Vasilij Ghrighorevich Zajciev (Cyrillic:Василий Григорьевич Зайцев) (March 23, 1915 – December 15, 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II who killed 225 soldiers and officers of the Wehrmacht and its allies between 10 November and December 17, 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad. Before Nove
The Krivak class is the NATO code for a class of 1970s frigates built for the Soviet Navy. Their Soviet designation was Project 1135 Burevestnik (storm-petrel). These are the first Russian missile frigates1. There are several variants:Krivak II and Krivak III (1984-90), the last, which can carry Kam
Adriano Roccucci, Stalin and the Patriarch – Orthodox Church and Soviet Power 1917-1958:One of the most curious events in Soviet history is, without doubt, Stalins shift in attitude towards the Orthodox Church, through of World War II. While, until then, or at least on the eve of the outbreak of the
The independence of Hispanic America took place in the 19th century and was driven by European revolutionary and nationalist movements. By Me. Cláudio FernandesThe process ofindependence of Hispanic America occurred in the 19th century, after about four centuries of colonization. In order to unders