Ruslan Budnik

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

Articles by Ruslan Budnik:

17-year-old Girl who was Awarded the Title of “Fallen Revolutionary”

Galina Dubeeva or Galya Zhang, was a Soviet military interpreter who died heroically in 1945 at the hands of Japanese militarists during the Soviet-Japanese war.…

One Filipino Soldier vs Japanese Squad – They Needed Reinforcements

“Give me ten thousand Filipinos and I will conquer the world.” – Douglas MacArthur Looking back at the various historical wars and battles, one can…

When The USA Wanted To Nuke The Moon To Impress The Russians

In 1958, the United States developed a secret project to explode an atomic bomb on the surface of the moon. The explosion, when seen from…

900 Days! 6 Astonishing Facts about the Axis Blockade of Leningrad with Dozens of Photos

The siege and defense of Leningrad are one of the most tragic pages of the history of World War II in the USSR, which called…

Grandma Sniper – Nina Petrova was Over 50 Years Old with Over 100 Confirmed Victories

Many women contributed to the Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War, the name for World War II in the USSR. Among the famous Soviet…

Children Bought a Tank & a Woman Drove it in WWII

On February 25, 1943, the Soviet newspaper Omskaya Pravda published a letter from Ada Zaneghina, a six-year-old girl. Ada and her mother had had to leave…

Made in USSR: Effective Soviet Small Arms During WWII

The Second World War significantly affected the development of Soviet small arms and showed that simple weapons can be more effective than complex weapons. Combat…

The Terrifying German Rocket Launchers in 25 Photos

The first missile launcher systems developed in Germany were designed to fire both shells loaded with poisonous substances, and projectiles containing a smoke-forming composition to…

Miracle Weapons: Hitler’s Jet Planes & Rockets to Save the Nazis

Wunderwaffe or “miracle weapons” were new types of weapons designed to save the Third Reich from defeat in World War II. Nazi propaganda placed great…

Women Join the Ranks to Keep WWII History Alive

“A nation that forgets its past has no future.” -Winston Churchill Currently in Belarus, more than ten clubs with a combined total of over 500…

Panzer Hunters – Soviet Anti-tank Guns of WWII with Photos

Soviet anti-tank guns played a crucial role in confronting German equipment on the Eastern Front of the Second World War, called the Great Patriotic War…

Stalin’s Organs – The Iconic “Katyusha” Rocket Launcher with 25 Photos

On July 14, 1941, near a defensive site of the 20th Army in the forest east of Orsha, Captain Ivan Flerov’s battery attacked German positions.…