Secrets of history 2024, October

The Templars left an indelible mark on the history of mankind. Many secrets of this order have not yet been solved. And just recently, archaeologists discovered the old Roselyn Chapel, which once belonged to the Claire family

We all know that today this day is celebrated as International Women's Day. But here's the problem, if you ask someone where this holiday came from, most likely he will shrug his shoulders and spread his shoulders without giving an answer. And so the vast majority of people will

Since in French the temple is Temple (Templar), the members of this knightly order were called the Templars. The order was created in Palestine in 1018-1119

Theorists of communism were confident that someday all countries and peoples of our planet will voluntarily choose the communist path of development, and then long-awaited happiness for all mankind will come

The head of the garrison in occupied Kharkov, the commander of the 68th German infantry division, Major General Georg von Braun, issued an order: “Every resident who knows the places where mines, time bombs, explosive shells are laid, or

The classification of the Finno-Ugric languages began in the 17th century, when the German scientist Martin Vogel proved the relationship of the Finnish, Sami and Hungarian languages. More fully and thoroughly, this classification was substantiated in the XVIII century

The most important role in Hitler's ideology was played by mythology and occult knowledge. With their help, he not only found confirmation of the superiority of the Germanic nation, but also hoped to get a tool for creating a race of supermen

This woman can rightfully be called a model of female fidelity. Having lost her husband, she found a way to brutally take revenge on his killers, and when she was forced to marry again, she chose to renounce the faith of her ancestors, just not to go down the aisle again

The people involved in the construction of Stonehenge were well fed. Analysis of food fragments found on the walls of pots during excavations near an ancient structure revealed a lot about the diet of people of the Stone Age

Zheng Shi is rightfully considered the most terrible pirate in the history of China. In her homeland, a woman became a nightmare for the emperor and government troops. They could not cope with her by force, but managed to shake the authority, playing on the greed of her commanders

1914, midsummer, July 28 - this date is known as the beginning of the First World "Great Great War"

Usually South America is presented as a promised land for fugitive Nazis, including the Fuhrer himself and Bormann. Recently found archival documents reveal a completely different picture of the work of agents of the Third Reich in this hemisphere

What made a Catholic priest in common with a revolutionary and famous writers, how to confess love using only the names of notes, and what difficulties the creator of one of the first artificial languages had to face

Chinese leader and teacher Mao Zedong firmly believed that a man can gain immortality only if he constantly changes partners

Hassan ibn Sabbah planned to take possession of the fortress, in which, with his adepts, he could hide from the persecution of the Seljukids and prepare forces for further struggle

Tradition called Olga Khitroy, the church - Holy, history - Wise. Karamzin Olga was born in the Pskov Territory (the city of Pskov was not yet there), but by life - country Pleskovskaya

Not only in our homeland, the common people for centuries believed in a good king. Much earlier, in the Middle East, this idea sunk deeply into the souls of poor Muslims. Only they were not waiting for the king, but for the hidden imam, with the arrival of whom the time of goodness and justice will come throughout the whole earth …Dissensions among Muslims began immediately after the death of the founder of Islam, the Prophet Muhammad, who did not appoint a successor

Such a phrase as "Stalin's Bunker" is shrouded in some mystery and mysticism. Perhaps this is due to the fact that information about these secret hideouts of the first person of the state for so many years has overgrown with many legends and rumors

Many centuries ago, the dark glory of the organization of elusive ideal assassins - began. assassins (translated from Arabic - "eating hashish")

A new discovery that could shed light on some little-known events of World War II made in the Baltic

The first victim of the founder of the order was his school friend Hasan ibn Sabbah, the founder of the Assassin Order, nicknamed the "Old Man of the Mountain", was born into a family of moderate Shiites, but after studying in Cairo he switched to the more radical teachings of the Nizari

Each metropolis with a solid history, in addition to the visible part, also has an invisible, underground one. Moscow also has Metro-2, all data about which is covered with a veil of secrecy

On August 12, 1937, at 18 hours 15 minutes Moscow time, a four-engine aircraft with tail number N-209 was launched from the Shchelkovsky airfield, near Moscow, for a flight across the North Pole to the USA

In the declassified archives of the NKVD for 1939, there is information about the top-secret for that time KUR (Kiev fortified region)

As you know, history does not know the subjunctive mood, but historical analysis is unthinkable without it. Fortune-telling of this kind associated with Lenin was especially widespread at the beginning of "perestroika"

Advances in medicine make it possible to save a lot of human lives, but there are times when medical scientists, hoping for a revolutionary breakthrough in their industry, direct their forces against considerations of medical ethics

The last name Rockefeller has long been synonymous with wealth. It was a representative of this dynasty who became the first dollar billionaire in history. Where did the Rockefellers come from?

The image of Grigory Rasputin has become the most mythologized in Russian history. Perhaps none of the famous figures received such contradictory assessments. His personality was overgrown with rumors and legends, sometimes completely implausible

Michael Rockefeller was not the "golden boy" of his father, America's richest citizen, Nelson Rockefeller. He studied at the university, served in the army - everything is like people

What will happen if a boy is told for half his life that he is a girl? And if you torture a person with an electric shock or force the subject to cut off the head of a living rat? We have collected nine of the most cruel and senseless psychological experiments in history

The Byzantine Empire of that period of history is a world filled with palace intrigues, treachery and cruelty used in the struggle for power

American historian, professor at Stanford University Anthony SATTON in the book "Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution" proved that the Bolsheviks came to power on the money of several of the largest American banks

July 21, 1906 - one hundred and ten years ago - Minister of Internal Affairs Petr Arkadievich Stolypin was appointed to the post of chairman of the Council of Ministers. Now I would say - the "silovik" came

What do we know about the founder of the Rockefeller clan? We've read, of course, how ruthless John Rockefeller was in doing business. According to the established opinion, he was not tough. He was cruel

53 years later, the murder of the 35th President of the United States still leaves more questions than answers. In the American state of Texas on November 22, 1963, there was perhaps the most high-profile crime in the history of the country

In the early days of summer in 1962, a monstrous tragedy broke out in the city of Novocherkassk, the details of which were hushed up until the time of Perestroika. This event - the bloody suppression of the "anti-Soviet rebellion" - became the flip side of how the CPSU established "the unity of power and people

On April 10, 1883, the Peasant Land Bank opened in Russia. The new financial institution was called upon to solve the land issue, helping peasants to acquire plots for private ownership

The first money appeared several centuries before our era. And already at that time, the first moneylenders began to appear, lending money at a certain percentage

There have been disputes about the authenticity of the Veles book since the publication of its first excerpts. The overwhelming majority of scientists are sure that in the 50s the world was presented with a gross fake for a historical monument. But there are also defenders of its authenticity

Paleoufology is a science that studies the traces of a possible visit to the Earth in ancient times by representatives of other civilizations. Accordingly, paleocontact is the contact of earthlings with UFOs in ancient times