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Why is King Charles III called Charles in Russia

14-09-2022

Why is King Charles III called Charles in Russia

After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, her son, Prince Charles, became the British monarch. He ascended the throne on September 10 ...

25 archive photos that may surprise you

13-09-2022

25 archive photos that may surprise you

Most of the historical events are familiar to us from textbook photographs that are firmly etched into our memory. But it is often ...

How to be a gossip star without talents, achievements and the Kardashian surname

12-09-2022

How to be a gossip star without talents, achievements and the ...

Even before the whole world was obsessed with the personal life of the Kardashian family, there was another socialite who reigned ...

What today's youth will never understand?

12-09-2022

What today's youth will never understand?

There is a term called the generation gap and it refers to the differences in experiences, opinions, habits, and behaviors that ...

Life in the "zoo": the tragic fate of the five-year-olds Dion

12-09-2022

Life in the "zoo": the tragic fate of the five-year-olds Dion

Five sisters, born into the family of a poor farmer on May 28, 1934, became a real gold mine, earning a lot of money for the ...

When is the New Year really coming

11-09-2022

When is the New Year really coming

In the LiveJournal of the family magazine "Ray" for children and their parents they write: "When is the New Year coming? On the ...

What were the first Winter Olympic Games like

11-09-2022

What were the first Winter Olympic Games like

The first Winter Olympics took place in 1924 in Chamonix, France. We have old photos at our disposal that capture the highlights of ...

26 photos with Soviet Santa Claus from the 80s

09-09-2022

26 photos with Soviet Santa Claus from the 80s

Remember, what was the first thing you associated with the New Year as a child? Surely with holidays, gifts, New Year decorations, ...

20 black-and-white portraits of a young Elizabeth II in the 1940s

09-09-2022

20 black-and-white portraits of a young Elizabeth II in the 1940s

When this girl was born in April 1926, no one imagined that she was destined to ascend to the throne. Her father, Albert, known as ...

The story of a family that was photographed every Christmas from 1900 to 1942

09-09-2022

The story of a family that was photographed every Christmas ...

These stereoscopic holiday photos of a married couple from Berlin — Richard and Anna Wagner — were taken every Christmas, ...

Rare color shots from Tunisia at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries

07-09-2022

Rare color shots from Tunisia at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries

These color postcards from the sunny streets of Tunis were created using photochromy technology, in which monochrome images are ...

8 Things We've All Heard About But Never Seen

05-09-2022

8 Things We've All Heard About But Never Seen

There are words and phrases that we often hear and even use in our vocabulary, but we have no idea how to visualize these words. Or ...

How to undress in front of her husband: a 1937 guide that will be useful for modern women

02-09-2022

How to undress in front of her husband: a 1937 guide that ...

It seems that modern women know 1000 and 1 ways to seduce men and do not need any guidance. Yes, it is possible that a modern woman ...

Unique photos of Russian beauties in folk costumes of pre-revolutionary Russia

31-08-2022

Unique photos of Russian beauties in folk costumes of ...

Natalia Shabelskaya's collection of old Russian dresses of pre-revolutionary Russia, from where these photos are taken, is ...

10 important facts from the life of Princess Diana on the anniversary of her death

31-08-2022

10 important facts from the life of Princess Diana on the ...

On August 31, 1997, Diana Spencer was involved in a tragic car accident, which caused her sudden death. On the anniversary of the ...

The first years of the October Revolution in the faces: how it was 100 years ago

31-08-2022

The first years of the October Revolution in the faces: how ...

On the night of November 7 to 8 (according to the old style — October 25-26), an uprising began in Petrograd. The Provisional ...

Want to feel like Dracula? - buy his castle!

29-08-2022

Want to feel like Dracula? - buy his castle!

The famous Bran Castle in Romania is up for sale. The medieval building that inspired Bram Stoker's famous Dracula novel is about ...

13 Things That Prove Even Fashion Was Crazy In The Reckless 2000s

27-08-2022

13 Things That Prove Even Fashion Was Crazy In The Reckless 2000s

When we think about the trends of the 2000s, we only say, “Oh, how could we?” The fashion trends of that time were really ...

The 10 most unsafe cars in the history of the automotive industry

26-08-2022

The 10 most unsafe cars in the history of the automotive industry

A car is one of those things that should be as safe as possible. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. By bad luck or because ...

15 everyday things that have changed beyond recognition

26-08-2022

15 everyday things that have changed beyond recognition

With rapid technological development, our lives are constantly changing. If earlier not everyone had a landline phone, today almost ...

The very first color portraits of Russian residents

25-08-2022

The very first color portraits of Russian residents

Russian Russian photographer, chemist (Mendeleev's student), inventor, publisher, teacher and public figure, member of the Imperial ...

8 modern things that actually existed long before us

25-08-2022

8 modern things that actually existed long before us

Some modern inventions actually appeared many centuries or even millennia ago. The claim that all ancient people were primitive is ...

What did the first motorists wear

24-08-2022

What did the first motorists wear

As soon as the twentieth century began, the popularity of cars began to grow by leaps and bounds, and a market for specialized ...

What ancient Greek sculptures actually looked like

24-08-2022

What ancient Greek sculptures actually looked like

Nothing in our world is eternal. The same applies to unique works of art and architectural masterpieces, which lose their original ...

The Italian Mafia in pictures by Patrick Zachmann

23-08-2022

The Italian Mafia in pictures by Patrick Zachmann

When Patrick Zachmann told his mother that he wanted to become a photographer, instead of answering, she just looked in the phone ...

The most important photos of the XX century according to LIFE magazine

23-08-2022

The most important photos of the XX century according to LIFE ...

The last century was the most tragic, memorable and bright for humanity. There were wars, there were important scientific and ...