Category: Military history
As the 72 year anniversary of the Victory Day is approaching, Russian government seeks the ways to commemorate, those who fought in WW2. Recently, a contest for the Rzhev …
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 …
