History
08-04-2024
What women's swimwear from a fashion designer of the 1930s ...
In the 1930s, the strict requirements of decency related to the appearance of women were rapidly retreating, and the ladies finally ...
08-04-2024
30 Photo Facts from the Weird History Community That Will ...
History is a combination of many factors, but boredom is definitely not one of them. We like to think of ourselves as better than ...
08-04-2024
From horses to " Ford»: how the Wild West was "domesticated"
By the beginning of the XX century, the Wild West as a cultural phenomenon ceased to exist. The river from the caravans of ...
![The history of the schooner "Kodor" - the main sailing ship of Soviet cinema](/img/2024/the-history-of-the/the-history-of-the-170x170.jpg "The history of the schooner "Kodor" - the main sailing ship of Soviet cinema")
07-04-2024
The history of the schooner "Kodor" - the main ...
This beautiful sailing ship is known by different names: “Secret”, “Hispaniola”, “Scorpio”, “Duncan”, ...
07-04-2024
Keep your mouth shut: the iron mask used to punish gossip in ...
The Middle Ages is a period well known for the variety of corporal punishment. The idea of corporal punishment was closely related ...
07-04-2024
"The woman in the sea – team grief!", or the hard life of ...
Since it was believed that the woman on the ship — unfortunately. The ladies want to see on Board otherwise than as a ...
07-04-2024
"The image of the earthly Paradise" the beach US history in color
The set of associations of the "American dream" certainly includes the endless beaches of California and Florida where it's always ...
07-04-2024
The collapse of the "Black Man": how the reckoning overtook ...
On April 17, 1957, KGB officers in civilian clothes arrived at the dormitory of the Gorkommunzhilstroy trust in the city of ...
06-04-2024
What you need to know about Georgian wine: a brief ...
Since ancient times, Georgian wine has been appreciated by connoisseurs not only in the Caucasus, but also throughout Europe and ...
06-04-2024
Iran of 1901 in the lens of Anton Sevryugin
Anton Sevrugin (1830-1933) was the official photographer of the Imperial Court of Iran, his photography studio was one of the most ...
06-04-2024
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 ...
06-04-2024
11 Haunting Medical Portraits Of Harvey Cushing’s Patients ...
Luckily, we live in a time where most diseases can be cured or controlled—to some extent, at least—and life expectancy has gone ...
06-04-2024
Maxim Dmitriev: photos of Tsarist Russia
We all know and love the photos of Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky. Color frames of tsarist Russia are a unique asset. But there is another ...
06-04-2024
History textbook Marc Ribot
"People often ask me what are my photos I think is best. My answer: those that I will make tomorrow." Mark Ribot (Marc Riboud) was ...
06-04-2024
How to get people to smoke? Cigarette advertising in the ...
At the beginning of the 20th century there was a real explosion in the field of tobacco advertising. Large companies such as Camel, ...
05-04-2024
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 ...
05-04-2024
34 amazing example coloring old archival photos
From a rare photo of Mark TWAIN to the incredible photos of the Normandy landings from a height of bird flight — we invite you to ...
05-04-2024
"Whipping Boy" — why it once sounded proud
The expression "whipping boy" always sounds dismissive. There is nothing strange in this, because that's what they call someone who ...
05-04-2024
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev on vacation and not only
It's no secret that for Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, women, hunting, hockey and cars were the outlets. Brezhnev became the first Soviet ...
05-04-2024
How wedding rings were worn in different eras in different ...
An engagement ring is a symbol of marriage in most countries of the world. Many believe that the tradition of exchanging rings ...
05-04-2024
10 inventions that appeared by pure chance
On May 14, 1878, the trademark "Vaseline"was patented. The well-known cosmetic and therapeutic agent was invented and patented by ...
05-04-2024
The most iconic historical footage is now in color
Black-and-white images give the false impression that the events depicted on them took place hundreds of years earlier than they ...
04-04-2024
How people waited for mobile phones: 18 photos from the past
Before Motorola introduced the first portable phone in 1973, ordinary people also thought that the phone should be more convenient, ...
04-04-2024
Royal Gypsies: ten of the most evil women of history
We habitually attributed to the women modesty, absolutely forgetting about their personal needs. Society really made (and makes) ...
04-04-2024
10 historic "first times" that changed the world
Do you often think about what it would be like without photos, magazines, or ATMs? For most people, these things are so familiar ...
04-04-2024
The Queen of debauchery: The 5 sexiest women in history
If you sometimes think that some women in our time have become too immoral, then you definitely think so. Because the mores of the ...