History

31 color photographs documenting life in Haiti in the 1970s

26-03-2024

31 color photographs documenting life in Haiti in the 1970s

Haiti is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. The eastern part of the island ...

"The main thing is not to die in men's underwear»: how women survived and coped with everyday life during the war

26-03-2024

"The main thing is not to die in men's underwear»: how women ...

All stories about the war - with a taste of bitterness. Broken destinies, ruined health, broken dreams. And yet life went ...

How a miner turned into metal — the story of the "iron man" from Falun

26-03-2024

How a miner turned into metal — the story of the "iron man" ...

In the summer of 1719, residents of the small mining town of Falun in central Sweden were excited by an extraordinary event. An ...

Culinary delights of Ancient Russia: birch porridge and roasted swans

26-03-2024

Culinary delights of Ancient Russia: birch porridge and ...

Modern Russians are far removed from the gastronomic habits of their ancient ancestors. Our menu is firmly established unknown ...

13 rare shots of celebrities on which it is difficult to recognize them

26-03-2024

13 rare shots of celebrities on which it is difficult to ...

It is difficult to confuse Larisa Guzeeva and Alla Pugacheva, because even those who have not seen the role of the first or have ...

In the early 20th century struggled with open swimwear

26-03-2024

In the early 20th century struggled with open swimwear

Chaste society of the last century refused to accept the new fashion trends. If not for a courageous group of women of fashion, one ...

Why the Babylonian Queen Semiramis has remained forever in history

25-03-2024

Why the Babylonian Queen Semiramis has remained forever in ...

The ancient Babylonian kingdom existed for almost fifteen hundred years. Despite this, most of us will find it difficult to name at ...

Escaped death 7 times and hit the million dollar jackpot: Who is he, the luckiest man in the world?

25-03-2024

Escaped death 7 times and hit the million dollar jackpot: Who ...

A simple Croatian music teacher Frane Selak is called the luckiest person on the planet! All because he was miraculously able to ...

Forest Fenn's Treasure: The Mysterious Modern Treasure That Cost Many Lives

25-03-2024

Forest Fenn's Treasure: The Mysterious Modern Treasure ...

Stories about hidden treasures have captivated people's minds for centuries. The chance of finding a treasure is relatively ...

20 Instructive Facts About the Romances and Intrigues of Kings

25-03-2024

20 Instructive Facts About the Romances and Intrigues of Kings

Love stories associated with people of royal blood always attract the attention of the public - both in the old days and now. Maybe ...

Young Greta Garbo and the lion - how the legendary photo appeared

25-03-2024

Young Greta Garbo and the lion - how the legendary photo appeared

Hollywood has been attracting ambitious and assertive people who dream of fame, money and self-realization for more than a century. ...

34 photos that show how the world has changed over the last 100 years

24-03-2024

34 photos that show how the world has changed over the last ...

Over the centuries, humanity finds ways to develop faster and faster, so it is not surprising that just over a hundred years, the ...

Archaeologists have revealed what the wine of the ancient Romans tasted like.

24-03-2024

Archaeologists have revealed what the wine of the ancient ...

Wine is one of the most ancient drinks. In many civilizations it played an important role in culture, trade, social and religious ...

Top 10 Temples in Southeast Asia You Must See

24-03-2024

Top 10 Temples in Southeast Asia You Must See

It may take decades to get acquainted with the entire cultural and religious heritage of Southeast Asia - it is so rich. Therefore, ...

"Women will give birth to new ones" - what is this phrase and why is it attributed to Zhukov

24-03-2024

"Women will give birth to new ones" - what is this phrase and ...

The phrase "Women will give birth to new ones" is strongly associated with Soviet Marshal Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov. But did ...

Zelenka and plantain all diseases: all about home medicine in the USSR

23-03-2024

Zelenka and plantain all diseases: all about home medicine in ...

Modern children often get sick – colds, allergies, and so on. Although in our childhood everything was the same. When we noticed ...

Give over the plan: Soviet youth of the 60s

23-03-2024

Give over the plan: Soviet youth of the 60s

Readers who bought the November issue LIFE 1967, expecting to see black-and-white pictures of the revolution fifty years ago: Red ...

20 first photos from the history of photography

23-03-2024

20 first photos from the history of photography

On May 17, 1961, a color photograph made using the method of the Scottish physicist James Maxwell was publicly shown for the first ...

The goddess of America, the fairy of the mountain, and Washington defeating the Tiger: vintage manga on the theme of US history

23-03-2024

The goddess of America, the fairy of the mountain, and ...

A specialist in the history of Japan and East Asia, Nick Kapur, opened a Twitter thread with drawings from an 1861 Japanese book ...

Some of the craziest ways to show love from different countries and eras

23-03-2024

Some of the craziest ways to show love from different ...

Have you ever committed follies for the sake of love? Maybe they were making some crazy gift or striking the imagination of the ...

12 Interesting Historical Pictures That Might Teach You Something New About Our World

23-03-2024

12 Interesting Historical Pictures That Might Teach You ...

Time keeps marching on, and we're powerless to stop it. However, people have been doing a good job of capturing fleeting moments ...

How did the world's most famous photograph appear and how much did it cost?

23-03-2024

How did the world's most famous photograph appear and how ...

It can be said without exaggeration that the photograph “Serenity” (Bliss) is the most famous photograph today. It was first ...

What the Moscow Metro looked like in 1935

23-03-2024

What the Moscow Metro looked like in 1935

The first line of the Moscow Metro opened on May 15, 1935 and ran from Sokolniki station to Park Kultury station. Since then, 14 ...

How iconic images of the past were edited in the developing room

23-03-2024

How iconic images of the past were edited in the developing room

Pablo Inirio is a master of photo printing from the New York headquarters of Magnum Photos. He personally worked on some of the ...

10 discoveries for which we should say thank you to the Chinese Han Dynasty

23-03-2024

10 discoveries for which we should say thank you to the ...

The Han Dynasty ruled China for more than 400 years. It is not surprising that in Chinese historiography, the Han period is ...

Beijing 1947 in Color: At the Crossroads of Epochs

23-03-2024

Beijing 1947 in Color: At the Crossroads of Epochs

One of the greatest cities in the world was captured on color film by American photographer Dmitry Kessel in 1947. For a city with ...