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November 19 is celebrated in Russia as the Day missile troops and artillery. In the holiday calendar, the date November 19 was chosen due to the fact that in 1942 it was on this day that the first phase of the counteroffensive of the Red Army near Stalingrad began. From July to November 1942, the defensive operation continued, which extinguished the offensive impulses of the enemy, exhausted him and made it possible for the Soviet troops to prepare for a decisive blow in difficult conditions. The most important role in the counteroffensive operation was played by the use of artillery against the Nazi troops, which in the future served as the basis for the introduction of a new holiday in the calendar of military dates.
The plan for the counteroffensive of the Red Army near Stalingrad under the name "Uranus" was developed by the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command and the General Staff from September 1942. G.K. Zhukov and A.M. Vasilevsky led the development of the operation plan. November 13 "Uranus" was approved. Maintaining the secrecy of the plan made it possible to ensure the surprise of the counteroffensive and, due to the transfer of forces from areas that were not defined as strategically important, a significant advantage was ensured in the strike directions both in manpower and in equipment.
Success in the Stalingrad operation actually provided a radical change in the Great Patriotic War, and from the defeat on the banks of the Volga, the Nazi army, in fact, did not manage to fully recover.
In 1944, November 19 became an important military date - Artillery Day. An addition to this holiday in the form of rocket troops appeared, for obvious reasons, later - in 1964.
However, speaking of rocket troops and artillery, of course, one cannot ignore earlier historical periods. The first mention of the use of guns in our country, generally speaking, refers to the battle against the Horde Khan Tokhtamysh in 1382. During the defense of Moscow, fire was fired from the so-called mattresses (presumably from the Turkish "tyufenk" - a gun and the Persian "tufang" - a pipe).
This firearm was originally used as a means of defense from the city walls. In the same battle, the chroniclers (in particular, the Nikon chronicle) cite materials about the first use of classic cannons, which, according to historians, were mostly of foreign origin.
From the chronicle of 1389:
In the summer of 6879 (1389) the Germans took armats and fiery shooting from the Germans to Russia, and from that hour they understood to shoot from them.
For a long time, by the way, in the historical literature the term “from a German” (actually from abroad) was omitted, which clearly did not add historical authenticity.
And about today...
What are the rocket troops and artillery of Russia in our time? This is an integral part of the Ground Forces, consisting of missile, rocket, artillery brigades, including high-capacity artillery battalions, rocket artillery regiments, separate reconnaissance battalions and artillery formations of combined arms brigades and military bases.
As part of the re-equipment and modernization Russian army the troops receive new equipment, which at the same time changes the appearance of the missile troops and artillery (RV and A). Only recently, the troops have been replenished with hundreds of weapons, including 152-mm self-propelled howitzers "Msta-SM", MLRS 9K51M "Tornado-G". The time of the volley "Tornado-G" in the presence of 40 guides is 20 s. This ensures effective hitting of targets in areas with a declared firing range of up to 60 km (some sources report that even 60 km is not the limit for a modernized MLRS model).
Anti-tank weapons, including Khrizantema-S missile systems, are being delivered to RV and A. This is an all-weather multi-purpose missile system designed to destroy not only those tanks that are already in service with a potential enemy, but also their promising versions. "Chrysanthemum-S" is effective against low-flying air targets, small-tonnage surface vessels. With its help, the defense of the enemy, including those in shelters, can be overcome. The complex has a high degree protection against various radio interference. The maximum firing range is 6 km, the minimum is 400 m. Carried ammunition is 15 ammunition. Implemented automatic loading.
On the eve of the holiday, the head of the Missile Forces and Artillery, Lieutenant-General Mikhail Matveevsky, noted that the plans include the transfer of RV and A from the Tochka-U complexes to the Iskander OTRK by 2020. RIA cites a statement by Mikhail Matveevsky:
At present, all formations of the Central Military District have been completely re-equipped. In addition, rearmament has been completed in the Southern and Eastern military districts.
It is worth noting that the peculiarity of the Iskander-M OTRK, which is actively entering the troops, is its equipment with automation tools not only for preparation for launch, but also for the missile launch itself. The developers guarantee that the Iskander-M missile hits a target with a probable deviation of no more than 15 m. At the same time, active work is underway to equip the Iskander missiles with all-weather homing heads.
On this day, "Military Review" congratulates all military personnel and veterans of the Rocket Forces and Artillery on the holiday. To the troops themselves - systematic development and improvement!
favOne of the greatest battles in history - the counter-offensive of the Soviet troops near Stalingrad - destroyed the sixth army of Field Marshal Paulus and turned to dust the last hopes of the Reich for victory. Among other things, this operation demonstrated for the first time the growing capabilities of Soviet artillery, which deservedly earned the nickname "God of War".
Two years later, on October 21, 1944, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR will issue a decree on the establishment of "Artillery Day" on November 19 in honor of the victory in Battle of Stalingrad. Another 20 years later, in connection with the ever-increasing role of missile weapons in the Cold War, the holiday will be renamed the "Day of Missile Forces and Artillery" - which remains to this day.
