Category: Military history
26 years ago, on February 15, 1989, Soviet troops pulled out of Afghanistan, nine years after they swept into the country. Part of the Cold War, it was fought …
In Komi-Permyak Okrug, a patch of larch trees is planted and carefully arranged to look like a Soviet intelligence agent’s name. As seen on Google Maps, the trees resemble …
Among the variety of abandoned military bases in post-Soviet Russia, Anadyr-1 (Gudym) is possibly the eeriest one. Located in the close proximity to the ideological enemy – the United …
Residents of Orenburg were not warned that the military would fly the plane so dangerously low. Apparently it was a surprise. Military transport aircraft IL-76 flew four circles over …
