History
13-12-2025
East and West: Color photographs of Moscow and New York in 1969
In 1969, it was hard to imagine a more different life than in two major cities - New York and Moscow. The embodiment of capitalism ...
13-12-2025
Fear and disgust in Sumer, or What representatives of ancient ...
Almost all the holidays that exist today, in one way or another, are associated with ancient agricultural cults. Settlement and ...
13-12-2025
The tragic story of creating a random picture of a "Desperate ...
In the spring of 1942, photographer Russell Sorgi made a very rare and tragic shot, capturing the last moments of a stranger's ...
12-12-2025
Rostov triangle: why it is born more of maniacs
Since 1970‑ies in the neighboring cities of Rostov-on-don, Shakhty and Taganrog was sent to jail 37 serial killers, who killed ...
12-12-2025
22 archival photographs that may surprise you
History in photographs is often much more informative than long descriptions and reflections. This is simply a mute witness to an ...
12-12-2025
The story of the fatal beauty Maria Tarnovskaya, nicknamed ...
In 1910 in Venice tried a Russian noblewoman Maria Tarnovskaya, whom journalists called the "Bloody Countess". On account of this ...
12-12-2025
Favorite women General Secretary Brezhnev
Many biographers of Leonid Brezhnev write that the General Secretary of the CPSU have not experienced particularly warm feelings to ...
12-12-2025
The History of Ketchup: From Chinese Fish Sauce to an ...
Ketchup is one of the most popular sauces in the world, but its path to global fame was long and unexpected. Originating in China ...
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12-12-2025
What does the word "bydlo" mean and how did it ...
Today, the word "bydlo" sounds like an offensive term for rude and ignorant people. However, it originally had no ...
11-12-2025
The Golden cage: how the life of Russian tsarinas
In Imperial times women had no power over him. The sphere of influence of the peasant and the boyar wives was limited to raising ...
11-12-2025
20 photos from the secret Masonic party in 1972, from which ...
On December 12, 1972, Marie-Helene de Rothschild, a member of the most influential family among the world's nobility, arranged a ...
11-12-2025
The story of Henrietta Lacks, the woman who revolutionized ...
The story of Henrietta Lacks is a rare case of an ordinary woman's life changing the face of global medicine. She led a quiet ...
11-12-2025
Future sex symbol Marilyn Monroe posing for pinup artist Earl ...
When 19-year-old Marilyn Monroe started to pose for Earl Moran in 1946, she still dreamed of becoming an actress. Moran's already ...
11-12-2025
Kunstyuki — old trinkets with a secret, causing delight
At all times, masters have created objects with secrets, striking with fine work and complex construction. The first such products ...
11-12-2025
The story of Australian Romeo and Juliet, who broke with the ...
If Australia is the most dangerous continent on the planet, then the Gibson Desert located in the west of the continent is its most ...
11-12-2025
The Urine Tax in Ancient Rome, or Why Money Doesn't Smell
The phrase "money has no smell" is familiar to everyone. But not everyone knows that its origins date back to the distant ...
10-12-2025
Etzi's "Ice Man" and his story
In 1991, on the Similaun glacier, which is located in the Tyrolean Alps, two German tourists discovered a perfectly preserved body ...
10-12-2025
Horror repeats itself: the same type of motifs on vintage ...
There is nothing strange in the fact that certain images and concepts of fear are repeated in the horror genre. Themes of horror ...
10-12-2025
"Bluecifer" — the story of a creepy sculpture that killed ...
The history of art knows a lot of strange and even scary works. Some of them look creepy, others are associated with terrible ...
10-12-2025
How brothers robbed a bank for 1.5 million using a ...
On August 5, 1977, one of the most notorious robberies in history took place. Two brothers Nikolai and Felix Kalachyan stole one ...
10-12-2025
Why are taxis all over the world marked with checkers?
All over the world, taxi cars are marked the same way - with checkers. They can be applied in a variety of places and have ...
09-12-2025
Father Yod and his "Family": the amazing story of an American ...
In 1969, a healthy food restaurant opened on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles-one of the first in the country, and possibly in the ...
09-12-2025
The Villisca Murders: The Horrific Story of a House with ...
Villisca is a small town in Iowa that may be in its final decades. Its population has halved over the past century, and people ...
09-12-2025
10 invaluable things that have been destroyed because of ...
Do you have an awkward acquaintances, in whose hands literally all falls down, breaks and crumbles? But to break it or mess up with ...
09-12-2025
The strange story of Dora Rathjen-Hitler's favorite athlete ...
Nowadays, in big sports, sometimes there are questions to athletes who are suspected of being men. Modern scientists are well aware ...
09-12-2025
Old Japan of the second half of the 19th century in ...
These hand-painted photographs of old Japan teach a history lesson about how life went on there in the Land of the Rising Sun at ...