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This is a list of the violent political and ethnic conflicts in the countries of the former Soviet Union following its dissolution in 1991. Some of these conflicts such as the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis or the 2013–2014 Euromaidan protests in Ukraine were due to political crises in the successor states. Others involved separatist ...
The impending 150th anniversary of the 1812 French Invasion, as well as the worldwide success of Vidor's adaptation of the Russian national epic – at a time when the USSR and the United States were competing for prestige – motivated the Soviet Minister of Culture Yekaterina Furtseva to begin planning a local picture based on Leo Tolstoy's ...
1812, (Russian: 1812 год) is a 1912 Russian film directed by Vasili Goncharov, Kai Hansen and Aleksandr Uralsky, [1] [2] described as a "blockbuster" in the Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. [3]
The film of 1943 shows the Russian view of the main events of the Patriotic War of 1812. [4] [5] The main points are Kutuzov's character and warfare, the major battles, the soldiers and the major errors of Napoleon. "delaying operation" [6] started by Mikhail Bogdanovich Barclay de Tolly and continued by Kutuzov "scorched earth" by burning Moscow
1812: 1812 1912 1812 French invasion of Russia: The Ballad of Uhlans: Уланская баллада 2012 1812 Battle of Borodino: Vasilisa: Василиса 2014 1812 French invasion of Russia: Vasilisa Kozhina: Fort Ross: Форт Росс: В по́исках приключе́ний 2014 1860 Fort Ross, California: Union of Salvation ...
The formal end to Tatar rule over Russia was the defeat of the Tatars at the Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480. Ivan III (r. 1462–1505) and Vasili III (r. 1505–1533) had consolidated the centralized Russian state following the annexations of the Novgorod Republic in 1478, Tver in 1485, the Pskov Republic in 1510, Volokolamsk in 1513, Ryazan in 1521, and Novgorod-Seversk in 1522.
This is a list of wars and armed conflicts involving Russia and its predecessors in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century.. The Russian military and troops of its predecessor states in Russia took part in a large number of wars and armed clashes in various parts of the world: starting from the princely squads, opposing the raids of nomads, and fighting for the expansion of the ...
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [r] (USSR), [s] commonly known as the Soviet Union, [t] was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by area , extending across eleven time zones and sharing borders with twelve countries , and the third-most populous country .