History

The Battle of Marathon is known for the fact that in this battle the Athenian army managed to defeat the Persian army, which outnumbered them, while the loss of the Greeks amounted to 192 people against 6400 killed by the enemy. How was it and under what conditions did this battle take place?. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The coats of arms of the knights of the Middle Ages are rooted in antiquity. They were symbolic signs, with the help of which, during the battle and military conflicts, their leaders, warriors, detachments and peoples were recognized. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Victor Emmanuel II was born in 1820 in the Kingdom of Sardinia, in Turin. He died in 1878, in Rome, the capital of Italy. He came from the Savoy dynasty, since 1849 he was the ruler of Piedmont. From 1861, he became the first king in the new, unified Italy with its capital in Turin. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

After hard work, you need a good rest. The best way to relax is to visit a personal dacha. A simple worker, at best, has one country house. The powerful of this world have many country residences. After all, at the dachas, as historical data testify, sometimes important state affairs were decided over a pleasant, relaxed conversation. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

There are enough places on the geopolitical map of the world that can be marked in red. Here, military conflicts flare up, then subside. One of these places is not so far from the Russian borders. We are talking about the Karabakh conflict, which is rather difficult to briefly describe. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The Nagorno-Karabakh war of 1991-1994 claimed the lives of more than 40,000 people. This interethnic conflict was the first in the post-Soviet space. And the most bloody. The active phase of the Nagorno-Karabakh war ended in 1994, but a peaceful compromise was never found. Even today, the armed forces of both states are in constant combat readiness. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Vitaly Margelov has reached the top, becoming the second person in the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation. Government and departmental awards are a vivid confirmation of this. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

What made Samantha Smith famous, Samantha Smith's letter to Andropov, visit to the USSR, causes of death, perpetuation of memory. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

On the origin of the term "Founding Fathers", their contribution to the formation of the United States. Benjamin Franklin and his contribution to the Constitution. Tribute to the memory and respect of the people of the United States to the founding fathers. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Many are familiar with such a phrase as a coalition government, but not everyone knows what it is. In which countries is it created, what is its education connected with and what issues does it solve - we will talk about all this in this article. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

He was in prison under Stalin and Khrushchev, Brezhnev and Gorbachev, Yeltsin and Gamsakhurdia. Having spent almost half of his life in places not so remote, Jaba Ioseliani became an authoritative criminal, political and scientific figure in Georgia. Being a thief in law, nicknamed "Dyuba", he was the de facto ruler of the country from 1991 to 1995. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

He was a tall brown-haired man with noble features, bottomless gray-blue eyes, well-groomed hands and a pleasant voice. With such external data, the favorite of women, Otto Ohlendorf, could well become a movie star, but he liked another occupation. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Among the many state awards of Russia throughout its history, the Order of Alexander Nevsky occupies a special and in many ways unique place. Its history is unusual. The order appeared in the eighteenth century, in 1917 it was abolished, then reintroduced during the Great Patriotic War. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The liberation of Prague today causes a lot of controversy and discussion. Historians are divided into three camps. Some believe that local rebels cleared the city of fascists, others talk about the brilliant offensive of the Vlasovites, others focus on the decisive maneuvers of the Soviet army. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

During the formation of the power of the Soviet state, special attention was paid to stimulating the citizens of the future power to work. Not only ideological and encouraging slogans were used, but also various ways of rewarding. Among them was the established medal "For Labor Valor". Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

In 1211, the boyars of the ancient Russian city of Galich elevated ten-year-old Daniil Romanovich of Galitsky to the throne. A year later, his father died, and the willful boyars expelled the boy, depriving him of his fatherland and power. In exile, he had to live with Andrei (the Hungarian king) and Leshko the White (the Polish prince). This continued until the 20th anniversary of the prince. Fate was kind to him. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Friedrich August von Hayek is an Austrian and British economist and philosopher. He defended the interests of classical liberalism. In 1974, he shared the Nobel Prize with Gunnar Mirdel for "pioneering work in the field of money theory and … deep analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena". Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Viktor Tsoi's son Alexander was born on July 26, 1985. The boy's father and mother lived together very little, only a year after the birth of their son. There was no official divorce, and the singer's ex-wife Marianna continued to bear his last name. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Optical telegraph - a method of transmitting information using a system of mechanisms with hinged elements visible at long distances. The English naval signaling with flags, which existed in the fleet of King James II, is the prototype of this invention. The "first sign" of technical progress in the field of data transmission was born by the English inventor Robert Hooke. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The end of the civil war required decisive measures from the country's leadership to eliminate the negative consequences of hostilities. These measures were the policy of the NEP. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The legally formalized status of dependence of peasants is called serfdom. This phenomenon characterizes the development of society in the countries of Eastern and Western Europe. The formation of serfdom is associated with the evolution of feudal relations. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Some events in history leave a tangible mark. So it was with the Manifesto of Rights and Freedoms October 17, 1905. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Kievan Rus is one of the most powerful state formations of the Middle Ages. The princes played an important role in the development of Russia. Power and influence were concentrated in their hands. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The First World War is one of the largest conflicts in the world. The war engulfed almost all of Europe. Who and why participated in this confrontation?. Last modified: 2025-06-01 07:06

