Marcus Cloud

The result of the Sino-Soviet border conflict at lake Zhalanashkol on both sides killed more than 20 people, mostly Chinese soldiers. After the fight the Chinese Kazakhstan border of the USSR and China provocation is no longer acceptable.

To approve Alexander Bushkova, author of "the Red monarch: Chronicles of the great and terrible time," many, or rather almost all, knew that Konstantin Kuzakov was the illegitimate son of Stalin. However, the relationship with the leader did not become an obstacle to accusations Kazakova during the post-war wave of repression. Then Konstantin Stepanovich even expelled from the party.

In 1991, Dzhokhar Dudayev, barely taking the presidency of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, was concerned about the creation of regular troops. Thus, the Law on defence of 24 December was introduced conscription for all men. The number of troops in the army has reached 15,000, the same as it was in the national guard. But where in a small country took up arms for full-scale war?

The Stalinist regime sought to engage in political "games" of representatives of all segments of the population, including children. On the one hand, Soviet propaganda extolled all kinds of Pavlik Morozov. On the other hand, it was assumed that the may be conscious of a minor "counter-revolutionaries". One of the most egregious cases occurred in 1944 in Saratov, where according to the 58th article was judged by six students, including 11-year-old Benedict Egorova.

The Stalin era revealed to the world the antics of such people, most of whom would be better to always remain in the shadows. Where did they come from? What a godforsaken province of the Russian Empire grew? And why all of a sudden, forgetting father and mother and faith, began to earn a living by killing people.