Secrets of history 2024, October
A love story that descendants are trying to rewrite. People who lived in Russia at the end of the XIX - at the beginning of the 20th century, little thought about what their image would be in the eyes of distant descendants
Jack the Ripper - is the notorious serial killer who stalked and killed women on the streets of London during the Victorian era
Historical inconsistencies are not immediately evident, but if you start to think about it, then … Any student of the metallurgical course knows that first people learned to extract high-carbon metal from bog ore, then low-carbon one, and only then by analogy with non-ferrous metal ore. O
Eunuchs were ideal servants of the harem, used out of a simple precaution: so that the concubines lived in safety and pleased only their master. But there was one more reason
On March 3, 1613, the Zemsky Sobor elected Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov to the kingdom. How was the first tsar from the Romanov family elected, who was behind this, and could a different decision be made? Candidates There were many contenders for the Russian throne
After the 1917 revolution, hundreds of thousands of people fled from Soviet Russia. For many who constituted the glory and pride of the country, the last refuge was the Russian cemetery in the Paris suburb of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois
The Great Troubles in Russia ended in 1613 with the election of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov by the Zemsky Sobor. The country was terribly devastated by crop failures and enemy invasion
History, as a corrupt girl, - falls under any new "king". So, the modern history of our country has been rewritten many times
July 17 will mark one hundred years since the murder of the Royal family - Nicholas II, his wife and children. After the collapse of the USSR, the circumstances of the death of monarchs became one of the most discussed topics
Who and why needed to shoot the king who had renounced power and his relatives with his servants? (Versions) The first version (New war) A number of historians say that neither Lenin nor Sverdlov are responsible for the murder of the Romanovs
But few know that it was with the beginning of the reign of the Romanov dynasty, who are not without reason considered henchmen of the West, that they began to rewrite Russian history in Russia. Paradoxically, but true: this process continues to this day
Varvara Ponomareva - historian, specialist in the history of Russian culture XVIII - early XX century. Member of the Faculty of History, Moscow State University. Why should we be grateful to the royal family for the Christmas tree?
Sometimes one can hear a very bitter phrase from historians that history is like a corrupt girl - obeys any next "king". Regretfully, we must admit - Russian history has been rewritten many times
The Romanov dynasty - Russian boyar family, which bore the surname Romanovs from the end of the 16th century. 1613 - a dynasty of Russian tsars that ruled for more than three hundred years. 1917, March - abdicated
Fedor III Alekseevich Romanov (born May 30 (June 9) 1661 - death April 27 (May 7) 1682) - - Tsar and Grand Duke of All Russia, from the Romanov family. The years of government 1676 - 1682. Father - Alexey Mikhailovich Romanov
Sofya Alekseevna Romanova (born on September 17 (27), 1657 - death on July 3 (14), 1704) - princess, ruler-regent of the Russian kingdom. Daughter of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and his first wife - Maria Ilyinichna Miloslavskaya
Who Really Were The False Romanovs, Who Claimed To Have Escaped From The Shooting - Alternative View
In 1918, the Bolsheviks passed judgment on the royal family without trial or investigation. The Romanovs were shot at dawn on July 17, finished off with bayonets, the remains were doused with sulfuric acid and buried
The publication by Japanese geneticists of the results of a study of human remains, which the official Russian authorities recognized as the remains of Nikolai Romanov's family, made a lot of noise
Today it is customary to deify family members of the last Romanov dynasty, who ruled Russia for more than three centuries in total
Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov (born 12 (22) July 1596 - death 13 (23) July 1645) - Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Duke of All Russia. Board from February 21 (March 3) 1613 - to 13 (23) July 1645
Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova; (born 5 (18) June 1901 - death 17 July 1918) - Grand Duchess, fourth daughter (three more daughters - Olga, Tatiana and Maria) of Emperor Nicholas 2 and Alexandra Feodorovna
The proof of the poet's immortality is interest in his descendants. Scientists have counted 58 branches in Pushkin's family tree. It is clear that there is no possibility and sense to list all the names. It would make a volume the size of a phone book
On March 30, 1867, an agreement was signed in Washington on the sale by Russia of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands to the United States of America. There are thousands of myths about the sale of Alaska
According to The Tale of Bygone Years, the Slavs left Central Europe, from the banks of the Danube, and the history of Russia began in 853, when Russia was first remembered. However, this is a rather late date for comparison with Rome, for example
Why Alexander II ceded "Russian America" and what this deal gave our country 150 years ago an agreement was signed in Washington on the sale of Russian Alaska to the United States of America
Alice of Hesse (Holstein-Gottorp), Grand Duke Ernst-Ludwig of Hesse, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Hesse, Victoria of Hesse, Irena of Hesse, Eleonora of Hesse
In 1917, our state was shaken by two revolutions, followed by a bloody civil conflict. The result of the four-year war was the victory of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army, the defeat of the military formations of the White movement and the establishment of socialism in the country
If Fidel Castro were the leader of any country other than Cuba, he would look like the most paranoid head of state: Fidel was convinced that the US government and its CIA were determined to destroy both himself and his regime
His father, Nosenko Ivan Isidorovich, Stalin's favorite, selflessly devoted to the leader, the minister of shipbuilding, died of a heart attack in 1954, when he learned about Khrushchev's decision to reduce appropriations for the country's Navy, in particular, the refusal
The MK Ultra project remains one of the most inhuman and outrageous designs in human history and one of the fewest CIA secrets ever uncovered. It combines a series of experiments carried out in 1950-1970
American intelligence has long claimed to be the best in the world. However, this very "best intelligence" did not really succeed in operations against the Soviet Union: the main failures of the CIA happened here
Twenty years ago, in August 1998, one of the bloodiest wars in modern history began
The Great European War of 1701-1714, nicknamed the War of the Spanish Succession, can rightfully be considered one of the world wars. Almost all major states of Western, Central and Southern Europe took part in it
In 1917, during the First World War, a mysterious incident occurred on the territory of Belgium. In preparation for the Battle of Paschendale - the biggest battle of the war - there were many distractions
Not far from the Baltic Sea, traces of a massive battle have been discovered that took place on the bridge over the Tollense River about 3200 years ago and in which several thousand soldiers from two ancient Germanic tribes warring among themselves participated
At the end of the 15th century, a single Russian state was formed with its capital in Moscow. In 1478, the Moscow Grand Duke Ivan III annexed the vast Novgorod state to his possessions, in 1485 - Tver Grand Duchy, in 1489 - Vyatka
Alexey Maksimovich Kaledin (born 12 (24) October 1861 - death 29 January (11 February) 1918) - general from the cavalry. The military chieftain of the Don Cossack army. One of the main leaders of the White Cossack movement
Before proceeding to consider the hostilities on the Eastern Front during the First World War, it is necessary to remember / find out / explain / tell (underline as necessary) what the Russian Imperial Army represented during this period
Battle of Jutland (May 31 - June 1, 1916) - the largest naval battle in the North Sea during World War I, where the British and German fleets met in a general engagement
Operation on the Somme River Battle of the Somme - battle in the French theater of the First World War, the British and French armies against Germany. Held from 1 July to 18 November 1916 on both banks of the Somme