History
17-05-2022
What were the witches in Russia and how they fought without ...
The horrors of the Inquisition, which for several centuries operated in Europe and America, well known to all of us from a school ...
17-05-2022
Do not take skinny wives and other rules of family life in Russia
Creating a family is a responsible activity. If today we live in a civilized world and adhere to certain rules of morality, then in ...
17-05-2022
Sights of Athens
If you are planning a trip to Athens, forget about popular attractions. Here are 10 places in the capital of Greece, from the ...
17-05-2022
Types of Pre-revolutionary Russia
Since the 60s of the nineteenth century, several photographers from Moscow and St. Petersburg have worked on creating a ...
17-05-2022
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 ...
17-05-2022
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 ...
17-05-2022
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 ...
16-05-2022
How the Tower Bridge was built
Tower Bridge is the most famous bridge in London and one of the symbols not only of the city, but, perhaps, of the whole of ...
16-05-2022
10 types of the most effective cold weapons that you should ...
This type of cold weapon, like brass knuckles, is known to everyone. But humanity has also invented other neognestrelnoe weapons, ...
16-05-2022
The scariest church in the world
Goosebumps and a sticky, hopeless feeling of dread. A dark building surrounded by a cemetery, creaking floors, cold. You go inside ...
16-05-2022
18 inventions of the past that the world was simply not ready for
"If at first the idea does not seem absurd, it is hopeless," said Albert Einstein. However, it is worth recognizing that sometimes ...
16-05-2022
Hirosimites – amazing artifacts created by a nuclear explosion
The nuclear bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is a terrible tragedy of all mankind. The consequences of a ...
16-05-2022
10 weird misconceptions about Ancient Rome
People mistakenly believe that ancient Romans lived in idleness, indulging in gluttony, debauchery. Meanwhile, Roman society was ...
15-05-2022
The evolution of a beer can: from simple to elementary
January 24 is a significant day for beer connoisseurs. Exactly 85 years ago, the foam drink first appeared on sale in a metal jar. ...
15-05-2022
Supermarket, spam, electric guitar, and 7 other things that ...
The global economic crisis, which began on October 24, 1929 with the stock market crash in the United States and lasted for a long ...
15-05-2022
45 archival photos that you won't see in history textbooks
To better understand the present, we often turn to the past, and photos help us a lot with this. After all, many events and ...
15-05-2022
The black pearl of the Russian ballet that charmed Hitchcock ...
The outstanding Soviet ballerina Tamara Tumanova was a man of peace. Even the place of her birth is interpreted differently in ...
15-05-2022
Nicholas II and Alexandra: a 23-year-long honeymoon
They met when they were teenagers. He had dreamed of marrying her for many years. They had an exemplary family and five children. ...
15-05-2022
Vladimir Vysotsky's favorite women
Today, the outstanding artist Vladimir Vysotsky would have turned 82 years old. His exorbitant talent captivated millions of ...
14-05-2022
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 ...
14-05-2022
The story of Vietnam's youngest photojournalist — ...
The frame below, where the boy takes pictures during military operations, is not staged at all. The picture was taken on February ...
14-05-2022
5 outstanding personalities who became victims of the Inquisition
On May 15, 1252, Pope Innocent IV read out the bull "ad extirpanda", according to which the torture of those suspected of heresy ...
14-05-2022
The elixir of immortality has been found: a bronze vessel ...
Throughout history, mankind has been struggling to invent a substance that gives eternal life. It looks like the elixir of ...
14-05-2022
Features of the primitive sex, or Who slept with whom in the ...
In terms of history, monogamous marriage is a relatively new. In it, the necessity arose in connection with the development of ...
14-05-2022
Why the legendary Explorer Thor Heyerdahl searched the home ...
Norwegian Explorer Thor Heyerdahl became famous for his travels that debunked historical myths. Journey on the balsa Heyerdahl ...
14-05-2022
Virginia Oldoini — Countess, mistress of the Emperor and ...
Virginia Elisabeta Luisa Carlotta Antonietta Teresa Maria Oldoini was born into an aristocratic family in 1837 in Florence. Later ...