africa in the second half of the 20th century, when the term wild geese so called the battalion of michael hoaargo has acquired a new meaning, and the story of the soldiers. good luck received cinema recognition. swiss mercenaries are in demand to this day exclusively from they are guards guarding the residence of the pope. our good friend and almost a full-time historiographer is our guest. andrey serov andrey hello, well, the phenomenon of mercenarism in europe in the 16-17th century. if you leave, here, uh, to the origins, how important a kind of activity it was then and how they treated it generally speaking, and you need to start with the fact that the word soldier itself, and italian penetrated into all european languages, including germanic and the word soldier from words solda, that is, a coin. well, yes, but the counterers are those who organized, the private army from the word condotta, that is, an agreement, that is, the word itself carries. eh, the memory of that era belonged. and as i understand theoretically always with suspicion, and from the ancient heritage. e through greece per