At the beginning of the 17th century, the English actively strove to infiltrate Siberia. The Tsardom of Russia radically put a stop to it. But, it had to pay for it with the loss of the merchant city Mangazeya, abandoning an important sea trade route through the northern seas for a long time.

Established in 1791 as the exclusive zone where Jews were allowed to live in the Russian Empire, the Pale of Settlement was a giant ghetto

Russia and North Korea are both fielding a novel type of naval weapon – nuclear-armed torpedo drones

The guided-missile destroyer Zumwalt, which arrived at its new home port in Pascagoula, Mississippi, this month, is being outfitted with a hypersonic missile system by American shipbuilder HII.

The nation is commemorating the 50th anniversary of America’s withdrawal from Vietnam through Veterans Day 2025, per presidential decree.