The pagan faith, which the whole world knows, in honor of which the greatest temples were erected, precious sculptures were created, sacrifices were made - the religion of Ancient Greece. No nation has such a Pantheon of gods, even the great Roman Empire, which conquered Greece, completely borrowed their religion and customs. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Thousands of years ago, primitive people began to use various objects to protect themselves from wild animals and hostile fellow tribesmen: snags and sticks, sharp stones, etc. It was from those distant times that the history of weapons began. Weapons, like everything on our planet, have gone through their own special evolutionary path throughout the history of existence - from the simplest stone ax to nuclear warheads. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

June 22, 1941 for the bulk of the people began as an ordinary day. They did not even know that soon this happiness would no longer exist, and that children who were born or would be born from 1928 to 1945 would be robbed of their childhood. Children suffered in the war no less than adults. The Great Patriotic War forever changed their lives. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The bear can rightly be compared to the leader of an enemy tribe. He is a worthy opponent, against whom a person has a chance only if he has automatic weapons. We are talking about our time. Against bears that existed in prehistoric times, a person simply would not have a chance. Last modified: 2025-06-01 07:06

The police officer in pre-revolutionary Russia is the prototype of the modern district police officer. His range of duties was so wide that very few could keep up with everything. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

In the era of Peter the Great, the Governing Senate appeared in Russia. Over the next two centuries, this state authority was reformatted many times according to the will of the next monarch. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky occupies a special place in party iconography. Quotes from his speeches and just phrases dropped by him in passing testify to the ambiguity of nature and a peculiar talent. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Today it is no longer possible to find out why and at what time such a system as Chechen teips was established. It is known that already in the middle of the eighteenth century, the Nokhchi (Chechens), having united with the Ingush, completely laid down their ethnic group. Until that time, it is not known how long a kind of military-economic unions, that is, Chechen teips, were formed. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

There were many difficult periods in the history of Ingushetia. It experienced unification into various territorial units and their collapse, was abolished and revived again, until it became a national-state entity with its own constitution and capital as part of the Russian Federation. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The First World War led to the collapse of four empires, in which internal contradictions were already brewing. A difficult situation arose in Austria-Hungary: a huge territory with a motley national, religious and linguistic composition, which was composed of partially conquered, partially inherited pieces of land separated by mountain ranges, could not be a stable state. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The Visegrad Group is an association of four Central European states. It was formed in Visegrad (Hungary) in 1991, February 15. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

How did European states, which had developed steadily and actively cooperated with each other throughout the nineteenth century, get involved in the First World War? As a result of changes in the map of Europe, the balance of power has changed, two new centers of gravity have appeared - Germany and Italy. The contradictions grew. So Europe became a hotbed in which a large-scale war was about to break out. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Few people know that at the beginning of the 20th century, a new imperial dynasty was founded in China, which lasted only 83 days. The man who made a brilliant career from an ordinary military man to the autocrat of a vast empire was Yuan Shikai. His biography contains many interesting facts that are worth reading. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

In wartime, along with the rest of the fraternal peoples, the Mordovian ASSR also contributed to the fight against the Nazis. During the Great Patriotic War, the natives of the republic, without waiting for summonses, went to the recruiting stations. In the first 2 months, more than 6 thousand volunteers went to the front. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Emperor Akihito is the 125th representative of the dynasty. In 2016, the imperial family will be 2776 years old. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The colonies of Portugal were a collection of a large number of overseas territories located in different parts of the world - in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The enslavement of these lands and the peoples inhabiting them continued for five centuries, from the 15th century until the middle of the 20th century. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01