Diagonal encyclopedia. Bible of the Time

How was it really? «Varyag» goes along the fairway, and stumbles upon concentrated fire from two Japanese cruisers. The nasal rangefinder is destroyed almost immediately. However, even with this device, in ideal conditions for shooting, the gunmen of the «Varyag» in training firing a year earlier did not achieve a single hit by shells of the main caliber in the target shield. In total, out of 145 shells, only 3 hit the target. The officers of the Russian fleet care very little about this. At the same time, the artillerymen of the Japanese Imperial Navy, according to some sources, shoot off two barrels until they are completely worn out and, in any case, are considered heroes of their country. In addition, «Varyag» fires with armor-piercing shells, and the Japanese – high-explosive fragmentation. The explosive content in the former is minimal. And the most offensive thing is that when firing from long distances, falling into water or a weakly armored hull, they simply do not burst. Zeroing in such conditions is impossible. Smoke from Japanese shells, even exploding in the water at a considerable distance from Russian ships, obscures observation devices and sights. Shrapnel, a blast wave destroy various mechanisms, disable or demoralize the crew. … The Varyag’s propulsion system is in order. A breakthrough is still possible. But nevertheless, much to the surprise of the Japanese, the ship lays on the opposite course. It is followed by «Korean». … Photo – «Varyag» is out of action after being hit by eight or ten 152 mm. shells. The fire in the aft compartment will soon be extinguished

«Korean» before the battle with the masts chopped off to complicate aiming. Speed 13.5 knots (25 km. H), crew of 12 officers 162 sailors, weapons (quite solid) two 203 mm. guns, one 152 mm., four 37 mm, one torpedo tube

For some reason, the «Korean» is in a more advantageous position. Shells from Japanese ships fly over it. Own projectiles – do not reach the enemy. A sufficiently skilfully set smoke screen, coupled with a bit of luck, protects the Korean from any serious damage and loss of life. Nevertheless, by four in the afternoon, both ships return to the bay. The Japanese are biding their time. Despite the fact that most of the Varyag’s guns are in order, Rudnev refuses to continue the fight under more favorable conditions. The option of a second breakthrough, now in the middle of the night, is also not considered. The captain of the second rank, Belyaev, has to obey. He sets fire to his «Korean» and blows up at a distance from the coast quite in good faith.

«Korean». Blasted so blasted

The Russian civil steamship «Sungari» is also located in the Chemulpo Bay. It is flooded in shallow water. Later, the Japanese will raise it and put it into operation.

«Varyag» evacuates the team (photo). The bodies of thirty dead remain on the ship (although there is an opportunity to bury them on land). Andreev’s banners and various kinds of naval documents are not taken away. Later, all these manuals-instructions help the Japanese to put the cruiser into operation as soon as possible. Captain Rudnev and his officers do not pay attention to the disabling of guns and many valuable mechanisms. By agreement with the Japanese command (who have acquired at least some kind of combat experience), Russian sailors are freely leaving for Russia. From now on, they are free to serve in any fleets except the Pacific. It is perplexing why the permission of the Japanese command is necessary for this, because the sailors are stationed on ships of neutral countries. What is the difference between this state of affairs and how they would simply surrender? Honoring them, dinners with Emperor Nicholas II, rain of orders cause ferment among both officers and lower ranks. This is the reward for failure. The sailors of the Koreyets, who also fought the battle, but deftly maneuvered and did not allow casualties in their crew, are excluded from this list. And soon, according to the formed suicidal pattern – honor for losing, without comprehending the options leading to victory, the Second Pacific Squadron of Admiral Rozhdestvensky will move to Tsushima. Fate itself gives a chance to use the opponent’s mistake to both sides. The Russian commander, Captain Rudnev, does not allow opponents to make their very big wrong move. The samurai, on the other hand, are using the mad battle between Rozhdestvensky’s squadron and English trawlers at Dogger Bank, waiting for a solution to the conflict, a whole month under the sights of British battleships, and capture Port Arthur in time. The second, now real, stunning defeat, quite natural, without taking into account the mistakes of the first battles, pushes the Russian Empire to the edge of the abyss

The Japanese put the Varyag into operation. The newest cruiser made in the United States is of considerable technical interest. In shallow waters, close to the coast, it is not so difficult. Add another ten to fifteen meters – and lifting work with the equipment of that time would have been impossible.

Raised and repaired Sungari like Japanese Matsui. Displacement 3000 tons, speed 10 knots, crew 45 people

«Varyag» as «Soya». Instead of a beautiful canary orange pipe and snow-white hull, the ship is now protected by a steel battle gray. Friends! There are no films about that forgotten war, from the word «in general», there is no true, popular display of the reasons for our great defeats. And therefore – do we have the right to hope for future great victories?

Material – «Films that I am ready to watch the second and third time…» There are not so many of them.For example, the famous, and not at all forgotten by fans, the fantastic, surreal «Lexx». It may be a little podshofe, the author often reaches out to type the cherished word in a search engine. In order to once again plunge into the world of stellar arch-heretics, stunning lizard girls (and even plants), re-educated handsome killers and cowardly space captains. Of the serious films, this list now includes «Midway», 2019. Do not confuse only with the tape «Battle for Midway», the same year, friends. In the same vein, but gloomy in the Russian way.

