The Chernobyl accident occurred on April 26, 1986 and was the most serious in the history of commercial nuclear energy. The explosion of the nuclear reactor caused a huge release of toxic waste in large areas of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. Chernobyl Disaster Chernobyl nuclear power plant after t
Family origins Roger Trinquier was born on March 20, 1908 into a peasant family in La Beaume in the Hautes-Alpes. He studied at the municipal school of his native village where he obtained his certificate of studies in 1920. In 1925, he entered the normal school of Aix-en-Provence. Military career
Moskva-class helicopter carrier cruiser The Moskva Class or Project 1123/Kondor, is a class of helicopter carrier cruiser of the Soviet Navy. It is composed of 2 units, the Moskva and the Leningrad. They were built by the Nikolayev shipyards from 1962 to 1965. Like the other helicopter carrier crui
Alexander Vasilievich Suvorov is a special case in military history. Although he was Russian, he had Swedish and Armenian blood in his veins. Although noble, he began his career in the army as a common soldier to reach with his merit, a rare thing at that time, the highest military positions in Russ