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Inna and Gennady Kalinin hunted for great Patriotic war veterans throughout the Soviet Union. That's why they haven't been caught. However, when the criminals killed the Vice-Admiral George Kholostyakov, the then General Secretary Yuri Andropov took matters under control, and gangster couple was in jail for three months.

The civil war in Russia – a vivid example of what can happen in the state when the government artificially perpetuates social, economic and political problems, not solves them. One of the most tragic episodes of the civil confrontation was the policy of the Bolsheviks on decossackization, which, if you look deep historical background.

The second world war became a proving ground for hundreds of new types of weapons. Opponents wanted to create their own "weapon of retaliation", but in combat it is often not only had low efficiency, but also threatened whoever was using it.

To churn out rifles a low flying plane — unless, of course, we are not talking about plywood airplanes of the last century — seems a problem, real only in the scenarios of feature films about the war. But the Buryat sniper Arseny of Atabaev proved that it can be done and in a combat situation, thus keeping the promise given to Marshal Kliment Voroshilov.

Life and culture of indigenous peoples of the far North is strikingly different from the life experiences of Russians. The harsh climate, distance from civilization and adherence to traditional way of farming left its mark on northerners who are failing to adjust their livelihoods to natural vagaries, taught some tricks and Russian.