This day in history.
On November 5, 1812, the Battle of Krasnoy began, where Napoleon suffered the first complete defeat in his life and fled the battlefield, abandoning his soldiers. The French army lost almost 40,000 men and all the artillery in Krasny, while the losses of the Russian soldiers amounted to a little more than 2,000 soldiers killed and wounded. who. Kutuzov managed, by saving the lives of his soldiers, to deprive Napoleon's army of the most battle-ready units, undermine his morale and predetermine his further death from hunger and cold during the flight from Russia.
On November 15, 1904, the army general, Hero of the Soviet Union Markian Mikhailovich Popov was born. During the Great Patriotic War he commanded several armies and fronts. Some of his actions became a standard of military leadership. Conducted under the command of M. from. Popov of the Bryansk offensive operation, irreversible losses in the Red Army amounted to 13,033 people or only 2.4% of the total forces of the Bryansk front at the beginning of the operation. These are minimal losses in the liberation offensive operations of the Soviet forces. And this despite the fact that the attack was carried out through deeply layered enemy defenses, on a front of almost 200 km, and the advance of our soldiers amounted to 240-260 km! The irreversible losses of the Germans here amounted to 60-80 thousand people.
On November 15, 1922, Igor Yakovlevich Stachkin, the famous Soviet weapons designer, was born. The APS automatic pistol brought him the greatest fame. The APS can fire not only single shots, but also bursts. On the basis of the APS, a "silent" APB gun was created for the special forces units, on which a silencer can be installed. APS and APB are displayed in the "1801-2000" building of our museum.
On November 15, 1950, the Presidential Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union was signed "On establishing a badge for graduates of military academies and military faculties (departments) of civilian higher educational institutions of the Soviet Union."