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09.08.24
9 "bearded women" who made history
![Leon Trotsky's bodyguard Anton Blisnyak: the fate of the "red terminator"](/img/2024/leon-trotsky39s-bodyguard/leon-trotsky39s-bodyguard-540x310.jpg "Leon Trotsky's bodyguard Anton Blisnyak: the fate of the "red terminator"")
08-08-2024
Taburetovka, gas station and govenovka: how the Soviet drunks ...
Thank you to the native party that there is no vodka on the weekend! But don't cry, my Marusya — I'll get drunk on cologne! ...
08-08-2024
Murder victim or insane masochist: the story of the ...
In June 1989, the quiet coastal town of Richmond, in the Canadian province of British Columbia, was shaken by a mysterious ...
07-08-2024
13 vintage photos in which people are haunted by the shadow ...
For the first time, the shadow of an unknown man in a permanent hat appeared in photos of the 1920s, almost imperceptibly gliding ...
07-08-2024
Rotisserie dogs are a mysterious kitchen breed that no longer ...
All dog breeds existing today are divided into groups: hunting, service, fighting, decorative and herding. But if you were in ...
07-08-2024
"I have learned what a woman's power over men is": the ...
On August 7, 1876, Mata Hari was born — a spy and a courtesan, surrounded by a halo of mystery. This woman became a legend during ...
07-08-2024
Margaret Hamilton is a modest conqueror of the Moon, about ...
Everyone knows that success in any large-scale project is ensured by a lot of people who work tirelessly for a common goal. But ...
07-08-2024
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 ...
07-08-2024
A special caste: how peasant women were selected for the role ...
Among the upper classes, not only Russian, to feed their children breast was not accepted. Therefore, for these purposes were ...
07-08-2024
Echoes of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in ...
On August 6, 1945, the Japanese city of Hiroshima was subjected to a nuclear attack by the United States, three days later the same ...
07-08-2024
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 ...
06-08-2024
Gave birth to 69 children, left her husband, who was the most ...
In the Guinness Book of records referred to the most incredible achievements. Started in the Russian Valentina Vasilyeva, which for ...
06-08-2024
Luxury tattoos of the Victorian era — Cherubs, dragons and ...
We are used to seeing unbearably serious people in decent closed clothes in old photographs. But there are also such pictures where ...
06-08-2024
Fleece, bandits, bikini with: pre-Islamic Iran to the movie ...
In January 1979, the Shah Reza Pahlavi left Tehran, leaving the "long vacation". Power passed to the Islamists, led by Ayatollah ...
05-08-2024
Brighter than a thousand suns: 20 scary shots in memory of ...
On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, using nuclear weapons for the first ...
05-08-2024
Absinthe is a genius for mediocrity, but death is for a true ...
Absinthe, undoubtedly, can be called a professional drink of intellectuals, artists and poets. In the XIX century, it was believed ...
05-08-2024
Standing before pyramids and had a different head: what ...
Length Egyptian Sphinx of 70 meters and a height of 20 meters. These dimensions make it the largest on the planet monument, carved ...
05-08-2024
Hijacked a tank and swung with Stallone — how our ...
In the OldSchoolCool section on Reddit, users share bright stylish photos of their grandparents, from whom you can learn the love ...
05-08-2024
The Riddle of Fate: How the Soviet pilot Ivan Datsenko became ...
According to the official version, the pilot Ivan Datsenko died in 1944 over Lviv. Unofficially, he fled to Canada, where he became ...
05-08-2024
The General Sherman tree is the largest living organism on ...
Trees are often named by scientists, and special, unique trees have their own names. The giant sequoia "General Sherman" ...
04-08-2024
What Riga looked like 30 years ago
The Baltic States in the Soviet years were something like their "little abroad" — beautiful clean streets of Baltic cities, ...
04-08-2024
Parmesan-delicious, but expensive: the passion of English ...
With the beginning of sea voyages, the issue of food was a serious problem for European sailors. In the damp and stuffy ship's ...
04-08-2024
How has the standard of female figures for 100 years
We offer you to look at how varied the concept of a "beautiful woman" for the last hundred years. And look there's one! --> The ...
04-08-2024
Copper riot - what did the first inflation in Russian history ...
August 4, 1662 is the date when the "Copper Riot" broke out in Moscow. In this article, we will dive into the historical ...
03-08-2024
11 most interesting lenses in the history of photography
For almost two centuries, the art of photography has been developing, and with it the equipment that allows people to capture the ...
03-08-2024
Vincenzo Perugi — the man who made "Gioconda" a legend
August 21, 1911 the legendary painting Yes Vinci was abducted by an employee of the Louvre, the Italian mirror master Vincenzo ...
03-08-2024
The story of Sir William Stead, a fighter against pedophiles, ...
In Britain of the 19th century, girls who reached the age of 13 were recognized as adults. This was not at all surprising, because ...