Nations
30.11.24
The 20 strangest bans in the world
25.11.24
Shanghai carriers
25.11.24
Amazing drone images from Karakorum
15-11-2024
The colors of Japan of the XIX century through the eyes of an ...
Photography appeared in Japan a little later than its invention, when in the 1850s the country opened up to trade and visitors from ...
14-11-2024
“The King’s Daughters”: how French brides solved ...
Today it is not surprising that people from different continents get married. But 300-400 years ago, even alliances with residents ...
14-11-2024
12 absurd but true facts about the Chukchi that will surprise you
Have you ever wondered how the inhabitants of Chukotka live? What is their culture, customs, what do they like and how do they ...
11-11-2024
10 incredibly painful initiation rites, some of which are ...
Even in the technological XXI century, there are places on the planet where people have to undergo painful rituals that should ...
11-11-2024
Blond Sirte: the vanished people of the shamans who lived in ...
Among the Russian who migrated to the North, there existed legends about the mysterious people of the white-eyed Chud, who was ...
10-11-2024
"Tales of the Congo": a photo project that makes the heart ...
Africa, which looks at you through the eyes of the natives living in the valley of the Congo, — alive and real. Before its ...
10-11-2024
The Last Days of Feudal Japan
These rare pictures tell about what life was like in Japan in 1908, before industrialization and the two world wars. And this life ...
09-11-2024
Siberian Western: in 1943 caught a gang Evenk Pavlova, who ...
In November 1942 on the banks of the Volga, the Red Army counterattacked, bogged down in Stalingrad by the Nazis. At the same time ...
07-11-2024
Incredible color photos of Japan of the XIX century
The Japanese allowed foreigners to trade in the ports of the country only in the middle of the XIX century. It was then that ...
06-11-2024
Russian game of thrones: who framed the Prince of Kiev ...
In 1015 the murder of the princes Boris and Gleb, which became the first in Russian history, the Holy martyrs. The brothers do not ...
06-11-2024
10 grim border walls dividing the world
A mock-up of the "Wall" (the border on the West Bank of the Jordan River) was presented in London, and the public was asked to ...
02-11-2024
20 of the most mysterious peoples of the world
Despite the efforts of historians and ethnographers, the history of these peoples still keeps its mysteries. --> Yes, the Russian ...
01-11-2024
How to raise children in Cossack families
Don, Siberian, Greben, Kuban and other Cossack integral part of the Russian people. They owned land in return for a commitment to ...
01-11-2024
16 incredible portraits of American Indians in ritual costumes
Photographer Craig Varjabedian travels through reservations, communicates with Indians and takes a series of pictures that should ...
31-10-2024
The hottest Swedish women
Sweden is a country of handsome men, good beer and cult pop groups. And it's also a place where very beautiful women live. Real ...
31-10-2024
Who is a gypsy baron and what functions does he perform?
We have all heard about the existence of gypsy barons. These people are surrounded by many myths and legends, but few people know ...
30-10-2024
Why do Jews bring stones to the cemetery, not flowers
You will never meet a person with flowers in a Jewish cemetery. Moreover, any flowers, cut, in wreaths, flowerpots or just in the ...
28-10-2024
Why Russian surnames have different endings?
We all know that the real Russian names end in "-in" or "s". In a pinch, in "-EV" or "likewise." Why do these groups of names one ...
28-10-2024
The last secret of the Great Alexander: where did two ...
By the age of 30, Alexander, the son of King Philip of Macedon, had become the ruler of a vast empire from Greece to India. Even ...
28-10-2024
What was the ideal of male beauty in Rus'
Women from different eras are very similar in their views on life. However, there are some major differences. For example, the ...
28-10-2024
Almost like 300 Spartans: How a squad of 21 Sikhs stopped an ...
Everyone knows about the feat of 300 Spartans, which still causes doubts among historians. But few of us know the real heroic ...
27-10-2024
"Black Cossacks" Ukrainian Cossacks who did not take prisoners
"Black Cossacks" was the most fearsome fighters of the Civil war in Ukraine. They were remembered not only for his military ...
27-10-2024
Secrets of Eskimo women: tattoos on their faces, fur thongs ...
All Eskimo men as one believe that the women of their people are the best. That is why Eskimos rarely associate their lives with ...
27-10-2024
The faces of the planet in the photo by David Lazar
Travel photographer and musician from Australia David Lazar (David Lazar) — the author of thousands of wonderful pictures taken ...
27-10-2024
To the light will take? The absurd luxury of the graves of ...
We are all guests on this earth and no matter how much of wealth is not amassed into the grave with them not to take. This is ...
26-10-2024
Rare photos of everyday life on Sakhalin of the late XIX - ...
Sakhalin is Russia's largest island in the Pacific Ocean. The population of the island according to the latest data is about 489 ...