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When Moscow was a big village
12-11-2025
7 unusual occupations that are highly valued in Russia
No one will argue with the fact that Russia — unique country, where it can happen that it is impossible in any other country. ...
12-11-2025
The history of the most unusual armor — the horned helmet ...
This is not a joke and not a fake. This is a real helmet of the beginning of the XVI century. Moreover, it is the helmet of the ...
12-11-2025
Why do bras have a bow sewn on the front
We have already talked about how a small bow appeared on women's underpants. But the secrets of women's underwear did not end ...
12-11-2025
Celebrities of the 20th century on the other side of the lens
We are all used to seeing famous people in front of the camera. And what happens if everyone is swapped? We bring to your attention ...
12-11-2025
The Wreck of the White Ship: How the Death of the Titanic of ...
In 1120, the English Channel became the scene of a tragedy later dubbed the "Titanic of the Middle Ages." The "White ...
12-11-2025
“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 ...
12-11-2025
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 ...
12-11-2025
The Wind of change: Famous cities from the same perspective ...
Over the past hundred years, the world has changed so much that it is difficult to imagine how many things have disappeared and ...
12-11-2025
Why pirates are portrayed as one-eyed
The image of a pirate is very often complemented by a black eyepatch. This pattern is so common that sometimes it seems that all ...
11-11-2025
The Incredible Story of Arthur Barry, the Legendary Jewel Hunter
American Arthur Barry went down in history as one of the most skilled jewel thieves of the 20th century. He was known as the ...
11-11-2025
"Churchill's Egg": why the British prime minister had to fly ...
There are a lot of funny stories about Winston Churchill. Recall at least the story of how the most famous portrait of the British ...
11-11-2025
Money, infidelity, arrests, syphilis: the lives of six wives ...
What's it like to be the wife of the number one criminal? Someone replaced their spouses in business and unleashed criminal wars, ...
11-11-2025
Anatomical Venus, on whom pathologists of the XVIII century ...
Anatomical Venus is a life—size female wax figure, usually with real human hair and glass eyes. It was made specifically for ...
11-11-2025
How dwarfism helped a family of Jewish musicians Ovitz ...
The story of an artistic family of Jewish midget musicians from Romania, who managed to survive Auschwitz and the monstrous ...
!["The Bomelius Case": Why Ivan the Terrible's Physician, Whom Even the Oprichniks Feared, Was Executed](/img/2025/the-bomelius-case-why-ivan/the-bomelius-case-why-ivan-170x170.jpg ""The Bomelius Case": Why Ivan the Terrible's Physician, Whom Even the Oprichniks Feared, Was Executed")
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"The Bomelius Case": Why Ivan the Terrible's ...
History knows many mysterious figures, but Eliseus Bomelius stands out among them with his dark and contradictory reputation. Some ...
11-11-2025
How did the traditional Russian gesture inviting a drink appear
In our country, probably everyone knows what it means to click the index finger on the throat. For a country that relatively ...
11-11-2025
How students lived in China in the 1990s
Young, enthusiastic, and full of hope—that's how photographer Zhao Gang, a student at the Changchun Institute of Optics and ...
10-11-2025
Breakfast in bed: how was the first class of Air France ...
Recently in a network there was a rare series of photographs taken for advertising campaigns of the airline Air France in 1957. It ...
10-11-2025
Creepy ghost villages of Dagestan: photos and videos from drones
There are several abandoned ghost villages in the Republic of Dagestan-Gamsutl, Kahib and Koroda. The village of Gamsutl is located ...
10-11-2025
Ten scientific discoveries that happened by accident
In 1928, the English bacteriologist Alexander Fleming conducted a routine experiment to study the human body’s defense against ...
10-11-2025
The contrasts of Afghanistan: the end of the 1920-ies and the ...
Manicured gardens, majestic historic buildings and picturesque mountain ranges — these pictures cover a piece of history of ...
10-11-2025
What happens if a valuable museum exhibit is accidentally ...
Imagine that during a museum tour, you accidentally knock over a valuable exhibit, damaging it or even destroying it. Panic, shock, ...
10-11-2025
Abandoned tunnel under Naples, which became a crypt for cars
One hundred and fifty meters from the large Piazza del Plebiscito in the center of Naples, there is a door to a passage that ...
09-11-2025
Playful Marilyn Monroe has breakfast in bed
Marilyn Monroe knew how to be seductive even in the most prosaic situations, and the usual breakfast in bed is no exception. Look ...
09-11-2025
The scientist confirmed that the legendary execution of the ...
Stories about medieval executions and torture are very popular today. Some of them are quite real, others are questioned. One of ...
09-11-2025
24 seductive picture style icons of the XX century
From time to time you should look back at least in order to understand how beautiful it was, how easy and casual sometimes we were ...