Which IS AK-47, and, soon-to-be AK-12. Like I said, all the testing of the two rifles has usually been in favour of AK. That's a fact and history. No...
[IMG] Valeriya Khomyakova. A participant of WWII since February, 1942. She was the first out of the Soviet women to have shot down an enemy...
[IMG] Evdokiya Bershanskaya. Guards Lieutenant Colonel. Finished an air-school for pilots in 1932. Since 1933, worked as pilot instructor....
There were a lot of women participating from the Russian side. Around 600 000 in total, many of whom were pilots and even some commanders. It would...
[IMG] La-5. I have always thought that La-5 and La-7 were among the most effective planes during WWII, if not the most effective. Their speed and...
T-34 - my choice! ;) It's manoeuvre ability was unstoppable due to this whole optimization. A smart tank - gotta love it! :p [IMG]
[IMG] Aircraft Carrier "Varyag" was built in my native city, Nikolayev, Ukraine. The work was started in the Soviet Union. However, that aircraft...
Definitely, the invasion of USSR. By deconstructing the factories quickly as they backed up, the Russians were able to rebuild the factories behind...
Looks like I haven't been here for a while. I am really sorry for holding off - got a little busy lately. But, yeah, here it is, another day in the...
Yup, I know this battle. That fortress was built during the times of the Russian Empire. 1833, to be exact. Since then, it was rebuilt, reconstructed...
Well, that "skill factor" is about to be annulled by the AK-12, I must say. I am seriously awaiting the modification of the famous AK. It looks much...
Israeli Galil was based on the Finnish Valmet RK.62, which was a licensed modification of AK-47. So, indirectly, yes, it was a rip-off of the AK. ;)
July 23. 1812. A battle at the village Saltanovka of the 7th Rayevskiy infantry corps against the 1st French corps of Davout. The first attack of...
Lona Cohen. An American spy who worked for the Soviet Union. In 1942, one of her contacts in a New York munition plant smuggled a model of a new...
1799, July 22. Alexander Suvorov conquered the fortress Alessandria in the Italian War. 105 cannons and 6 flags of the enemy were the trophies. 2.5...
Thank you, John. Gladly will follow your posts as well. The more information I gather, the more posts I will write. I am making threads, so that, at...
Richard Sorge. Born in 1895, in the Russian Empire, a member of the German minority in Russia, he moved back to Germany with the whole family in...
The capital of Ukraine (then, just another big city in USSR), 1942, German occupation of Kiyiv. The football (soccer team) of "Luftwaffe" has offered...
It is a Russian movie about a Russo-Turkish War of 1877. It contains a story of a character who is fictional. However, he had a real prototype in...
Here, I will try to post something every day. I've decided to open a thread about each day in the Russian Military History. Or, at least, whenever...
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