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The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle between Germany and its allies (Italy, Romania, Hungary) and the Soviet Union for the Soviet city of Stalingrad (today known as Volgograd). The battle took place between July 17, 1942 and February 2, 1943 as part of World War II. It is often considered the turning point of World War II in the European Theater and was arguably the bloodiest battle in human history, with combined casualties estimated above 1.5 million. The battle was marked by brutality and disregard for military and civilian casualties on both sides. The battle is taken to include the German siege of Stalingrad, the battle inside the city, and the Soviet counter-offensive which eventually trapped and destroyed the German Sixth Army and other Axis forces around the city.
It has been the 65th anniversary since the battle took place three days ago, here is the gallery dedicated to all of those who participated and in many cases gave up their lives defending and fighting for Stalingrad building by building, this is as real as it gets… (I didn’t include pictures of hundreds of fallen soldiers on the streets of Stalingrad on purpose, i hope you understand why)


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On May 17, 1984 a spark from a cigarette had led to an explosion on a naval base in Severomorsk. In a very short time, half of the fleet’s storage of strategic rockets, torpedoes and mines had been destroyed. Reportedly there were two injuries, as well as the huge panic on the streets of the city, that was caused by this fiery inferno…

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Russian T-72 tank, vs an anti-tank missile, guess who wins…

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While the Krapoviy (crimson) Beret might seem as the casual red painted beret, but what it represents, as well as its exclusivity is what makes it so valuable. First issuing Krapoviy Beret in 1978, only those special forces soldiers who had demonstrated extraordinary courage in combat could be entitled to wear one. Russian special forces also performs vigorous tests twice a year, in order to see who is worthy of getting one…

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If you have ever been able to find Russia on the global map before (it’s very sad if you haven’t), you should know that Russia is absolutely huge. As a result there are about 61,000 kilometers of border that needs to be protected. That’s where the Russian Border Guard comes into play. They celebrated their 90th birthday today, and you can see that the former border guards really know how to celebrate…

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Ekranoplanes were invented by the Soviet Union engineer Rastislav Alexeev. They were created during Cold War, to serve as fast moving strategic “aircrafts” and were based on Caspian as well as Black Sea. These ekranoplanes could fly only meters off the ground, but had an advantage of flying fast under the radars (up to 550km/h on MD-160), carrying heavy loads as well as missiles. The “Caspian Sea Monster” also went into the history for being able to lift and fly 544 tons of dry weight, which is more weight than the biggest airplane in the world AN-225 can fly with…

“Lun” with 6 anti-ship missiles…

Even though this video is in Russian, it’s still worth watching since it shows you the rare archive videos of these birds in action…

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As you have seen on our website already, May 9th parade had included a lot of tanks. Luckily none of them had stalled during the actual parade, but on their way back home, one did…

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Here is a gallery of Soviet soldiers and all of those who worked on the factories and in hospitals, helping bring about victory and defeat NAZI Germany 63 years ago…

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These pictures depict the fall of Berlin and the final days of WW2. The NAZI regime had been defeated by the Allies, which ultimately ended the war in Europe 63 years ago…

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Here is the gallery of pictures from the WW2. It depicts Soviet soldiers and civilians all working towards the same cause…

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Here is the gallery that depicts Soviet soldiers who through their hard work, bravery and sacrifice had defeated the NAZI Germany…

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We already covered the rehearsals for the big Victory parade coming up this Friday here and here, now here are few more pictures of the Russian military preparing for the May 9th parade…

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Yes, we’ve already shown you pictures of Russian Military preparing for the May 9th Victory parade. Those pictures were taken on a militray base outside Moscow. What you are about to see now took place in Moscow two days go. Here are all branches of Russian military taking over the streets of Moscow - creating traffic nightmare for the drivers, and unbelievable spectacle for the public, all while practicing for the big parade next Friday!!! (43pics + 2 videos, Enjoy!!!)

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This year’s annual May 9th Victory Parade on Red Square, will be a bit different from the recent ones, and in many ways will remind the world of the Cold War military parades which USSR did back in the day. This year aside from soldiers of different military branches of the army parading, long range bombers, aviation display teams, tanks as well as Mobile Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles units will all take part in the event. Practicing for the event is well underway and here are pictures from a military base near Moscow, where it all takes place…

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Here are the pictures, as well as a (Russian) video of World’s largest military hovercraft, called Zubr (bison). The Zubr air-cushion landing craft is intended to carry out over-the-beach landings of amphibious landing troops and combat vehicles, as well as provide fire support of their actions on shore.

The ship provides sea lift of materiel consisting of:

• 3 tanks of total mass up to 150 tons;
• or 10 armored vehicles of total mass up to 131 tons;
• or 8 armored personnel carriers of total mass up to 115 tons;
• or 8 amphibious tanks.

To accommodate troops, carried in vehicles there are 4 compartments with 140 seats.

As an option, the combat material compartment can be fitted with removable benches for additional accommodation of 360 troops (altogether 500 persons).

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