History
05-05-2024
How did the young ladies from the institutes of noble maidens ...
On May 5, 1764, 257 years ago, the Smolny Institute of Noble Maidens was founded in St. Petersburg. Life in such institutions, ...
05-05-2024
25 rare historical photos that will surprise you
Archive photos surprise and fascinate. Sometimes it seems that the world is slowly going crazy. But he was always a little weird, ...
05-05-2024
From love to hatred: the history of difficult relations ...
Cats live next to us more than 9000 years. During this time we had all the relations then deteriorated, it began to develop. Furry ...
04-05-2024
The story of Theodor Kittelsen, the most mysterious and ...
The whole world knows the graphic artist and illustrator Theodor Kittelsen from his drawings of mythological characters and ...
04-05-2024
Girlfriend, kitty, knowledge of foreign languages: in the ...
To get into the field of view of the medieval Inquisition could anyone. It was enough to be educated, beautiful, poor, Jew or to ...
04-05-2024
Daring and dangerous: 20 vintage photo Japanese girls SUKEBAN
It is difficult to imagine, but it is a fact in the second half of the XX century on the streets of Japan crime flourished, and ...
04-05-2024
Why did King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia kidnap tall guys
Each person has his own quirks and the higher his status, the more opportunities there are to realize these quirks. If some guys ...
04-05-2024
Debunking 5 popular myths about the conquistadors and the ...
In the 16th century, the Spaniards began to send one expedition after another across the ocean and "settle down" North and South ...
04-05-2024
"Larechnaya" Moscow, which we lost
Yes, stalls and tents-it was convenient. You get out of the subway, and you have a choice of hundreds of products: socks, thread, ...
04-05-2024
A symbol of peace with a bloody past: why Nelson Mandela ...
For modern society, Nelson Mandela is an example of a man who, against all odds, defeated evil and achieved justice. The smiling ...
04-05-2024
"Let's go to cut down the Germans": how collaborators from ...
The northern and eastern parts of the Czech Republic were liberated by the Red Army, and the west – by the US troops. But for ...
04-05-2024
Bicycle History: The Penny-Farthing, or High Wheel
The penny farthing, also known as the high wheel, was the first vehicle to be called a bicycle. This two-wheeler was popular in the ...
04-05-2024
Any eroticism is an art!
A rich Jew finds out that his wife is cheating on him with an artist. He orders a portrait of his wife from a rival for a huge sum. ...
04-05-2024
The story of Josef Menchik - the last Czech knight
Josef Menčík is often called the last Czech knight. This is not entirely true, because this man, most likely, was the last knight ...
03-05-2024
20 rare and unexpected photos of celebrities from the 80‑90s
In the 80‑90s, digital photography was not yet widespread – therefore, most often pictures were taken with ordinary cameras, ...
03-05-2024
Who are the chaperones and what did the women of this ...
Fans of old English novels have probably encountered such a concept as a "companion" on their pages more than once. These women are ...
03-05-2024
Honor is more precious than life: how the samurai in Japan ...
A stunning series of vintage photos shows the life of Japanese samurai 130 years ago. Among the pictures there are also those that ...
03-05-2024
Monuments of the socialist era from the Park-Museum "memento" ...
Park "memento" on the outskirts of Budapest is a Museum under the open sky, which contains sculptures of the time of socialism in ...
02-05-2024
Why do women give birth lying down and what does King Louis ...
In most cases, women give birth lying down. Many are sure that this is the most optimal position for a woman in labor and a child. ...
02-05-2024
The bodies that people look years: 8 of the most famous ...
When someone is talking about mummies, I usually come ancient Egyptian pharaohs, their tombs and the same film with Brendan Fraser ...
02-05-2024
Spies in skirts: female intelligence officers whose exploits ...
In the history of domestic intelligence, there are many women whose exploits are classified even after many years. But their fates ...
02-05-2024
Marilyn Monroe without makeup and 33 more interesting and ...
History keeps a lot of interesting pictures of people, events, places that somehow stood out and were remembered. In this ...
02-05-2024
Himalayan Lake Roopkund is a cemetery of 500 people, which ...
People have been talking about the existence of a mysterious Skeleton Lake in the Himalayas for hundreds of years. The shores of ...
02-05-2024
7 Russian girls that the whole country knew
Agree, after all, people who have crossed the threshold of youth usually become famous throughout the country or the world. And ...
01-05-2024
Nazi Germany in color photos by Hugo Jaeger, Hitler's ...
These color photographs were taken by Hugo Jäger, Adolf Hitler's former personal photographer. He traveled with the future Nazi ...
01-05-2024
Top 10 bizarre military inventions that were not meant to get ...
The easiest way to attract investments in the military project, if you say that the new army will become invincible. However, as ...