Yak Piston Fighters v1.2.3 / 01 mar 18 / greg goebel * When Hitler’s war machine invaded the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941, it swept all resistance before it.

The 3-line rifle M1891 (colloquially known as Mosin Nagant rifle) describes a series of rifles that served Russia (and later the Soviet Union) and its client states for many years. The first model was issued in 1891 for the Imperial Russian Army. It is one of the longest serving bolt action rifles

The Mauser C96 (commonly called the “Broomhandle” or “Broomhandle Mauser” due to its distinctive grip, was a German semi-automatic pistol …

The History of Russia begins with that of the East Slavs. The traditional beginning of Russian history is 862 A.D. Kievan Rus’, the first …

Meanings and Origins of Names. 1] [2 ] AFANAS (Афанас): Short form of Russian Afanasii, meaning “immortal.”

Russian Names in English (English Text) The text of this article is in English. See Russian Names in English (Russian Text) for the text in Russian.

Grigory or Grigori is a Russian masculine given name. It may refer to watcher angels or more specifically to the egrḗgoroi or Watcher angels.. Grigory/Grigori may also refer to:

MALE RUSSIAN NAMES: ADAM: earth or simply man : ADRIAN: a town in northern Italy, this gave its name to the Adriatic Sea: ADRIK: dark: AFANASI: immortal

I have no son named Yakov. as quoted in Joseph Stalin: Dictator of the Soviet Union (2006) by Brenda Haugen, p. 11; You know, they are fooling us, there is no God.. A teenaged Stalin to a fellow student while studying to become a priest in the Russian Orthodox Church, as quoted in Landmarks in the Life of Stalin (1942) by Yemelyan …

The Persona Non Grata trope as used in popular culture. “Banned from Argo” redirects here. For the Filk Song, see Banned from Argo. You, possibly along with …