13-08-2022
Simple Muscovites of the 1950s through the eyes of an American
Thanks to the endless archives of LIFE magazine, we have a wonderful opportunity to go back in time and look into the eyes of our ...
13-08-2022
Incredible fortitude and courage: how a Russian doctor ...
Usually, when researchers go on long trips, a doctor is next to them to provide assistance if necessary. So, one of the ...
13-08-2022
23 violent photos from the underworld of New York of the last ...
New York, like any other metropolis, is a concentration of crime, and there are still legends about the gangs of New York and the ...
13-08-2022
Historical facts that will make you take a different look at ...
When you start studying history at school, it seems that the construction of the pyramids and Cleopatra were a very long time ago ...
13-08-2022
Attire of Japanese firefighters of the 17th and 19th ...
In the Edo era (1603-1868) in Japan, fires were not uncommon & # 8212; thin wooden floors in houses could easily catch fire. The ...
13-08-2022
Sobrino de Botin: the oldest restaurant in Europe that ...
There are many restaurants in Europe with a century-old history, but the oldest among them is Sobrino de Botín, located in the ...
13-08-2022
14 moments in the history of sports that changed the world
There are great moments in the history of sports that have determined the course of not only sporting events, but also the history ...
12-08-2022
15 rare photos of Fidel Castro as a child and youth
On August 13, 1926, Fidel Castro, a Cuban revolutionary and leader, was born. The long life of the legendary comandante was full of ...
12-08-2022
"Hell on wheels": stunning photos of the New York subway of ...
In 1979, 250 serious crimes per week were registered in the New York subway. There were six murders in the first two months of that ...
12-08-2022
The dissolute youth of the West of the 1920s
The roaring 1920s in the West became a decade of parties, money and an extravagant lifestyle. This period represented the American ...
12-08-2022
20 personal photos of celebrities who breathe the atmosphere ...
Some photos are worth a thousand words. And the opportunity to capture what this amazing world offers us is simply priceless. We ...
11-08-2022
Hunting for sewing machines, or Why antique dealers need ...
On August 12, 1851, the American tailor Singer patented an improved sewing machine. This ingenious invention changed the economy. ...
11-08-2022
The Dignidad colony: how a pedophile Nazi organized a private ...
After the end of the Second World War, thousands of Nazis found salvation from justice in Latin America. Chile, with its government ...
11-08-2022
9 Archaeological Finds That Made Us Say "Wow"
From time to time, researchers dig up treasure troves of interesting archaeological finds. While some of these ancient discoveries ...
11-08-2022
Artist Adolf Hitler: unrecognized genius or mediocrity?
The future founder of the totalitarian dictatorship of the Third Reich did very poorly at school. Almost the only subject with ...
11-08-2022
5 of the most crazy warriors of the middle Ages
You know, talking about some "generally repulsed"? And while "captured" quite often it turns out that, for what he undertakes — ...
11-08-2022
No fruit and morphine at night: Wild tips for raising ...
Guess what is common between raising children in our time and in the Victorian era? You will never guess in your life, but we have ...
11-08-2022
"Absence" is a powerful photo project about the victims of ...
Photographer Gustavo Germano dedicated a photo project to people who disappeared without a trace from the face of the earth in ...
10-08-2022
"Russia is outside the law. The bombing will begin in 5 ...
On August 11, 1984, President Ronald Reagan made a joke during the preparation for the traditional Saturday radio address to ...
10-08-2022
What was the fate of the family members of General Dzhokhar ...
On April 21, 1996, General Dzhokhar Dudayev, the leader of the independent Republic of Ichkeria, was killed. Like any other ...
10-08-2022
Where is the "Kemska volost" about which the Swedish ...
Leonid Gaidai's comedy "Ivan Vasilyevich changes his profession" has been supplying us with catch phrases for half a century. But ...
10-08-2022
Sex in the time of cholera: about sexual life during the ...
"Black death" — the second plague pandemic, which occurred in the middle of the XIV century and claimed the lives of tens of ...
10-08-2022
Medical instruments of the past – instruments of torture or ...
Modern medicine is amazing. More and more procedures are performed painlessly and quickly. Going to the dentist no longer calls for ...
09-08-2022
Norwegian Museum Lofotr: a journey into the world of Vikings
There is a museum in the north of Norway, which is not boring, but really interesting. The main object of the Lofotr museum complex ...
09-08-2022
Beer, Mead, honey: the range of Soviet beer catalog 1950-ies
Today in conventional stores on the shelves you can see dozens of different Beers, but in the Soviet Union, the range of this ...