History

The story of Nikolai Kobelkov, or How a Russian without arms and without legs became an Austrian millionaire

21-04-2023

The story of Nikolai Kobelkov, or How a Russian without arms ...

These days, the whole world admires the courage and vitality of speaker and motivator Nick Vujicic, but few people know that the ...

Scary Hunt: the most famous witches of the Middle Ages

21-04-2023

Scary Hunt: the most famous witches of the Middle Ages

The Middle Ages were a very difficult time for women. Any passerby could accuse the girl of witchcraft, and most often empty words ...

7 vivid images of Cleopatra on our screen

21-04-2023

7 vivid images of Cleopatra on our screen

The name of this woman has become synonymous with "eternal" beauty. That is why filmmakers chose actresses with memorable faces to ...

No eroticism for you! Breeches, grace and other underwear of the USSR times

19-04-2023

No eroticism for you! Breeches, grace and other underwear of ...

Modern people, looking at all this, will probably ask themselves one question – how were we born, because in such a horror only ...

40 nostalgic frames - Yalta in the 90s through the lens of a British photographer

19-04-2023

40 nostalgic frames - Yalta in the 90s through the lens of a ...

Martin Parr is a controversial British photojournalist whose world view is ironic and his art style is provocative. In his photo ...

The Jewish wolfhound David Kurland is a real prototype of the Gotsman from the TV series "Liquidation"

17-04-2023

The Jewish wolfhound David Kurland is a real prototype of the ...

This man was appreciated by colleagues, loved by ordinary people, respected and feared by criminals. David Mikhailovich Kurland was ...

Hirosimites – amazing artifacts created by a nuclear explosion

17-04-2023

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 ...

Magyar poisoner of Nagyrev

17-04-2023

Magyar poisoner of Nagyrev

In the early XX century in the Hungarian village Nagyrev formed a sort of killer syndicate consisting exclusively of women. From ...

Ah, Arbat, my Arbat...

16-04-2023

Ah, Arbat, my Arbat...

Alexander Nankin aka skif_tag writes: “Each pebble is familiar to me in the town where I was born and raised. And how funny it is ...

25 facts about the Titanic that might surprise you

15-04-2023

25 facts about the Titanic that might surprise you

Date of 15 April 1912 was the largest Maritime disaster of the twentieth century — in the Atlantic, on the way from Southampton ...

What did the usual household appliances look like at the dawn of their appearance

14-04-2023

What did the usual household appliances look like at the dawn ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first Philips laboratory, which appeared in the Dutch Eindhoven. Incandescent lamps, ...

It's hard to believe, but these 5 people with anomalies really existed!

13-04-2023

It's hard to believe, but these 5 people with anomalies ...

From time to time, nature plays a cruel joke on us and "special" people are born. They are often called freaks, but this does not ...

"The space is calling everyone! And call. How vechnyy Zov" (Yuri Gagarin)

12-04-2023

"The space is calling everyone! And call. How vechnyy Zov" ...

12 April 1961 booster "R‑7", created at the factory "Progress" in Kuibyshev (now Samara), launched cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into ...

Beach fashion of the 20-30s of the XX century

11-04-2023

Beach fashion of the 20-30s of the XX century

We present to your attention a selection of photos about the beach fashion of the 20-30s of the twentieth century. Beach fashion ...

What was considered normal to do in ancient Greece, what is now strictly forbidden to do in modern Athens

10-04-2023

What was considered normal to do in ancient Greece, what is ...

Ancient Greece had a rich and complex culture that had a significant impact on modern Western society. However, many practices that ...

Historical images from different parts of the world that evoke a variety of emotions

09-04-2023

Historical images from different parts of the world that ...

Let's dive into history through photography. In the selection below, you will see the life of people from different countries, ...

45 photos that will change your view of the past

08-04-2023

45 photos that will change your view of the past

The celebrities we're used to seeing on screen or in the history books, outside of all the hype around them, are ordinary ...

The first roles of Hollywood actors: no one knew them, but you can immediately see - a star

07-04-2023

The first roles of Hollywood actors: no one knew them, but ...

Hollywood actors began their careers long before their popularity. Often, future stars tried themselves in the cinema in early ...

To the 45th anniversary of the legendary festival: still unseen photos of Woodstock

05-04-2023

To the 45th anniversary of the legendary festival: still ...

Woodstock is not only one of the most famous music festivals of all time, but also one of the defining moments of the 1960s ...

Representatives of the LGBT community at the beginning of the last century

05-04-2023

Representatives of the LGBT community at the beginning of the ...

Once upon a time, a vintage photo album fell into the hands of the French cinematographer Sebastian Lifshitz, in which the life of ...

Post really rare shots

30-03-2023

Post really rare shots

History porn, truly rare photos of famous people - writers, actors, poets, prototypes of fairy tales. There is something to pay ...

Reasons for emancipation

29-03-2023

Reasons for emancipation

Dmitry Chernyshev says: “Before the start of the First World War, no more than 10% of women participated in active work. Since ...

The shame of Japan: "comfort stations" in the war, where women were forcibly abducted

28-03-2023

The shame of Japan: "comfort stations" in the war, where ...

In brothels for Japanese soldiers during the war there were, according to various sources, from 200 to 400 thousand women ...

Another life

28-03-2023

Another life

Alexander Savelyev says: “I am sure that women photographers often have the courage that men lack. The courage to shoot without ...

163 years ago, a railway connection between St. Petersburg and Moscow was opened

27-03-2023

163 years ago, a railway connection between St. Petersburg ...

On August 28, 1851, the Nikolaev railway (now the Oktyabrskaya railway) was built, which marked the beginning of the construction ...

"Who put Bella in the elm tree?": a creepy find in the woods shocked a small town

26-03-2023

"Who put Bella in the elm tree?": a creepy find in the woods ...

"Who put Bella in the elm tree?" - this graffiti began to appear everywhere immediately after several boys found a human skull ...