Secrets of history 2024, October
Homer, "Odyssey": "There is a sad region of Cimmerians, Covered with eternally wet fog and mist of clouds; Never shows the eyes of people the face of radiant Helios …" The Greeks called the Northern Black Sea region Cimmeria, including the Crimea
Crimea has always been a cauldron of peoples, where the fate of peoples and entire states was decided. The ancient and modern history of the peninsula keeps many mysteries, some of which we still have to solve
The Crimean Goths are one of the most mysterious peoples in history. Having lived for almost a millennium in Crimea, they disappeared without a trace in the 17th century - after the conquest of the peninsula by the Ottoman Turks
The description of the cave cities appeared in the writings of the first Russian travelers, who found the ancient cities and settlements already dead, their ground buildings by that time were erased by time
Napoleon argued that whoever knows history knows the future. The great emperor was really right: our past, in fact, largely determines the vector of development
Foreigners testified that fornication and adultery in Russia was in abundance. Of course, both the church and secular authorities tried to fight this. However, the temptations of lust were often stronger than any prohibitions
290 years ago, on September 19, 1727, the young Tsar Peter II signed a decree on the exile and deprivation of all ranks of Prince Alexander Menshikov. Almighty favorite Alexander Danilovich, thanks to his talents, rose to prominence under Tsar Peter the Great
Alexander Suvorov wrote: “We are Russians! What a delight! " Let's agree with the great commander and remember 50 facts about the Russian people. 1. Koreans in the USSR called the Russians "Maoz", which translates as "bearded man". 2
A new understanding of the content of a 14-month positional battle in the central sector of the Soviet-German front is presented as a strategy of tying up large German forces with the threat of intercepting communications and forcing them to bear heavy losses in counterattacks in order to prevent these threats
YOU MUST RETURN SANTA HRYAKUS. - What for? For the sake of peace, goodwill and the ringing of magic bells? Yes, no one cares! He's just an old fat clown who makes people have fun in fear
The Soviet Union has many recognizable symbols throughout the world - from traditional and already boring nesting dolls, samovars and earflaps to the monument "Worker and Collective Farm Woman"
We are accustomed to the fact that metal money should be round. However, there was a time when unusual coins were minted in Russia - square
It cost only 24 dollars in recalculation, but it was not paid in money in the form of coins or paper money, as we know them today. The sale dealt with the island of Manhattan (New York), which today is worth countless millions of dollars
Every person who lived in the USSR was daily faced with the results of the special creativity of this artist, but few know his name. He is the author of almost all banknotes of that period
At the end of 2010, the President of the United States awarded Paul McCartney the John F Kennedy Center for the Arts Prize for his contribution to the development of American culture. The reader will learn a little later about why we took the name of the legendary Beatle in quotation marks
"Contemporary historical literature - especially its "serious", academic part - strikes the unbiased reader with a strange combination of factual completeness, thoroughness and meticulousness with an amazing conceptual helplessness, a peculiar
When talking about the horrors of World War II, they most often mean German concentration camps. But even there there were no atrocities for which one of the divisions of the Japanese army, known as Detachment 731, became famous
People do not become swindlers, they are born that way. True, not all of them embark on a criminal path, many successfully use their abilities in business or simply in love affairs, but often they turn out to be inveterate scammers
Before starting the story, it is worth dedicating a couple of words to the personality of our hero - Khorezmshah Jelal-ad-Din Menguberti, the last ruler of a nonexistent state, the son of a man who had everything and died with nothing, the enemy of the Mongols number 1, the prince who
The first envelope, which included postage, was issued in England at the same time as the first stamp in 1840. The allegorical design on the envelope depicted a woman who represented Britain, who sent messages to all parts of the world
This hero would probably never have become the owner of the highest insignia of the USSR if fate had not brought him together with another hero - - Lev Davidovich Trotsky
300 years ago, the Secret Office was created, a special service dealing with the country's internal security. Modern Russian state security institutions originate from her and the Preobrazhensky order
In December 1937, China was at war with Japan for six months
In the Middle Ages, Europeans believed that the coffin with the body of the Prophet Mohammed (Muhammad) hovers, held by magnets, in the middle of Mecca
For the first time, Spanish scholars analyzed primitive art in terms of location and era. The results of the work were published in the journal L ' Anthropologie
Each book - its own destiny. Some remain hidden in the desks of their authors, others are gathering dust on the bookshelves, and still others - and ndash; drive readers crazy
In the VI century. from the fragments of various tribes in Altai, a new people was formed - Turks. They were skilled metallurgists, created magnificent cavalry in armor of steel plates, armed with long sabers and spears
On January 8, 1977, terrorist attacks took place in the Soviet capital for the first time since pre-revolutionary times. With an interval of thirty-odd minutes in the very center of Moscow, three explosions were heard one after another, claiming the lives of seven people. Suffered about 40
I, a young Soviet schoolgirl, addressed this question to my granny in 1975. It was a school assignment: to ask your relatives about their difficult life under the king and to compose a story
On April 17, 1912, a demonstration of workers protesting against harsh living conditions was shot by government troops in the Lena mines
Traditionally it is believed that the power of - male occupation. However, history has repeatedly refuted this statement. There are plenty of examples when female hands confidently coped with the reins of government of the world's greatest empires
Written sources of the XI-XII centuries are full of names of participants in the tumultuous events of the history of medieval Russia and Western Europe. Not only outstanding princes, but also many boyars and princesses left their memory
Five years ago, our newspaper talked with the unique ophthalmologist Elnar Mammadovich Akhmedov. In his work, Elnar Akhmedov is guided not only by the latest achievements in the field of medicine, but often refers to the experience of the ancients
On February 11, 1985, there was a big and then, naturally, classified emergency at the Salyut-7 station. Astronauts Dzhanibekov and Savinykh received the Stars of Heroes for their flight, but in reality it was extraordinary. So what was this emergency?
A Soviet laser cannon damaged the American shuttle, and the development of bacteriological weapons led to the creation of a zombie virus. Conspiracy theorists constantly talk about secret objects
In 1581, occultists John Dee and Edward Kelly announced that they had received a message from the angels in which they presented them with the basics of language with which to communicate "with the other side."
Long before the sailors made their first round the world voyages, long before religious bonfires and executions, the ancient Greeks were convinced that the Earth was not only round, but also revolved around the sun and its axis
Alekseev Mikhail Vasilievich (born 3 (15) November 1857 - death on September 25 (8 October) 1918) - Russian General of Infantry (1914), Adjutant General (1916)
By the nature of his duties, he kept in touch with the High Command of the Wehrmacht and was considered one of the most influential and well-informed employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The psychic attack can be different. Sometimes she brings a truce, but more often she multiplies the victims. Used since ancient times, this technique still exists today. "Attack of the Dead" is one thing