Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Kazan “the Black cat”: what did the most dangerous criminals

Kazan "the Black cat": what did the most dangerous criminals
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After the great Patriotic war, the streets of Soviet cities were flooded with gangs of robbers and murderers, who as a blueprint was called "the Black cat". One of the most violent groups with the same name, not schadivshie neither old men, children, acted in Kazan.

Anton Makarenko: why the best teacher in the world called the “counter-revolutionary”

Anton Makarenko: why the best teacher in the world called the "counter-revolutionary"
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He was accused of fascination with pre-revolutionary pedagogy, authoritarianism, brutality and even physical abuse. His system was called "non-Soviet", and the teacher even threatened with arrest. The founder of the Soviet school, the wife of Lenin, Nadezhda Krupskaya chastised him, saying, do not place such a policy of education in the Soviet system. And yet in 1988 Anton Makarenko was recognized by UNESCO as the greatest teacher in the world. And pedagogical principles Krupskaya, at the head of which was the service of communism, are now considered to be at least a burden of the past.

ADS: how to shoot under water machine Russian combat divers

ADS: how to shoot under water machine Russian combat divers
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This weapon is equally effective in two environments – on land and under water. The advantages and features of the machine dvuhsvetnoe special (this is what the acronym stands for ADS), taken into service in the Russian army, they say military experts.

Tankers Boyko: the fighting family of the great Patriotic

Tankers Boyko: the fighting family of the great Patriotic
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As you know, the red army soldiers did not take to the front of their wives, from which emerged the phenomenon of "camp field friends." However, there is in the history of the great Patriotic war examples where the legitimate wife fought side by side. One of these pairs – tankers Ivan and Alexander Boiko from Magadan.

Russia vs China: who has the strongest army

Russia vs China: who has the strongest army
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In Soviet times, the stories of popular jokes was based on the fact that in case of an attack by the Chinese quickly "paint over a map of Siberia in a yellow color." How are these fears justified? If the army is China a real threat to Russia? To answer these questions helps the Business Insider, which named the 25 most powerful armies in the world.