Polish winged hussars trace their origin to Serbian and Hungarian hussars of the late Middle Ages. But in contrast to them, the Polish hussars were heavy shock cavalry. The oldest reference to the winged hussars is from 1500. However, it is believed that their units had been formed earlier. Offic
The Tsar Bomb was the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated and a few days ago Rosatom released a video with new footage from the historic moment. The new footage from the distant 1961 was released by the Russian Rosatom a few days before the 71st anniversary of the first atomic bomb test in t
The commercial renaissance took place because of urban growth and agricultural production and resulted in the creation of two economic axes in Europe:the Mediterranean and the Nordic. TheCommercial Renaissance of the Middle Ages occurred because of the expansion of trade routes and the establishmen
Some time ago we published an article in which we told how the Spanish Isabel de Barreto was the first female admiral in history. In reality, there was at least one precedent that, yes, had the advantage of being queen over her and therefore the power to personally lead a squadron:Artemisia I, Caria