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In a previous article from our blog, we told the story of Vasili Arkhipov, an officer of the Russian navy who avoided a nuclear war in 1962. Today, we will talk about how a war was prevented thanks to the courage of one man.
[ Read more ]Despite the title, this article is not devoted to the private arsenal of the Russian tsars. Throughout history, there has been a number of weapons that have taken the name of "Tsar", and not because of their owner, but because of its size and destructive capacity. In other words, today we will talk about huge weapons in Russian history.
[ Read more ]A "flying ace" is a military pilot credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircrafts in combat. In the history of aerial warfare, there have been only two women who have reached this category.
[ Read more ]During the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) a Russian cruiser and her crew reached the category of myth, and inspired other soldiers who were fighting far from home. This boat had an exciting life, which would make an excellent movie. We will discover her story now.
[ Read more ]In a short period, two Soviet soldiers saved everyone on planet Earth. One of them was Stanislav Petrov, who discovered a fake nuclear attack. Today we will discover a similar story in which, thanks to a man born in Russia the history of mankind avoided a nuclear war. He was a person who knew how to stay calm in a crucial moment for life on Earth.
[ Read more ]Lev Ivanovich Yashin (October 22, 1929 - March 20, 1990) was a Russian goalkeeper regarded by many as the best goalkeeper in the history of football. He was nicknamed the "Black Spider" for two reasons: first, because he used to wear black and second, because he moved so fast it looked as if he had eight arms.
[ Read more ]The history of inventions is often surrounded by controversy because of one question: Who was its real inventor? Very often in history, someone creates a new product. It is a brilliant idea but, for different reasons it is ignored until someone else in a different part of the world, starts selling the same creation. This person gets the fame and worldwide recognition, while the original inventor is forgotten.
[ Read more ]If we think of a kamikaze (that is, a suicide attack on a plane), the first image that comes to our mind is a Japanese pilot in his Zero airplane, on a collision course to an American warship. But actually, the first kamikaze in history was a Russian pilot who fought in World War I.
[ Read more ]In 1979 the famous British writer Arthur C. Clarke published his novel "The Fountains of Paradise" where some scientists built a very peculiar elevator, which went up to 36 kilometers. What very few people know is that this elevator did not come out of this science fiction writer’s mind. It's actually the invention of a Russian scientist who was born 122 years before the publication of this novel.
[ Read more ]On May 9, 1945, after six years of fighting and seventy million people killed, World War II comes to an end. It was the bloodiest conflict in the history of mankind. Today it is a holiday in Russia, where you can hear the phrase "СДнёмПобеды !" (Happy Victory Day!).
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