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![Leon Trotsky's bodyguard Anton Blisnyak: the fate of the "red terminator"](/img/2023/leon-trotsky39s-bodyguard/leon-trotsky39s-bodyguard-540x310.jpg "Leon Trotsky's bodyguard Anton Blisnyak: the fate of the "red terminator"")
!["Bloody Sunday" of Nizhny Tagil: how the plane crashed into the crowd on May 9, 1993](/img/2023/bloody-sunday-of-nizhny/bloody-sunday-of-nizhny-170x170.jpg ""Bloody Sunday" of Nizhny Tagil: how the plane crashed into the crowd on May 9, 1993")
01-09-2023
"Bloody Sunday" of Nizhny Tagil: how the plane ...
The Victory Day in 1993 for the inhabitants of Nizhny Tagil was overshadowed by a bloody tragedy. People came to watch an air show, ...
01-09-2023
20 with integrally colored retro photos: how did teenage ...
These young Victorian beauties were contemporaries of the famous Alice, of Lewis Carroll. What girls wore the XIX century? What ...
01-09-2023
Multinational wealth of the Russian Empire of the 1870s‑1880s
In 1864, a young resident of Ohio, George Kennan, joined a group of researchers in search of a possible route for laying a ...
01-09-2023
The history of the October railway - the very first in Russia
On August 28, 1851, the Nikolaevskaya Railway (now the Oktyabrskaya Railway) was built, which marked the beginning of the ...
31-08-2023
Dancer and Princess like Maris Liepa broke the heart of ...
Galina Brezhneva was a lot of novels, but none brought the daughter of the Secretary General happiness. The whole Union discussed ...
31-08-2023
Forced labor, or How Ceausescu by decree 770 "improved" the ...
The difficult demographic situation in the country may require decisive action from the authorities. But sometimes the measures ...
30-08-2023
Why was Alexander the Great called Iskander the Two-Horned
Everyone who was interested in the personality of Alexander the Great came across his unusual nickname. Some eastern sources call ...
30-08-2023
What is a "rendezvous with a corpse", or the most terrible ...
It is fair that any criminal should be punished, and it is in the inevitability of punishment that the main educational effect ...
30-08-2023
11 most beautiful women of the early 20th century
The Edwardian era (the years of the reign of King Edward VII of Great Britain - from 1901 to 1910) is known for its beautiful and ...
30-08-2023
13 historical figures who were married to their relatives
In the culture of many countries, it is not customary to marry cousins or second cousins, and in some cases it is completely ...
29-08-2023
How did Jewish surnames appear and why are there so many ...
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov also wrote that "there is no such word from which a Jewish surname could not originate." The classic was ...
29-08-2023
Lived sinfully-died funny: the story of the last King of ...
King Farouk I of Egypt and Sudan was, without exaggeration, the most extravagant monarch of the 20th century. He collected red ...
29-08-2023
Forbidden photos: the Warsaw Ghetto in the summer of 1941
German soldier-radio operator, photographer Willy Georg (Willy Georg) in the summer of 1941, while in Warsaw, illegally made his ...
29-08-2023
Land and Will: how Anarcho-socialism worked in the States of ...
Americans are very offended when they are told that socialism was invented in Europe. In fact, the first half of the XIX century ...
29-08-2023
Tattoos on the face — a sacred tradition of Maori women
Maori women are traditionally tattooed on the chin in their teens. This drawing, called "moko kauae", is considered a visual ...
29-08-2023
300 Spartans: truth and fiction about the legendary Battle of ...
Probably, everyone has heard the legend about 300 Spartans who courageously resisted the numerically superior enemy army until ...
28-08-2023
The most powerful nuclear explosions captured on camera
If there had ever been an image of beauty representing cruelty, power bearing unimaginable harm, or the ability of man to destroy ...
28-08-2023
Why is a quote from the Koran forged on the helmet of ...
Secrets like to surround not only living beings, but also inanimate objects. The helmet of Alexander Nevsky, which is stored in the ...
28-08-2023
Torture and other terrible methods of treating mental disorders
Until the end of the XVIII century, people with mental illnesses were considered not sick, but possessed by the devil, or witches ...
28-08-2023
Yogi hypnotizing a chicken, or The story of one unusual picture
This picture has been roaming for many years on social networks and forums both in the foreign and in the Russian-speaking segment ...
28-08-2023
How an ordinary Soviet official married a billionaire: a love ...
In 1978, unexpectedly for everyone, the "wedding of the century" of a simple Soviet citizen Sergei Kauzov and the daughter of ...
28-08-2023
10 amazing sights in China besides the Great Wall and the ...
If you are a tourist and come to China, then, most likely, at some point in your journey through this country, you will probably ...
28-08-2023
Watching the participants of the contest "Miss universe" 50 years
They wink, correct clothes, make cute grimski, dress up, flirting with the audience, patiently waiting for the decision of the jury ...
28-08-2023
The Fools, the Dristunovs and the Bastards? Where did the ...
The name and surname accompany a person all his life. Therefore, it may seem strange that someone's ancestor, making a very ...
28-08-2023
How former slaves founded the freest country in the world and ...
Liberia is a small and very poor country in West Africa. Nevertheless, she has a rather interesting, albeit sad story. She ...
27-08-2023
20 stunning black and white photos of Italian screen stars of ...
A wonderful selection of pictures taken by one of the first Italian paparazzi, and later by the star photographer Tazio ...