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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 ...
01-08-2023
Who was the real prototype of the hero of the cult film ...
The novel "A Woman on Wednesdays", based on which the film "Voroshilov Shooter" was shot in 1999, was written by the writer Viktor ...
31-07-2023
22 charming girls who won the title of beauty queen in the ...
In America, in the middle of the last century, every self-respecting company considered it its duty to hold a beauty contest and ...
31-07-2023
How the serf girl Parashka became the Countess Sheremeteva ...
On July 31, 1768, an amazing woman was born - Praskovya Zhemchugova. There are many great actors in the history of the Russian ...
31-07-2023
What is fragging and why were US Army officers afraid of it ...
The term "fragging" began to be used in the 1950s. But it was widely used only during the Vietnam War. Fragging was the deliberate ...
31-07-2023
Urinal de Paris: Paris ' surprisingly well-designed public ...
In a bygone era, photographer Charles Marville was an avid toilet photography enthusiast. Strange as it may sound, there were ...
31-07-2023
1930-1943: Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Dances
The choreography of Busby Berkeley was like a dance in a kaleidoscope, so high was the mathematical accuracy of complex rhythmic ...
31-07-2023
False Dmitry I: an impostor adventurer or the first reformer ...
The one we know today as the impostor tsar False Dmitry I, most likely, will remain a mystery of Russian history forever. We know a ...
31-07-2023
Why the curse to the seventh knee was considered the most ...
In most cultures of our planet, it is believed that ancestors play a crucial role in the life of subsequent generations. And ...
30-07-2023
Why the Church condemns "cross roof", known in Russia since ...
In the old cemeteries can still be found unusual to our eye crosses, covered with small roofs. Gradually they are less and less ...
30-07-2023
Speaking surname: why did comrades-in-arms and enemies hate ...
It is well known that the Civil War that broke out in Russia after the 1917 revolution was protracted and very brutal. There was no ...
30-07-2023
How a simple Mexican woman, Nestor Salgado, declared war on ...
Modern Mexico is a battleground between the drug mafia and citizens tired of the lawlessness of bandits. Corruption at all levels ...
30-07-2023
"Changes? Forget!": sex tips from the past for ideal wives
Even in the "swinging 60s", which became synonymous with a rebellious time, innovation and vibrant life, the sexual topic is almost ...
30-07-2023
How did AIDS: a case history, which began with handsome gay
Several years have passed since the first cases of AIDS before the doctors were able to accurately describe this disease and find ...