History
04-09-2023
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 ...
04-09-2023
How the cherry blossom became a sacred tree for the Japanese
When we hear about sakura, we most often think of Japan. It is in this country that a real cult of this tree has reigned for many ...
04-09-2023
The mystery of the death of King Richard the Lionheart, who ...
The English king Richard I Plantagenet, nicknamed Lionheart for his determination and bravery, ruled the kingdom for only ten years ...
03-09-2023
Headless photoshop of the beginning of the last century
These pictures, collected at the eBay online auction and elsewhere by collector Robert E. Jackson, offer an unusual and funny look ...
03-09-2023
What did the first beauty treatments look like
We have already got acquainted with the features of women's fitness a century ago, and today we will arrange a tour of the beauty ...
03-09-2023
How did Kaitak — the most dangerous airport in the world - ...
People built airports in the most inappropriate places - among the mountains, in the thicket of the jungle, on coral atolls. But ...
03-09-2023
"Spinning houses", "chorus girls" and other features of ...
Prostitution is called the oldest profession and, most likely, this statement is not far from the truth. But in different parts of ...
03-09-2023
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 ...
02-09-2023
What were the punks like 30 years ago
Those who are not familiar with the culture of the punk and hardcore scene of Los Angeles in the 1980s are unlikely to have heard ...
02-09-2023
Why in the Middle Ages demons were painted with faces between ...
It is hardly worth reminding anyone that art is symbolic. But it's worth considering that medieval art was even more symbolic than ...
![Leon Trotsky's bodyguard Anton Blisnyak: the fate of the "red terminator"](/img/2023/leon-trotsky39s-bodyguard/leon-trotsky39s-bodyguard-170x170.jpg "Leon Trotsky's bodyguard Anton Blisnyak: the fate of the "red terminator"")
02-09-2023
Leon Trotsky's bodyguard Anton Blisnyak: the fate of the ...
History knows many brave people who, without hesitation, exposed themselves to mortal dangers and emerged victorious from any ...
01-09-2023
20 historical photos that you definitely haven't seen!
It would seem that we just do not know and have not seen in the Internet era, when any information is available! But historical ...
!["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 ...