of May 21, 1942, guards ranks were introduced for servicemen of guards units of various sizes, and a guards insignia to be worn on the right side of the chest was instituted. In June 1943 guards red banners were confirmed for guards armies and corps, and in February 1944 models of ...
With Stalin’s authorization, a Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, headed by well-known personalities was formed; he called upon the Jews of the West to support the Soviet Union…. Jews serving with the armed forces fought bravely, were decorated, and promoted even to the highest ranks. But qua ...
Irresistible attraction of Russian armed forces The Mistral Contract: Headache To Boot Pre-election Tsushima English Latrines for Russian Navy Obsessed by Navy Revival Idea Russian Billions Go to British 'Phoenix' Role of Navy in the providing of national security ...
Perestro&a, which has shaken the ranks of the party and government bureaucracies, has been used much less in the military sphere. In the military press, glasnost has a rather superficial character. Gorbachev gives considerably less time to military affairs than to other subjects of concern, ...
On his return to Berlin, von Sponeck stood before a court martial presided over by Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring. The court’s sentence was reduction to the ranks, forfeiture of all orders and decorations, and death, which was later commuted to seven years’ fortress detention. He languish...
The Presidium forms the Council of Defense of the USSR and approves its composition, appoints and removes the supreme command of the armed forces of the USSR, proclaims martial law in separate localities or throughout the country in the interests of the defense of the USSR, and orders general...
This has led to the wide proliferation of advanced Tesla weaponry among the ranks of the Russian army, instilling fear in all who oppose the Russian Bear. The tech has advanced greatly over the years, culminating in such weapons as the Tesla Cruiser or a tesla cannon for the resurrected ...
Soviets sent tanks, airplanes, and helicopters to PDPA forces. Then in September 1979 a coup took place in PDPA ranks. Nur Muhammad Taraki the leader of PDPA after a visit to Moscow was arrested by his rival Hafizullah Amin. Amin murdered Taraki. but seems was convinced that Brezhnev has ...
The new Nazi German occupation brought a relief from the Soviet persecutions but it had its own target: the Jews. Some of them have fled Europe (never to return), most of the rest were killed (often after a brief life in forced ghetto or a deportation to a concentration camp in German...
The republic ranks first in the production of geranium oil and lemons. Although Tadzhikistan maintains strong economic ties with all the Union republics, its principal trading partners are the other Middle Asian republics. From the other Soviet republics Tadzhikistan receives engineering equipment, ...