History
07.03.25
9 world's first photographs
07.03.25
Old postcard for March 8
06.03.25
Types of Pre-revolutionary Russia
06-03-2025
Robert Doisneau — the man who has sung Paris photos
Robert Doisneau (FR. Robert Doisneau 14 April 1912 — 1 April 1994) was a French photographer, master of French humanist ...
06-03-2025
Alchemical Marriage: The Love and Disappointment of Marilyn ...
On June 29, 1955, perhaps the most symbolic wedding of the 20th century took place. Film star Marilyn Monroe, the embodiment of ...
05-03-2025
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 ...
05-03-2025
What were the progenitors of modern sports simulators?
Society's obsession with fitness may seem like a phenomenon of the present, but these photos prove the opposite — it all started ...
05-03-2025
The story of the legendary virgin-warrior, Mulan: beautiful ...
The story of the Chinese girl-warrior Mulan is extremely popular in contemporary art. About the heroine made the animated film ...
05-03-2025
Hindu Dashrath Manjhi - the man who conquered the mountain
The saying goes that “patience and hard work will wear out everything.” This is actually what happens, as proven by a resident ...
05-03-2025
How the knights of the Middle Ages relieved themselves
The question of how medieval knights went to the toilet probably arose in everyone who read chivalric novels. It was quite obvious ...
05-03-2025
The Human Fountain of Hadji Ali: The Story of an Artist of an ...
Just a hundred years ago, you could profitably sell almost any talent, even the most dubious one. Don't believe me? Then you ...
05-03-2025
The long death of the drunkard Michael Malloy, who became an ...
This is the story of an Irish homeless man named Michael Malloy, whose death was included in a number of lists of "amazing and ...
05-03-2025
A beer a day: how to survive a Great post and not lose weight
Great post — a crucial period for every Christian. These days, a ban on many products, and alcohol and, needless to say. Or ...
05-03-2025
How to fight the "Night witches" or "Dunkin regiment", the ...
"The Germans called us the "night witches" and witches was only from 15 to 27 years." Echoes of the Second world are filled with ...
05-03-2025
Give over the plan: Soviet youth of the 60s
Readers who bought the November issue LIFE 1967, expecting to see black-and-white pictures of the revolution fifty years ago: Red ...
04-03-2025
About this amazing past!
It is always interesting to observe the amazing past of humanity, though not for very long. Collected in this edition, silent ...
04-03-2025
How the mystery of the girl from the crystal coffin was revealed
During construction work, sometimes very unusual finds happen that make everyone seriously break their heads. One of these cases, ...
04-03-2025
How the world has changed in 100 years: before and after photos
The world is certainly changing, this is an undeniable truth. However, these same changes are difficult to notice if you are always ...
03-03-2025
The story of the first Soviet Robinson by Pavel Vavilov
There are many stories when a person found himself on a desert island after a shipwreck or by someone else's will. But the case ...
03-03-2025
Escaped death 7 times and hit the million dollar jackpot: Who ...
A simple Croatian music teacher Frane Selak is called the luckiest person on the planet! All because he was miraculously able to ...
03-03-2025
A sexy bikini with record covers 60-80 years
There is no better way of selling music albums than a photograph of a young and beautiful girl in a sexy bikini on the cover. That ...
03-03-2025
13 unique prisons of Russia, received the status of a ...
In our view, a prison is a dark building with bars on the Windows, surrounded by barbed wire. Most often it is, if we talk about ...
02-03-2025
17 women in history who were not shy about their orientation
If you think that open gays and lesbians are relatively recent, think again. We invite you to get acquainted with historical female ...
02-03-2025
25 frames of Henri Cartier-Bresson about Soviet life in 1954
On January 17, 1955, Life magazine published Henri Cartier-Bresson's photo essay "The People of Russia". The famous Frenchman ...
02-03-2025
Why Trousers Were Forbidden in Ancient Rome and How They ...
Nowadays, trousers are a universal item of clothing that can be found in both men's and women's wardrobes. Of course, there ...
02-03-2025
The story of Pat Seki - a disenfranchised slave who had his ...
The black slave Pata Seca, who lived in 19th century Brazil, was used as a “breeding bull” by his master. According to the most ...
02-03-2025
10 discoveries for which we should say thank you to the ...
The Han Dynasty ruled China for more than 400 years. It is not surprising that in Chinese historiography, the Han period is ...
02-03-2025
Armpit plucker and other most humiliating professions of the past
"All professions are necessary, all professions are important," the woman who was responsible for the maintenance of the king's ...
01-03-2025
Culinary delights of Ancient Russia: birch porridge and ...
Modern Russians are far removed from the gastronomic habits of their ancient ancestors. Our menu is firmly established unknown ...