This holiday is appreciated not only by gunners and operators of Gradov, Smerch and Iskander. In part, the servants of the new chthonic God of War, the Strategic Missile Forces, also consider him theirs; and air defense fighters who "do not fly themselves and do not give to others."
The funny thing is that the Russian military for the most part is not very aware: the most terrible manifestation of Russian military power for possible foreign "partners" is not the stamina and ferocity of the infantry, not the power of tanks and not the swiftness of aviation - namely, the merciless severity of artillery strikes.
It all started in a distant and terrible era Mongol invasion to Russia. In order to stop the elusive boyar Yevpaty Kolovrat and his rebels, who avenged the troops of Batu Khan for the death of his native Ryazan, the army of the Mongol Empire "inflicted many vices on him, and began to beat him with many vices, and barely killed him." It is unlikely that in the field battle against the army of Kolovrat, the Mongols came in handy with siege stone throwers ... but Chinese cannons could play a critical role in the death of the brave rebels.
The presence of artillery among the Mongols in Batu's campaign against Russia is still not confirmed by sources, although it was already possible in time. Therefore, what the chronicler meant by “vices” - siege weapons common for those times (catapults, ballistae), machines for throwing arrows, or, indeed, firearms of the early period, is no longer understood.
In 1382, Muscovites, defending the walls of the city from the armies of Khan Tokhtamysh, for the first time in Russian history massively used cannons that hit the Khan's troops from the city walls. The capital was eventually taken by deceit, but the Russian princes and governors appreciated the power of artillery fire. A hundred years later, the Cannon Yard was founded in Moscow, where the centralized production of cannons of various types and calibers began.
During the famous standing on the Ugra River, the presence of artillery in the army of Ivan III cooled the ardor of the Horde Khan Akhmat, who eventually preferred to retreat. Sovereign's son Vasily III brought under the walls of Smolensk 300 guns, including heavy siege ones, and recaptured the city from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. victorious Russian army near Orsha, the great Lithuanian hetman Konstantin Ostrozhsky, who did not have a shadow of the artillery power of Moscow with his advanced army of the Renaissance, only looked at the walls of Smolensk from a distance and was forced to leave.
Let us clarify that the city fell on the third attempt, and the siege of one of the most important Lithuanian fortresses at that time did not become an easy walk. But the artillery, which was adjusted in the Russian troops by a German specialist - Master Stefan - really played a key role in this campaign.
The gunners brought many victories to Ivan IV "the Terrible", bringing down the walls of Kazan, as well as the cities of Livonia and the Commonwealth, rescuing the sovereign's soldiers in the fields of Molodi and on the walls of Pskov. AT Time of Troubles they made the king Sigismund III, instead of a victorious march to Moscow, spend the entire military budget under the walls of Smolensk. Russian state XVI-XVII centuries had a huge fleet of artillery of all calibers, and Russian engineers enthusiastically experimented with long-barreled, breech-loading and even rifled artillery.
Pavel Sokolov-Skalya, “The Capture of the Livonian Fortress of Kokkenhausen by Ivan the Terrible”
Alas, all the wealth of the old Russian artillery was lost in the fields near Narva, where the Swedes taught the young sovereign Peter Alekseevich an object lesson in modern European warfare. This lesson has been learned. New artillery nascent Russian Empire created by Yakov Vilimovich Bruce, a descendant of the Scottish kings, the great Russian alchemist and naturalist. Cast from requisitioned monastery bells, the cannons of the "sorcerer from the Sukharev Tower" Bruce destroyed the Swedish army Charles XII near Poltava and opened new era Russian artillery power - which will say a lot of loud words in the fields of Kunersdorf, Borodino, Crimea and Manchuria.
I note that the bells, of course, were not removed from the bell towers - they requisitioned the stored and unused samples. It soon became clear that bell alloy was not very suitable for artillery, and monasteries and temples were left behind.
In the USSR, artillery was paid no less attention, having created a number of advanced models even before the Great Patriotic War, many of which are still fighting. Karelian sculptors B-4 will break through the Mannerheim line, Katyusha BM-13 will strike terror into the best divisions of the Third Reich, and the artillery of the reserve of the Supreme High Command will become the very crowbar against which the best strategists of Germany, the heirs of von Clausewitz and von Schlieffen, will not find a reception.
Now rocket troops and artillery Russian Federation constitute one of the most important genera ground forces. Their regiments and brigades are armed with thousands of various artillery pieces and rocket systems, constantly replenished with the latest models. From the first "mattresses" and squeakers to tactical missile systems and heavy MLRS, a long and glorious path has been traveled, and the modern descendants of the gunners of the governor Shein, Field Marshal Bruce and Marshal Nedelin are unlikely to disgrace the artillery glory of their ancestors.
