Mark Solonin (born May 29, 1958, in Kuybyshev, Soviet Union) is a Russian historian and author of numerous books on the Second World War. An aviation engineer by training, he has lived since 2016 in Estonia. In 2019 he relocated to Ukraine.
Mark is a common male name and is related to the Latin word Mars. It means "consecrated to the god Mars", and also may mean "God of war" or "to be warlike". Marcus was one of the three most common Roman given names.
The Soviet offensive plans controversy was a debate among historians as to whether Joseph Stalin had planned to launch an attack against Nazi Germany in the summer of 1941. The controversy began with the 1988 book Icebreaker: Who started the Second...
The Soviet Union suffered about 27 million losses in World War II, including both civilian and military losses from all war-related causes, although exact figures are disputed. A figure of 20 million was considered official during the Soviet era....
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian-backed forces with a Buk 9M38 surface-to-air missile on 17 July 2014, while flying over eastern Ukraine. All 283 passengers and...
Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov (Russian: Кири́лл Афана́сьевич Мерецко́в; 7 June [O.S. 26 May] 1897 – 30 December 1968) was a Soviet military commander. Having joined the Communist Party in 1917, he served in the Red Army from 1920. During the Winter...
The mechanised corps were a Soviet Red Army armoured formation used prior to the beginning of World War II and reintroduced during the war, in 1942.
The 5th Guards Zimovnikovskaya Red Banner, Order of Kutuzov 60th Anniversary of the USSR Motor Rifle Division, (Military Unit Number (V/Ch) 51852 from 1979) was a military formation of the Soviet Ground Forces. It was formed from the 6th Mechanized...
Prior to the invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, the German armed forces were not aware of two newly developed Soviet tanks, the T-34 and the KV. As a result, they were surprised when they met them in combat for the first time in June...
This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Samara (1935–1990: Kuybyshev), Russia.
