Secrets of history 2024, October
In the minds of most people living in the post-Soviet space, the war crimes of Nazi Germany are associated with inhuman experiments on people. There is no doubt that the Nazi regime conducted similar experiments on prisoners
In Soviet times, an obstacle to churching for many people was the widespread belief in society that the ministers of the church - almost without exception KGB agents
From year to year, without once thinking about the origins of traditions, all honest people celebrate the New Year
It is difficult to find a person who would not know the sad story of the sunken "Titanic". Over a hundred years since its collapse, many myths and theories have emerged as to why this happened
Chronicle of a stingy (we give the text according to the Esipov Chronicle): `` In the summer of 7093, voivode Vasily Sukin and Ivan Myasnoy came from Russia, with them many Russian people
The laurels of America's discoverer belong to Columbus. However, they tried to take away the palm from him more than once. In particular, the Scandinavians have claimed it more than once. How many copies were broken when the Vinland map was discovered
The gladiatorial battles in ancient Rome were terrifying and at the same time exciting action. Until now, with a shudder, we think about the warriors who entered the arena of the Colosseum and fought, overcoming pain, to the delight of the crowd
The beauties of the Sultans Mahidevran and Ayse, their stories are similar in many ways, however, and differ. How did their fates develop?In order to understand which of the sultans suffered the most with the arrival of a rival, it is necessary to turn to their personalities
Not everyone knows about Amelia Earhart, unlike the United States and Western Europe, where she has remained one of the most popular historical figures for several decades. If we draw analogies, then it may well be called "Chkalov in a skirt
The poisoning of Lieutenant Colonel of the Soviet and Russian State Security Alexander Litvinenko with polonium, the Skripals case with the notorious "newcomer" or lethal injections for criminals sentenced to death in some US states are signs of our days
Ancient DNA samples taken from the remains of two women found in a mountain cave in the Russian Far East suggest that they have close family ties with people living today in this remote and cold corner of Asia
Following in the footsteps of the Siberian pioneers, archaeologists of Tyumen State University investigated their site on Karachinsky Island (Lower Tobolye) and confirmed the high speed of the campaign
Anton Ivanovich Denikin (born December 4 (16), 1872 - death August 7, 1947) Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the South of Russia during the Civil War. Russian Lieutenant General. Political and public figure, writer
The economy in the USSR was planned, money was distributed differently than today. A worker at a factory could receive more than a superior engineer or even a director. Diplomats, military and astronauts made good money
Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Melvin Cook researched natural sources of helium in the earth's atmosphere
90 years ago, a Soviet biologist went to Africa to breed a monkey with a man In February 1926, 90 years ago, a Soviet biologist Ilya Ivanov was sent to Africa - - in order for him to artificially fertilize female chimpanzee seeds
Vladimir Vysotsky and Marina Vladi. Their uneasy romance lasted 12 years. All this time they fought: with the distance between the two countries, the Soviet authorities and bans on traveling abroad, alcohol and a serious illness
In our time, you will hardly surprise anyone with a naked body
Nazism or Knights of the Black Order, 1942, winter - for the first time, numb in the trenches of the Russian steppes, the best soldiers of the Wehrmacht stopped advancing, while the stubborn British and Americans learned to drive tanks
Rosa Luxemburg's disagreements with Lenin are well known
Until now, many archival documents remain classified. Their publicity is believed to be detrimental to the state interests of the Russian Federation - the legal successor of the USSR
December 14, 1825 was remembered by Russian society as the day of the first open confrontation of a group of armed Decembrists against the Tsar's autocracy and became a symbol of freedom and the development of revolutionary thought in Russia
Alexey Petrovich Ermolov was born on May 24 (June 4), 1777 in Moscow in a noble family. His father, a former artilleryman, was brought up in the spirit of respect for the Motherland, Russian traditions and Russian history. According to the customs of that time, he was assigned to military service in early childhood, at the age of nine he was enlisted as a non-commissioned officer in the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment, at the age of 15 he received the rank of captain, at th
Let's figure it out in more detail with the descriptions of the Kulikovo battleIn the descriptions of the Kulikovo battle, warriors of the princely and boyar, that is, the highest military status, are mentioned. But there are important exceptions
This article was compiled, in all likelihood, at the end of the 15th century and is the earliest Russian description of some areas of western Siberia and the peoples inhabiting it. The nature of the news reported in it seems, at first impression, somewhat fabulous, but the research done by Professor Dm
1134 - The first mention of one of the variants of the word ruble - “ruble hryvnia”. The surviving primary source confirming this anniversary does not exist today. However, there are references to this date contained in later historical documents. So
In 350 BC. mathematician and founder of mechanics Archytas Tarentsky invented the wooden mechanical pigeon
In 1902, the book "The Automobile, Its Economic and Strategic Significance for Russia" was published in St. Petersburg. The book was signed to print on January 16, 1901
Hospitallers - members of the Catholic knightly monastic order, which was founded (c. 1099 - our time) in Palestine during the Crusades. Name - from the hospital st
It turns out that the "butterfly effect" exists not only in the bizarre movie starring Ashton Kutcher and in the TV series Boy Meets the World. We really face it in real life! And this is much more than a metaphor for insects and bad weather
Greenwich Dry Dock is home to the last witness of the great tea races: the Cutty Sark clipper, built in Dumbarton, Scotland by Scott & Linton
Undoubtedly, the most important shrine of the Christian world is the Holy Sepulcher. The place where the Son of God rested before the resurrection attracts thousands of pilgrims. Many have fought for the right to possess it. Some doubt its truth
What do we know about the procurators of Judea? One thing, for obvious reasons, was heard by everyone - about the fifth, Pontius Pilate
From the point of view of modern medicine, many of the methods of ancient healers seem to be ineffective and ridiculous
Which of the living peoples is the most ancient? Some peoples have really retained their name for quite a long time, and apparently live in the same places as their ancestors, that is, they are autochthonous
Just a few days ago, the Crimean bridge forever connected two Russian banks
New finds and research by archaeologists of the most ancient layer of the Paleolithic site of Karama in Altai confirmed the hypothesis that primitive man first appeared in the center of Eurasia in modern Siberia about 800 thousand years ago, the magazine said
The beginning of the path 1865, December 24 - on Christmas Eve, six young people gathered in the small town of Pjulaski in the South of America, in the state of Tennessee, and for their entertainment they organized a secret society, something like a club
Fernand Magellan (Fernand di Magalhães) - (born 20 November 1480 - death 27 April 1521
Our idea of gladiators is shaped by Hollywood films, which are characterized by a large proportion of cinematic fantasy. It's time to dispel the misconceptions that were born from watching historical films