1900. Русские штурмуют Пекин

On August 1, 1900, Russian troops entered Beijing with a fight. “We didn’t know what awaited us outside the gates. We didn’t know what forces would meet us on the gigantic walls of Beijing. But we knew that Europeans with their wives and children had been languishing behind these formidable walls for two months, who needed to be , no matter how free, - the participant of the campaign recalled. - Thunder and lightning of guns, sharp volleys of our shooters, indiscriminate firing of the Chinese and the formidable rumble of Russian machine guns - this was the first assault on Beijing by the Russians. Exactly at 2 o'clock in the afternoon the gates fell ... "Now this the feat is almost forgotten. This war is denounced as supposedly "unjust" and "aggressive". This victory - the last triumph of the Russian Imperial Army - is actually erased from the people's memory.