Originally posted by Siaf__csf
I said major battles, not wars. If I recall correctly there was a major battle that caused major casualties but left totally unnoticed.
Unfortunately my visit was about 10 years ago so I've completely forgot about the name. It was however the museum for some elite regiment, damned if I remember which.
I wouldn't have even realized anything (naturally) unless my guide told this as a funny anecdote. I could later verify the story from western sources.
But sorry I only remember the context and the surrealism of having selective history. This is why I understand your way of though completely Boroda.
Well, a battle completely lost in a war that was won? I bet you think it should be the in the main exposition, much more worth mentioning then the won battles!
With our military history we have a right to skip some battles, won or lost, otherwise it will be impossible to concentrate on anything. 1000 years of wars only since Christening of Russia.
With over 1000 years of history - it's quite obvious that some museums are "selective".
BTW, I still don't remember any big museum in SPb dedicated to "some elite regiment". Maybe it was re-opened after Soviet times? My Father's Engineering College is situated in Lieb-Guards Cavalry Regiment quarters, and after 1991 they restored some historical parts of it.
When I was a kid - I was studying all availible materials about Russo-Japanese war. A total failure of Russian military. It was covered at least no less then any "victorious" war in school history textbooks, and I was able to find tons of information about it in open sources. Absolutely the same thing about Crimean war 1852-55.
With our history we can probably skip some wars, not speaking of battles. For example - if you ask me about 7-years war, when Russian Army took Berlin for the first time in XVIII century, I'll probably remember only the Kunensdorf (sp?) battle. And I don't remember almost anything about endless Russo-Turkish wars since XVII century, except some major battles, won or lost. So it goes. Noone is perfect. Even people who earn their money by teaching history usually can't tell anything about, for example, a battle of Zholty Vody.
