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Charles Young was born to parents enslaved in Mays Lick, Kentucky, in 1864.
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In early 1865, his father escaped to nearby Ripley, Ohio. This flourishing small town was home to many abolitionists and, for decads, served as a stop on the Underground Railroad for people escaping enslavement.From Ripley, Charles’ father joined the 5th United States Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment, taking part in battles…
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Bl00d sample.
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This blood sample was drawn today from a patient who came in with severe abdominal pain, along with pain and numbness in their legs and feet. Initially, the blood appeared red, but after sitting for a while, it started to resemble strawberry milk. This is due to extremely high triglyceride…
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Captain Nikolai Gastello is one of the most famous heroes of the Great Patriotic War:
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on June 26, 1941, he committed the so-called “fire ram”, dying during a combat mission. They tried to question the feat, but the fact remains: when it comes to hero pilots, the name of the Soviet captain is one of the first to be remembered. In the history of the…
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The youngest pilot of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945)was 14 year old Arkady Kamanin.
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In 1941, when he was only 14 years old, he began to fly, flatly refusing to go evacuate. Before his eyes, Arkadi had an example of his father – the famous pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union, military leader Nikolai Petrovich Kamanin.Arkady, the youngest of the pilots, who received…
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Vasily Zaitsev (far left) instructs other Soviet snipers, Stalingrad, 1942.
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Hero of the Soviet Union, Vasily Zaitsev is perhaps the most famous of all the heroes of the Red Army in their fight against the genocidal Nazi and fascist invaders. Zaitsev is credited with having killed 225 Nazi soldiers between November 10 – December 17, 1942 during the Battle of…
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🎬 Siberian Sniper (2021)
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“Siberian Sniper” is a war drama set during World War II, focusing on the life of a young Soviet sniper, Vasily, from a small village in Siberia. As the war intensifies, Vasily is conscripted into the Red Army and quickly distinguishes himself with his remarkable marksmanship and tactical prowess. The…
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Late December, 1942 – On the photo is unknown Soviet soldier previously arrived from the Far East to the Stalingrad, thanks to Richard Sorge’s inteligence achievements which claims that Japanese army won’t attack USSR.
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Stavka organized transport of infantry from the Far East and Siberia in order to give support to the defenders of Stalingrad. If Stalingrad fell into the enemy hands, entire Caucasus region would have been cutt off from the USSR which produced 70% of state’s oil. This soldier uses mortar on…
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They were known as Panfilov’s 28 Guardsmen –
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a legendary unit of Soviet soldiers written into the pantheon of national heroism after they died battling German tanks just two hours outside Moscow as the freezing winter of 1941-1942 set in. History says that the regiment was formed mainly from Almaty and Bishkek natives shortly after the beginning of…
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Medal of Honor Monday!
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On this day in 1987, a Medal of Honor recipient passes away. Ralph Neppel’s bravery had come 43 years earlier, during World War II. Perhaps no one expected a farm boy from Iowa to be a war hero? Neppel had been among those landing at Normandy in the days after…
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Born in 1821 in Nykøbing Falster, Rödder came from a wealthy noble family of German descent and pursued medical studies in Copenhagen.
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In 1856, while traveling in Italy, he stumbled upon strange writings and bizarre specimens. This encounter introduced him to the famed crypto-naturalist and xeno-archaeologist Thomas Merrylin from London. Inspired by Merrylin, Rödder shifted his focus to the occult and the Dark World, amassing an extraordinary collection of cryptozoological artifacts that…