History

04-03-2022
Explanation of the history of "treason", one of the most ...
Artist Yet master of different genres — historical painting, portraits, mythological subjects, — where a celebration of ...

04-03-2022
Why Hitler had a moustache brush and where mustard gas
Mustache brush appeared in the late 19th century in the United States and for a couple of decades, the fashion has spread all over ...

03-03-2022
24 seductive picture style icons of the XX century
From time to time you should look back at least in order to understand how beautiful it was, how easy and casual sometimes we were ...

03-03-2022
Little-known photos of great events of the past
From the joy of the liberated Jews to the indignation of the Indian who saw the railway, these pictures will tell about what ...

03-03-2022
As people in the last century imagined the future
In the mid-20th century, people were confident that in 50-70 years life will change: there will be a lot of amazing inventions, all ...

02-03-2022
22 glamorous beauty of the mid-twentieth century in elegant ...
It is impossible to overestimate the role of stocking in the lives of women. Weightless part of the female wardrobe male attracts ...

02-03-2022
Back to 1998
More than 23 years have passed since Russia declared a technical default for the first and last time. We present to you the ...

02-03-2022
The terrible story of anesthesia, from mandrake root and ...
Any surgical intervention in the body, whether it is a kidney transplant or tooth extraction— is an unpleasant thing. But today, ...

02-03-2022
Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the ...
Fires in ancient times was a terrible enemy of Moscow. The entry of the first Moscow fire is dated in the annals 1177 the year when ...

01-03-2022
Kiev of the middle of the last century
Street names change, the streets themselves change, but the general "shell" of the city remains unchanged - today we will turn our ...

01-03-2022
"Our dear Franz": the Nazi who killed hundreds of thousands ...
Franz Stangl was arrested on a grand scale. Several police cars and armored vehicles with machine guns, raising dust, surrounded a ...

01-03-2022
"If I invest in this, my legs will break": a collection of ...
In the mid-1960s, the Dorcus Menwear brand created a collection of Dorcus He-Skirts for men. An internal memo from the company ...

01-03-2022
The Era of Human Zoos
Since ancient times, people of various nationalities and faiths have been engaged in the sanctioned slave trade. Most of the slaves ...

01-03-2022
What to feed the children in the Soviet institutions
The craze for middle-aged people cooking is understandable. We were fed in kindergartens and schools, that the psyche is trying to ...

28-02-2022
How to transform a vintage train car in a stylish and ...
Until all of humanity together breaks mortgages, some enthusiasts build their own housing from what you can find. A couple of ...

28-02-2022
Sivka-burka, sword-kladenets and stuff: what do the fairy ...
In early childhood, listening to tales and legends, we learned about the existence of many things and characters that do not exist ...

28-02-2022
Why do men grow long nails on his pinky
Many are tormented by the question — why do some grow long nails on his pinky. If you ask the owners of such "decorations", we ...

27-02-2022
Everything you wanted to know about the kilt, but were too ...
Kilt - the traditional clothing of the Highlanders of Scotland - is the national pride of the country. In ancient times, this ...

27-02-2022
"Instead of culture, there are lice." Anti-Russian postcards ...
The war is waged not only on the battlefield. The most important element of large—scale armed conflicts that require the ...

27-02-2022
"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 ...

27-02-2022
Lord of the closet and sex fantasies
28 February 1935, American chemist Wallace Hume of Carothers with a group of like-minded people created new synthetic fiber, which ...

27-02-2022
The Last Judgment on earth: how the Pope punished the corpse
The Papacy is one of the oldest institutions in the world. It is not surprising that there have been many dark pages in the history ...

27-02-2022
8 informative cards that can change the way you look at things
Where would you start if you were looking for a treasure? Well, based on what we learned in Jumanji, we probably need a map. In ...

27-02-2022
What was the daily routine of Churchill, and, what's whisky?
Churchill routine should be Holy — just as the British Prime Minister to work effectively. Heavy drinking, bathing and long meals ...

27-02-2022
A window to the past: the first 30 photographs taken in 1839, ...
John Frederick William Herschel is one of the most famous and respected scientists of the nineteenth century. His interests in ...

26-02-2022
10 revolutionary ideas of Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci lived at the turn of the XV and XVI centuries, but it feels like he flew there from the future. Many of his ...