History
07.08.23
New York of the 70s
06-08-2023
Sons of Death, servants of Kali: the secret sect of the ...
The most notorious sophisticated killers were the Indian thugs, who were "the most bloodthirsty bandits in the history of mankind." ...
06-08-2023
"Hug and cry": how did the expression popular among modern ...
The expression "hug and cry" is used today mainly by young people when they want to ironically pity someone or emphasize the ...
06-08-2023
The Story of Lakshmi Bai, an Indian Warrior Princess
History knows many cases when women commanded armies or even led uprisings. In North Africa, the fearless Dahiya Al-Kahina became ...
05-08-2023
The history of one monument, or how the British executed a ...
On the northeast coast of Great Britain is a small port city of Hartpool. This is a boring province where there is absolutely ...
05-08-2023
The tallest man on earth lived in the Russian Empire
Almost the whole world knew Fyodor Andreevich Makhnov at one time. The fact is that he was the tallest person. With a weight of 182 ...
04-08-2023
The Princess of Midnight: The Mystery of Evdokia Golitsyna, ...
Princess Evdokia Golitsyna was one of the most famous personalities of the XIX century. Perfectly educated and charming, she drove ...
04-08-2023
Dr. Death Josef Mengele is a killer of thousands who has not ...
Dr. Josef Mengele is one of the most demonized Nazi criminals. Unfortunately, most of the nightmares attributed to the doctor are ...
04-08-2023
Why you can’t swim on Ilyin’s day
The Orthodox Church on August 2 celebrates the day of memory of the prophet Elijah. He is considered one of the most revered saints ...
03-08-2023
The sad story of the Spanish king Charles II — the ugliest ...
King Charles II Enchanted was the last representative of the dynasty of Habsburg on the Spanish throne. His 35-year reign was ...
03-08-2023
"I don't want to die!": the diary of a 15-year-old Jewish ...
The heroine of this heartbreaking story was Renia Spiegel, a 15-year-old Jewish woman originally from Poland. The girl was killed ...
03-08-2023
9 "bearded women" who made history
Hirsutism is a condition in which women have excessive growth of terminal hair of the male type. There are several "bearded women" ...
03-08-2023
The neural network showed the real faces of Russian history
We are used to the canonical images of historical figures that are offered to us by famous artists and sculptors. We must admit ...
03-08-2023
Enemy of the state № 1: Jacques Mesrine — the robber, to ...
About Jacques mesrine written many books and filmed several movies. In France, it is the way it is today is contradictory and ...
03-08-2023
How did the cutlet in Kiev
Kiev cutlets are known and loved all over the world. In our country, it is difficult to find a person who has never tried this ...
03-08-2023
Soviet caricature of the family theme
Overage loafers sitting on the neck of their industrious old parents, old old men who marry young persons, bewilderment of the ...
02-08-2023
The airship that could — How a German aircraft broke the ...
More than a hundred years ago, the legendary flight of the Zeppelin LZ 104 airship, also known as the "African Ship", was made. The ...
02-08-2023
From the old to the new: 30 cases in skilled hands ...
People consume more and more things. Now, even phones without a removable battery, because either, the device will die before the ...
02-08-2023
Rare color shots from Tunisia at the turn of the 19th and ...
These colored postcards from the sunny streets of Tunisia were created using photochromy technology, in which monochrome images are ...
02-08-2023
15 ‘Then And Now’ Pics That Show How Times Have Changed, ...
History has a lot to tell us, and photography offers a fascinating way to peek into the past. A single old pic, captured half a ...
01-08-2023
Why were cats so loved and revered in ancient Egypt?
The inhabitants of ancient Egypt treated many animals with great respect, but cats have always been especially important to them. ...
01-08-2023
How the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang ran away from death ...
A way out can be found even from a seemingly hopeless situation. The main thing is not to give up and then the chance that luck ...
01-08-2023
The Past that will never come back: 15 photos of 20th-century ...
New York is one of the most interesting cities in the world. Art, architecture, interesting people and much more are intertwined ...
01-08-2023
Locust — poisoner emperors, which was executed through rape ...
Human history is replete with high-profile murders committed for political and selfish motives. At all times one of the most ...
01-08-2023
Russian Robinson: as hussars Sergey Lisitsyn survived on the ...
In 1857 the writer Alexander Sibiryakov traveled to the Far East of Russia. In the Amur region, the writer met with the owner of ...
01-08-2023
Mummies... pets of the pharaohs
Thousands of years ago, great pharaohs and kings were embalmed after their demise, turning them into mummies. However, the rulers ...
01-08-2023
Destruction and disassembly: the Russian province in the ...
In short, the atmosphere of this period can be described as " suddenly everything became possible (but not everyone)". Dashing and ...