ZOYA KOSMODEMYANSKAYA’ aka TANYA ;“The comrades! Why are you so depressed ? Be brave, fight, crush fascists, burn, destroy! I ain’t afraid to die Comrades! Happy to die for my people! ”Zoya, the child of a librarian and a teacher, was a Hero of the Soviet Union. He joined the…

There are 200 million of us. You can’t hang us all. They will avenge me.” – – Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, November 29, 1941 On November 29, 1941, 18 year old Soviet resistance fighter and partisan Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya was executed by the Nazis. Zoya had been caught after setting fire to stables…

🏅 On February 27, 1943, Alexander Matrosov performed an immortal feat, which became known and will always be remembered as Matrosov’s feat – he sacrificed his life for his Motherland and his comrades in arms. On that day, Matrosov’s battalion was ordered to attack an enemy stronghold near the village…

🔷Nikolai Gastello (1907-1941)Military pilot, commander of the 2nd squadron of the 207th long-range bomber aviation regiment, captain. He worked as a mechanic and was conscripted into the Red Army in 1932. He joined the aviation regiment and became a pilot. Nikolai Gastello took part in three wars. A year before…

a Soviet sniper with 309 confirmed kills from 1941 to 1942. She is considered the top five military snipers of all time and the most successful female sniper in history.⁣⁣In June 1941, Pavlichenko was a 24-year-old college student studying history at Kiev University when Germany invaded the Soviet Union. She…

With each beat, the heart pumps blood through a vast network of veins and arteries, delivering oxygen and essential nutrients to every cell while simultaneously removing carbon dioxide and waste. In fact, your heart pumps so much blood that it travels about 12,000 miles (19,000 km) through your body in…

Cecil was born in Birkenhead in 1898. His father was a Congregational minister. He was educated at Dulwich College, University College School and Oundle School. Aged 17 he enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps in December 1915 having lied about his age. After a period of training he was posted…

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…

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…

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…