History 2025, February

History knows many examples when, as a result of coups arranged by the military, countries dramatically changed their foreign and domestic policies. Putschs and attempts to seize power, relying on the army, happened in Russia as well. One of them was the Streltsy rebellion of 1698. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The early dissolution of the II State Duma, which took place in Russia on June 3, 1907, which was accompanied by a change in the electoral system that existed until that time, went down in history as the Third June Coup. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

She liked to say that she was able to ride the "iron horse" by calling other representatives of the weaker sex. True, this occupation deprived her not only of he alth, but also of personal happiness … The biography of Pasha Angelina will be presented to the attention of the reader in the article. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The symbols of states are fraught with curious historical facts, sometimes extraordinary events, and always carry some kind of semantic load. The well-known symbols of Russia are the bear, coat of arms, flag and anthem. Why, of all animals, it was the bear that was chosen as the symbol of the country, this article reveals. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Pontius Pilate, whose biography has not yet been fully restored, is the subject of study by historians, archaeologists and just curious people. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

In the summer of 1944, the Soviet army captured the Sandomierz bridgehead. This important piece of land on the banks of the Vistula became the starting point for a further offensive at the final stage of the Great Patriotic War. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Having learned the sad lessons of World War I, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics made an attempt to protect itself and keep peace in Europe. This is how the idea of signing the "Eastern Pact" was born. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The Erivan Khanate is a feudal possession, which was founded in 1747 after the death of the ruler of Iran, Nadir Shah, in part of the Chukhur-Saad region. It was located in the territories of historical Eastern Armenia. The Khanate is currently divided between Armenia and Turkey. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Nikolai Ivanovich Rysakov is one of the most famous Russian revolutionaries of the 19th century. He was an active member of the terrorist organization Narodnaya Volya. He became one of the two direct perpetrators of the assassination attempt on Alexander II, which ended in the death of the emperor. In this article we will tell his biography, details of the assassination attempt and the investigation. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The Russian-Polish war of 1733-1735 was between two coalitions. On the one hand, Russia, Saxony and Austria acted, and on the other, Spain, France and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The formal occasion was the election of the Polish king after the death of Augustus II. Russia and Austria supported the son of the late monarch Frederick Augustus II, and France supported the father-in-law of Louis XV Stanislav Leshchinsky, who had previously occupied the Polish throne. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The Great Wall of China is one of the most visited places on the planet. Since its foundation, there have been many legends, secrets and discussions among the people. They are connected with the history of its construction, with the question in which direction the loopholes of the Chinese Wall are directed. One thing is certain - this is the greatest structure created by human hands. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Artamon Sergeevich Matveev is a well-known Russian statesman. He held the post of head of the Ambassadorial Department, was the head of the Russian government at the end of the reign of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. It is considered one of the first "Westerners", who, long before Peter I, called for paying more attention to foreign experience, actively adopting it. In addition, Matveev was a fan of art, stood at the origins of the court theater. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Apache (eng. Apache) is the collective name for several culturally related tribes of North American Indians who speak the Apache languages of the Athabaskan branch of the Na-Dene family. Apache tribes live on reservations in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Pyotr Alekseevich Palen is a Russian general, one of the associates of Emperor Paul I. He went down in history as a man who led a conspiracy against the sovereign. Its result was the assassination of Paul, the change of the tsar in Russia. In this article you will learn about the biography of the military. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The colleges of Peter the Great were the new bodies of central government. They changed orders. Each board was in charge of a specific function. The introduction of this reform made it possible to delimit the powers of departments. Based on the Swedish system. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The Cyril and Methodius Society is a secret political organization in the Russian Empire that opposed serfdom. It existed in 1846-1847, was organized on the initiative of Nikolai Ivanovich Kostomarov, the author of a multi-volume publication on Russian history. The ultimate goal of the participants in this organization was the formation of a union of democratic Slavic republics, the center of which was to be Kyiv. Ukrainians played an important role in the union. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The article tells about the code of state laws of the Byzantine Empire, compiled on the basis of the works of ancient Roman lawyers and called "Justinian's Digests", after the name of the emperor who initiated its creation. A brief outline of its history and main features is given. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The mandate system of the League of Nations appeared after the First World War. It was adopted in order to resolve conflicts in disputed territories. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The article tells about the features of ancient Egyptian architecture, represented today by structures that have passed through millennia and are monuments of one of the earliest world civilizations. A brief overview of the main periods of their construction is given. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The Romanovs are the oldest boyar family, which gave Russia a great dynasty of tsars, and then emperors. They ruled the state for a little over three hundred years, starting from the 16th century. The descendants of this dynasty live abroad and still. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The attack in Beslan took the lives of 186 children, ten commandos, seventeen school workers and one hundred and twenty-one adults, including employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. In total, twenty-eight militants were killed during the shootout, one was taken alive. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Galchev Filaret Ilyich is one of the richest Russian businessmen. In 2013, he was ranked twenty-second on the Forbes list. One of the owners of the Eurocement holding, chaired the board of directors of the Krasnoyarsk Coal Company. Member of the Board of the RSPP and the Moscow English Club. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

