this family, Vasily Vasilyevich, is of particular fame. We will study the biography of this person, as well as the history of the princes Golitsyn
Medieval period is usually called the time interval between the New and Old eras. Chronologically, it fits into the framework from the end of the 5th-6th to the 16th centuries. The history of medieval Europe, at an early stage in particular, was filled with captivity, wars, destruction
The article tells about the fate and court career of the boyar Boris Ivanovich Morozov, who was the closest associate of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. A brief overview of the main stages of his life is given
A very interesting historical figure is the Russian Prince Oleg. His date of birth is not known for certain. The chronicle says that Rurik, on his deathbed, appointed Prince Oleg guardian over his son Igor and placed him over the Novgorod principality
Akechi Mitsuhide was born on March 11, 1528, lived and grew up in Japan in the Mino province. He was known in history as the "Thirteen Day Shogun" (Jap. Jusan Kubo). The years of Akechi Mitsuhide's life were spent in constant wanderings throughout Japan
The first Russian pilot, Mikhail Nikanorovich Efimov, having previously been trained in Europe, first took to the skies on 03/08/1910. A native of the Smolensk province made his flight over the Odessa hippodrome, where he was observed by a whole hundred thousand people
Nikolai the First Pavlovich - Emperor who ruled from 1825 to 1855 in the Russian Empire. Due to cruel corporal punishment, mainly in the military environment, he received the nickname "Nikolai Palkin", which later became widely known because of the story of the same name by L. N. Tolstoy
Thousands of years of Egyptian history is usually divided into certain periods, such as the Prehistoric period, Predynastic Egypt, the Early Kingdom, the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, the New Kingdom and the Late Kingdom. The period of the Old Kingdom ended with the collapse of the country into semi-independent regions. But that doesn't mean the story ends there. A new stage in the development of Egyptian society was coming, known as the era of the Middle Kingdom (2040 -1783 BC)
Shota Rustaveli is a great Georgian poet of the 12th century. It was the heyday of the Georgian kingdom under the rule of the famous Georgian Queen Tamara. It was a time when great Georgia was known all over the world - a small state on the Black Sea coast was respected even by stronger and more powerful neighbors
War chariots have long been an important part of the army of any country. They terrified the infantry and were highly effective
In different areas of the earth, the transition from stone axes to metal axes occurred at different times. But even now there are places in which non-metallic tools are still used. Basically, this can be observed in African and Australian tribes with a preserved primitive communal way of life