Soviet blunder made Turkey go to NATO

Soviet blunder made Turkey go to NATO

Exaggerating the topic of the West infuriating "a sharp rapprochement between Ankara and Moscow," the local media, among other things, allow themselves to mock on the topic between our two ...
Italian Adventures in St. Petersburg and Baikal

Italian Adventures in St. Petersburg and Baikal

Russia, not leaving the pages of the Western press, is of interest to ordinary people in Europe. Some of them decide to come to our country on their own and form their own opinion about it ....
General Vlasov: a traitor or an “ambiguous figure”?

General Vlasov: a traitor or an “ambiguous figure”?

Continuing the theme of the treason of the highest ranks of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War, raised in the article on the tragedy of June 22, 1941, it is impossible to pass over the figure of Lieutenant General Andrei Vlasov in silence ....
The role of vodka in the history of Russia: truth and fiction

The role of vodka in the history of Russia: truth and fiction

In the courtyard there is a luxurious summer - time for vacations, picnics and all kinds of other types of recreation. In such days, it’s even not easy to write about revolutions, unrest and wars, the thought itself turns off to ...
Baikal: how a great lake is “killed”

Baikal: how a great lake is “killed”

Lake Baikal, the "pearl" of Siberia, has always been associated with natural beauty, with pure water. But now environmentalists are sounding the alarm. Baikal’s water is rapidly becoming polluted, and with such ...
Transsib travel: Russia through the eyes of a German

Transsib travel: Russia through the eyes of a German

The Western media as a whole do not flatter our Motherland too much, portraying it as a cold, unfriendly and aggressive country, only dreaming of attacking someone and “annexing” something. Therefore, it is very nice ...
Was World War II inevitable?

Was World War II inevitable?

This year marks 80 years since the beginning of the largest and bloody epic of mutual mass extermination in the history of mankind, known to all of us as the Second World War. All these years, like ...
Why Russia becomes fashionable in the West

Why Russia becomes fashionable in the West

Russia has become fashionable, and in certain circles it is popular to fronted the theme of its Russian roots and its readiness to obtain Russian citizenship ....
Cobras and Shermans: Did the USSR help American Lend-Lease?

Cobras and Shermans: Did the USSR help American Lend-Lease?

The question again arises about the size of the contribution of each member of the anti-Hitler coalition to the defeat of the Third Reich. It is customary to point to the famous Lend-Lease, which supported the Soviet Union during ...