What I love about Midway is that everything is put in its place. In Russian military tapes it is very often not clear what, where, why, where and where. Or some kind of ceremonial pictures of hard-stone officers bending over the map. Here there is – the work of thought, analyst, figures of military leaders and ordinary workers of war. Characters. Clear dialogues. Development of heroes. And – action. Very soon you will find yourself in the cockpit of the Dontless, flying from cold clouds to the hot water. We know little about the war in the Pacific. And there was a lot. Dozens of sunken aircraft carriers, Giant battleships. Large and midget submarines. Torpedo bombers and dive bombers. Air, fire and water. I recommend – for this evening

Friends! Let me write an open letter to a typical Russian director. You (dear Russians) know him… So …Dear Fedor Sergeevich! I am writing to you under the impression of a recently viewed advertisement for a computer game. You, too, when you started with something like that? You’ve been a pretty good music video director. What the customers wanted, you did. Sometimes they corrected their work. No offense. As a result, we received money. And, on this wave, the idea appeared – to create a full-size feature film. You consulted with friends, pondered what the viewer might like. And – made a good film «The Ninth Company». An echo of the American Platoon. The first stupid household part could be immediately sent to the trash. The picture would only benefit from that. The second episode is something similar to the truth of life and, as they say, action. We liked. But then… then you got seriously ill. Captured, as they say, a star. And they began to rivet films at their own discretion, without regard to the opinion of us, ordinary people. The main thing is that the «masters» are satisfied. For example, science fiction writer Boris Strugatsky. This is how the Inhabited Island meme was created.

Then the movie «Attraction». This is where the Muscovites began to press with baseball bats the aliens who landed in the middle of the city in a 300-meter space cruiser. He and the mayor of Moscow, a notorious lover of demolishing everything, and creating new things for huge budget money, they cannot do anything… what kind of aliens are there?…That’s just funny. Correctly said one of the commentators: «It could only have come up with a ten-year-old child.» But then «Stalingrad» began. That is, it is no longer laughter, but an outrage against historical memory. Did you look at the German version of 1993? I’m ashamed for you. What, again, «the master knows better»? Oh, the author of the book, according to which the script was directed – this is Vasily Grossman! What is this attempt, common for our «masters of cinema», to show the Great War through the prism of «strawberries»? No, it’s more likely a «strawberry» against the background of hostilities… And all these strange «director’s findings» of yours… As if the historical truth, the truth of life itself, cannot be of interest to us. Much more can be said of this, offensive, truthful. But let’s get down to business. You seem to me to be a person who can still improve. Return to dialogue with the people. To start all over again. Beyond the jumble of mistakes, pride and snobbery.

…Advertising clips. Our. You are familiar. So, I accidentally watched a short commercial and was impressed. We look at the screenshots in a row:

Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. American side. The rookie gets into hell

Steel giants, water and air in a fierce battle

Japanese pilot directs his damaged bomber towards an American ship

The recruit who survived in a flurry of fire unfolds the anti-aircraft gun left without calculation and directs it to the plane

As a result of hits, the bomber’s engine comes off, the plane is taken away from the ship. … All videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXchnjkOnWMEveryone survives. Both the pilot and the sailor are saved. They meet with their families. To the accompaniment of wonderful poems by Konstantin Simonov «Wait for me»

Do this, contemporary Russian directors, since it is difficult for you to emotionally comprehend the past. Take the book by Artem Drabkin of the series «I fought in the T-34», «I fought in the Il-2», «Fighters», and others, according to the memoirs of war veterans. Play these stories one to one on the screen. No directorial gag. And, enough already to cut the state budget…

Everything is as it is. One to one. If you do not understand something, consult with the people

He was here… The largest corrupt official in the Soviet Union

Friends, in order not to lose interest in the reader, I take a step aside. Life itself is an eternal search for newness. And so that our own time does not turn into an endless Groundhog Day, we should carefully study History. This is the Bible of the Time. The patterns of the idealized bright past that have developed in society are unacceptable. … Maybe the title of the chapter is not entirely correct. But how else then? Oligarch… No? A corrupt person is someone who is hiding from the people and control authorities. Help determine the status of someone who takes whatever he wants in a malnourished country and gets praised for it. We give an overview of Stalin’s dacha-palaces, built during the reign of Joseph Dzhugashvili, or passed into his sole possession from the kings and counts. Please, before uttering the phrase «he could not bequeath it», think a little. Photo – 1. The nearest dacha in Kuntsevo. Built in 1934 (not so well fed for the people of the USSR), overhauled, expanded in 1938. Own power station, apiary, park of two dozen hectares, vineyard, greenhouse and so on.

2. One of the favorite places for recreation of Dzhugashvili and his family is the dacha of the former industrialist Zubalov. Timeline is a three-meter stone fence. The house was destroyed when the Nazi troops approached. Just like many other buildings suitable for living throughout the USSR in the shadow of the occupation, starting from peasant huts.

3. «Dalnyaya Dacha» – otherwise «Semenovskoe». The former estate of Catherine II’s favorite, Count Orlov-Davydov. Urban district of the city of Stupino (Far Moscow region). In 1937, the museum of manor life had to move somewhere, and in its place, after a thorough reconstruction, another dacha of I. Dzhugashvili appeared.

4. Lipki Manor. Surrounded in four rows of barbed wire, the complex of buildings was erected on the site of a former manor house. Urban district of Mytishchi (closer to Dolgoprudny MO). The complex is now abandoned. Contemporary photography.

5. Stalin’s favorite, albeit relatively modest, dacha in Abkhazia was commissioned in 1947. The valley of the Lashepse river… That is, the construction was carried out when millions of citizens of the post-war USSR were huddled in barracks and starved to death. There is a floating veranda connected to the shore by a bridge, a boiler room with 6 electric boilers, a 650 cc refrigerator. m., asphalt roads, area lighting, and the like. On the territory of 9, 3 hectares, a forest has been cut down, valuable species of trees have been planted, 4,600 pcs., 1200 and 40,000 bushes of various names.

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