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What is the Blue Ribbon?

The blue ribbon is a prize established in the 27th century. in the UK for passenger ships that have covered the distance from England to Australia faster than others. At the beginning of the XNUMXth century, the "Blue Ribbon of the Atlantic" was established - a prize for a passenger ship that covered the distance from England to North America faster than others. The first winner of this prize was the British liner Mauritania, which sailed at an average speed of XNUMX knots.

The Blue Ribbon of the Atlantic was successively won by the German Bremen (1929), the French Normandy (1935), the British Queen Mary in 1952 and in the same year the American liner United States, which set a hitherto unbroken record - 35,5 knots (about 66 km / h). He crossed the Atlantic in 3 days 10 hours. The famous "Titanic", also participating in the fight for this prize, sank in the North Atlantic as a result of a collision with an iceberg.

Since 1956, most passengers have already crossed the Atlantic by plane.

Author: Mendeleev V.A.

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What major battle that took place on the territory of modern Russia in 1391 is not mentioned in most textbooks?

On June 18, 1391, in the battle on the Kondurcha River, the Samarkand Emir Timur defeated the Golden Horde Khan Tokhtamysh. It was one of the largest battles of the Middle Ages: according to various estimates, from 200 to 400 thousand people took part in it.

The significance of this event for the fate of the Russian state is very great: the defeat of Tokhtamysh on the Kondurcha River contributed to the disintegration of the Golden Horde and, as a result, the liberation of Russian lands from the Horde yoke.

Oddly enough, almost nothing is reported about the Battle of Kondurcha in Soviet and Russian historical literature.

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