The Day of Rocket Forces and Artillery has become one of the most memorable days in the history of the Armed Forces and is celebrated on November 19. The calendar day date is chosen because it coincides with a significant historical event the victorious liberation of Stalingrad from the German invaders, the beginning of which was the counteroffensive of the Russian troops. On this day, artillery soldiers are congratulated with special honor.
The turning point and so significant for the outcome of the war battle was successful thanks to one of the key roles that belongs to the gunners. In 1964, the holiday received a new name - the Day of Rocket Forces and Artillery. The Russian people sacredly honor and keep examples of unbending steadfastness, heroism, courage of all the soldiers participating in this war, the heroes of thousands of battles that rebuffed enemy forces.
The entire experience of using artillery and missile troops in armed conflicts proves the enormous role of their maneuverability, efficiency and firepower. The heroic traditions are adequately continued by the modern generations of the military rocket and artillery troops of the RF Armed Forces. They fulfill their military duty with honor and nobility, master the latest weapons and equipment, improve combat skills, high level which guarantees the performance of the necessary tasks in a variety of combat conditions. Celebrating this holiday, demonstrative firing, exercises, parades are held.
Congratulations on the Day of the Rocket Forces!
I only wish you the best.
Not to know attacks and defeats,
More personal achievements.
Awards, medals, orders,
Peaceful days and dreams.
May your sky be clear
And the look is cheerful and radiant.
And in my personal life, let everything be -
Wife, family, relatives,
Car, cottage and apartment.
I wish you happiness and peace!
I am the rocket troops
I know from afar
In mind and skill,
Excellent preparation.
Well done artillerymen!
All are taut, broad-shouldered,
Stop arguing with them
Don't put your finger in your mouth.
So that everyone knows the deer,
What kind of troops is today,
For the soul and in honor of his
Give holiday fireworks!
On the Day of the Missile Forces, I wholeheartedly wish you the best of health, a peaceful sky and unearthly happiness! Let your life be filled with colorful events, sincere love and reliable friendship! I wish you every success, fulfillment of all goals and a cheerful spirit!
Happy Rocket Forces and Artillery Day
From the bottom of my heart I want to congratulate you
Wish you great luck
Kind words to send a big bouquet.
In life, let only joys happen
Every day brings pleasure
All intended targets are hit,
And your reward is coming!
You bear the rank of artilleryman,
And here, no doubt, there is a reason for pride.
I wish to be dexterous, fast in life,
And do not have pretexts for torment.
I wish you happiness, joy, success,
Health, strong friendship and good luck.
So that you see only explosions of laughter,
Proud of you, you are a real macho!
Happy Rocket Forces and Artillery Day to you!
Please accept congratulations.
Let peace and warmth warm the soul.
Let there be no doubts in life.
Let all battles end
Only your victory.
Let health overflow
Let summer shine forever in your heart.
Congratulations from the bottom of our hearts
Those who were artillerymen
Who served in the rocket troops,
Thank you for clear skies!
And we want to tell you:
"You are not more courageous in the world,
May we not see war
And our children are growing up in the world.”
There is no stronger force yet
Than rocket troops
Artillery is coming
It doesn't lag behind either.
Well, Happy Holidays to you all,
Success is ahead of you.
You are brave for the country,
For Russia, they are so necessary!
Be happy, cheerful
Very cheerful on holiday
And let health be
And sadness will go away!
On the day of artillery and rocket troops,
I wish not to meet with evil,
I wish you strength and noticeable joys,
To surround everything around with goodness.
Know success from many achievements,
As well as happiness and great respect.
Congratulations to you, rocket launchers
On a special day I want
About all your successes
Today I will not say anything.
Thank you all for your service
Happiness and health to you
Rainbow and bright life,
Without frustrations, troubles and dramas.
congratulations rocket
We ship for you:
We are launching ... With this date -
Happy Rocket Forces - now
We are glad to congratulate you again.
Artillery Troops
We will always honor and praise!
Oh, it's not an easy task...
No matter how difficult
... service days to tough guys,
Frontiers of your country
We wish you to save.
Congratulations: 135 in verse, 20 in prose.
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March 8 is a non-working holiday in Russia. In 2020, it falls on Sunday, which is already a "traditional" day off for Russians. Well, what about Monday? We tell you what it is - a weekend or a working day.
According to the law, if a non-working day in the Russian Federation falls on an official holiday, then the day off is transferred to the next working day.
Accordingly, Sunday, March 8, 2020 becomes a public holiday, and the day off is postponed to Monday, March 9, 2020.
That is, March 9, 2020 in Russia is a day off or a working day:
* March 9, 2020 - day off.
Also on this day, another full moon occurs, coinciding with one of the Supermoons of 2020. If we are lucky with the weather (there will be a clear sky), after sunset we will be able to observe a huge beautiful Moon.
In the future, the revision of pensions for length of service awaits working pensioners ( from August 1, 2020), and military pensioners from October 1, 2020.
