Secrets of history 2024, October
Alaska was discovered by the expedition of Gvozdev and Fedorov in 1731. But before them, even before their first voyages, during the life of Peter the Great, another expedition was equipped
This summer it will be 38 years since the mysterious death of two families in a remote Churapcha village. This is perhaps one of the most mysterious incidents throughout the history of Yakutia
Chronicle collection "The Tale of Bygone Years" - the only written source confirming the existence of the so-called Kievan Rus
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, tsantsa were in vogue in Europe and North America
A hundred and fifty years ago, no one heard of Dobermans. And no wonder - in those days this breed simply did not exist in the world. Now everyone knows the Doberman, but somehow one-sided
He was named after the king because his birthday coincided with the birthday of King Frederick William IV
About the attempted coup in the USSR and the war of the Ministry of Internal Affairs against the KGB in 1982, they started talking recently. The plot of this plot is as follows: the Minister of Internal Affairs Nikolay Shchelokov on September 10 came to the reception to L
The history of mankind is the constant progress of technology, accompanied by new discoveries and inventions. We decided to find out how the things that surround us in everyday life were invented and became familiar to us
Nikola Tesla (born July 10, 1856 - death on January 7, 1943) - genius inventor in the field of electrical and radio engineering. Origin
Archaeologists believe that computers and washing machines date back to antiquity. Moreover, ancient people had analogues of NASA and selfies
Hyperborea The legendary country of ancient Greek mythology. Many scientists argue that the Hyperboreans lived in the Russian North many thousands of years ago
The USSR was able to become one of the most powerful countries in the world thanks to the innovative inventions of Soviet scientists. Let's remember the main ones
Learn from mistakes. But with these people - physicists, engineers and even tailors - fate played a cruel joke
Grand Duke Alexander Yaroslavich managed to save Russia in a critical era An outstanding commander, hero of the Battle of the Neva and the Battle of the Ice, Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky was a wise ruler and an experienced diplomat
Today the Church honors the memory of the holy noble Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky, in the schema of Alexy († 1263). In the eyes of the Horde people, Alexander Nevsky was a loyal vassal, diligently guarding the borders of their great empire
The famous poem by Alexander Tvardovsky "I was killed near Rzhev" was written in memory of the Battle of Rzhev - one of the most bloody episodes of the Great Patriotic War
An ancient stone from the River, dotted with runes, as it was previously believed, told of a heroic feat, until a group of Swedish researchers from the University of Gothenburg did not reanalyze and found out that 762 runes do not speak of fearlessness
Let us continue our consideration of the false statements attributed to V. I. Lenin. Fashionable "historical" writers-denunciators of the Soviet period of our Motherland are based on them
Spanish explorer Manuel Cuevas said he was able to find the legendary Atlantis, reports Centro Meteo Italiano
Creditors paid for the maintenance of debtors in a debt prison.The prices for modern collectors would not have been in the time of Ivan the Terrible, when they did not stand on ceremony with debtors. It was Peter I who ruined everything again and replaced the pillars of shame with boring debt pits
The territories of present-day Ukraine and the south of Russia were inhabited by the Aryan tribes for thousands of years before and after their division into Indo-Aryans and Iranians. Aryan is believed to have been the population of Arkaim in the Southern Urals almost two thousand years BC
The laws of the human psyche are still little studied. During psychological experiments, the results can confuse scientists, and sometimes they can shock
Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein is often seen as an illustration of contemporary fears that humanity's pursuit of scientific knowledge and truth may often cross "sacred" moral and ethical boundaries
The surname of the Bobrinsky family was quite well known in the Russian Empire, representatives of this glorious family always had a certain weight at the imperial court
Famous people don't always die a natural death. They often die at the hands of calculating political opponents or insane fanatics. Here is a list of the murders that have shocked humanity the most over the past two hundred years
Was there a generalissimo's bunker near Yaroslavl? This story began in the last century, when a pigsty was built near the village of Mikhailovskoye (now the village of Mikhailovsky) of the Nekrasovsky district of the Yaroslavl region. Built and built
The palace and castle complex, located in the northeastern part of the city of Nesvizh, is famous not only for its historical and cultural value, but also for mystical phenomena
On August 5, 1772, the first partition of the Rzecz Pospolita took place. Austria received Galicia, Prussia - West Prussia, and Russia - Belarus. Russians and Belarusians admit that we are not very different from each other. But still we are different
Russians and Belarusians admit that we are not very different from each other. But still we are different. How Belarus was formed and what is its uniqueness. HISTORY OF WHITE RUSSIA The ethnonym "Belarusians" was finally adopted by the Russian Empire in the 18th - 19th centuries
The Minsk temple (together with its main shrine, the "Dzed" boulder), which operated at the beginning of the 20th century, is now well known to the residents of the capital. They note that the Minsk temple - a unique phenomenon not only for Belarus, but for the whole of Europe
This topic has already been considered, revised and discussed a million times. And still there is no consensus
Xin Zhui - She was the wife of the Imperial Viceroy of Changsha during the Han Dynasty. Perhaps her name would have sunk into oblivion if after her death she had not been mummified
The history of Oak Island is the longest and most mysterious treasure-hunting epic. Everything was here: precious finds, mysteries and discoveries, finally, human sacrifices
Princess Dashkova Ekaterina Romanovna (born March 17 (28), 1743 - see January 4 (16), 1810. Born Countess Vorontsova). The most educated woman of the 18th century, made a huge contribution to the organization of the scientific process in Russia
Of the members of the Stalinist team, this man is the least known. They don't talk about him, they don't write, and when they try to talk, it turns out that there is nothing to say
Catherine Howard (name in history - "Rose without thorns") (born around 1520-1525 - death on February 13, 1542) - queen consort of England 1540 - 1542 BC Fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England
Alternative history is a rather dangerous phenomenon when viewed over long periods of time
On May 4, 1703 in Germany, in the city of Jena, in the tavern "At the Rose", drunken students fought, and one of them, pulling out his sword, killed a comrade
Turks - progenitors of modern Turks, Uzbeks, Kazakhs and other Asians
Trajan's Column - one of the main monuments that survived the fall of Rome. And it remains the subject of scientific controversy to this day