Ruslan Budnik

Ruslan Budnik is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE

Articles by Ruslan Budnik:

The Mysterious “Plague Fort” of St. Petersburg

Not far from the famous port city of Kronstadt you can see the walls of an artificial island, called Fort Emperor Alexander or the “Plague”…

Faithful to the End – Service Dogs that Defied the Germans

In the Ukrainian village of Legezino in the Cherkassy region, there is a monument to “Heroes of frontier guards and their dogs.” It is devoted…

Improvised WWII Tank of the Soviets – NI-1

In 1941, the city of Odessa was caught within a ring of Romanian-German offensive formations. The forces of the 11th German and 4th Romanian armies…

“Beetle in an Anthill” – the Mad, Desperate Breakout of a Lone T-28 Tank in Occupied Minsk

In May 1945, American troops captured Rudolf Hale, a German major in the Second World War. During the interrogation, he told that in 1941 he…

The Hellish Environment of German Stalag #352 in Belarus

Stalags were camps created by the Wehrmacht armed forces to keep prisoners of war who belonged to the rank and file. These places were created…

A Lone T-34 and 2 Tankers that Wouldn’t Give Up

In the Fall of 1943, fierce battles were fought in the Nevelsky district south of Pskov. Troops of the Soviet Third and Fourth Shock Army…

Russian Rambo of WWII

During the Great Patriotic War, as the Second World War is known by the Russians, there were several occasions when one or more soldiers of…

The Minsk Offensive 1944 – Bagging German Army Group Center

The Minsk Offensive was a strategic military action carried out in the eastern part of Soviet Belarus and directed against the troops of Nazi Germany.…

The Stubborn 3 Year Siege of Smolensk

The Time of Troubles is one of the most difficult periods in the history of Russia.  It was an era marked by a grave state…

Defying Blitzkrieg – Heroes of the Brest Fortress

The defense of the old fortress located near the Belarusian city of Brest has become an example of fortitude and courage. When the German army…