How to become powerful and famous - a boy from the small village of Fitizh in the Kursk region did not think about this. His character was tempered during the war years. In the post-war years, conscientious and honest work allowed him to rise to the top of the party hierarchy of the Soviet Union and remain in people's memory as a true professional and person. His name is Fedor Davydovich Kulakov. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

At all times, the authorities did not like dissident people, such was the great philosopher of antiquity - Socrates. He was accused of corrupting the youth and believing in new deities. In this article we will talk about how Socrates lived and how he died. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

"Red Army Faction": a detailed description of the creation and activities of the most famous leftist group of the second half of the 20th century. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Sometimes this term, which has a sharply negative meaning for the entire civilized world, is confused with similar manifestations of social aggression. In this article, we will consider what it really means, we will highlight its most striking manifestations in its monstrosity. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The Kalach brigade is respected in the internal troops. Stationed near Volgograd in the town of Kalach-on-Don, she took part in the hostilities in the North Caucasus more than once. They say about her: "Grated". Five of its members were awarded the Star of the Hero of Russia. Among them, the only woman in the entire history of the participation of federal forces in local conflicts is Irina Yanina, a nurse, a sergeant of internal troops. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Andrey Turkin became one of the heroes of Beslan, when he closed a grenade with his body, which could take many lives in the explosion. It happened in the fall of 2004 during the seizure of the school building by militants. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The destroyer "Guarding" is a domestic warship of the "Sokol" type, which was laid down in St. Petersburg in 1900. Originally called "Kulik". In the summer of 1902, she was launched in Port Arthur, having received a well-known name. It was delivered to the east by rail in several parts. Officially entered service in August 1903. Already in February, it was destroyed in an unequal battle with superior enemy forces during the Russo-Japanese War. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Unfortunately, the current level of patriotic consciousness in our country is inferior to that which took place in the era of the USSR. In this regard, many people think that at present Russians are not ready to perform feats for the benefit of their Motherland and sacrifice themselves for the sake of others at the cost of their own lives. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The beginning of the war in Afghanistan in 1979 was the collapse of this previously prosperous country. Now, after so many years of bombing and fighting between Islamic factions, the once prosperous state of Afghanistan has turned into a desert. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt is the third period in its history. This is the time of the highest prosperity of the state, which affected all spheres of life: political, economic, social. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Today it is clear to everyone what the weapon of victory was. T-34 and KV tanks, Il-2 attack aircraft, Lavochkin fighters, Katyusha guards mortars, PPSh assault rifles - all this was produced in huge quantities that history has not yet known. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Ivan Gonta is the hero of the Ukrainian people, whose image has been a symbol of courage, resilience and loy alty to one's own convictions for more than two hundred years. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Prince Olgerd - a famous Lithuanian nobleman, brother of Keistut and son of Gediminas. He ruled from 1345 to 1377, having managed to significantly expand the borders of his state. His predecessor was Prince Evnutiy, and his successor was Jagiello. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

JP Morgan is one of the most extraordinary personalities who lived at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He was called the most stingy and the most generous, the most cruel and the most merciful. Think it's impossible? It's just that you don't know anything about America's greatest financier yet. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Maya Gogulan is a writer and promoter of the he alth system of Japanese professor of medicine Katsuzo Nishi. In the biography of Maya Gogulan, it is said that a terrible oncological disease led her to the system of recovery according to Nisha. Having overcome it, the woman began to share her experience in books that are popular to this day. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Peter the Great founded the Kunstkamera in 1714. Since then, this museum has remained one of the decorations of St. Petersburg, where thousands of tourists flock from all over the world. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The Soviet Union, formed in December 1922, lived behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War (1940-1991), but its symbols - the five-pointed star, the hammer and sickle, the Olympic bear - are still used today well-known foreign brands, becoming part of the world culture. The topic of the article is Soviet things that characterize the outgoing era and will surely cause nostalgia among the older generation. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Before telling who Chumakov is, a general known to all TV viewers and lovers of military literature, we need to dwell on the name of a famous Soviet writer who once received the USSR State Prize. This is Ivan Stadnyuk, whose works are known far beyond the borders of our country. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01