Secrets of history 2024, October

Many legends and fables originated in the history of the Order of the Knights of the Temple of Zion, who were also called the Templars. Opponents of Catholicism have always portrayed them as innocent victims of the Catholic Church and King Philip IV of France

Russian folk entertainments were sometimes, as they say, not for the faint of heart. An illustrative example of this - bear fun. Ice baiting Bear fun has existed in Russia since ancient times

For the first time, many will read about the USSR Sea Space Fleet. It was sold out and scrapped for a long time, like almost all the space pride of our country, and the memory of the great scientific ships that provided Soviet space exploration was gradually erased from the history of the star race, and the unique ships turned into ghost ships

In the 60s of the last century, at the height of the Cold War between the USSR and the United States, both countries competed not only in the space sphere. As you know, this race ended with the fact that it was the Americans who landed a man on the moon

In the entire history of the USSR, perhaps, there was no nationality that did not correspond to the communist system as much as the Gypsies. Whatever the Soviet government did with the gypsies, just to socialize them. All to no avail.- Salik

In 1492, the august couple Ferdinand and Isabella, seeking to enlist the support of the all-powerful Rome, spent 50 thousand gold ducats to ensure that their protege Rodrigo Borgia, who became Pope Alexander VI, better known as and

One of the most mysterious and mythical tribes, about which there are many legends and which no one has ever seen - they are druids. The most plausible description of this people is found among the ancient Celts

We know little about the mysterious druids, ancient Celtic priests. For the most part, this information comes from the records of ancient and ancient Roman authors, and a few archaeological finds. The Greek traveler Pytheas, who lived in the 4th century BC, was the first to write about the Druids

Previous part: Druid triads As for the "islands in the north of the world", - they are subject to the same relationship between the human and the divine, thanks to which the druids are involved in both

Previous part: Orientation in space Where did the druids and their teachings come from? The name of the Druids first appears in Caesar's Commentaries, around 50 BC. eh

Previous Part: Islands in the North of the World Long before Tuatha de Dannan, Partolon, the leader of the first race that inhabited Ireland, already had druids with him, although only three: “These are the leaders of Partolon: Partolon himself, Slanga, Laiglinne and Rudraige

Previous Part: The Otherworld and the Death of a Druid The word "ichtar" in the Irish language means both "down" and "north", while "tuas" - - together and "up" and "south"; in the Breton language, traces of this primitive spatial orientation have been preserved

"Titanic" - at the beginning of the XX century, the largest passenger ship, which belonged to the British postal and passenger steamship company "White Star Line" - was built in 1911. With a displacement of 46328 tons, a length of 269 m, a speed of 25 knots

From the very moment the Estonian state appeared on the map of Europe, it was obvious to the local government that without the early formation of national armed forces, the young republic would disappear in the shortest possible time. True, hardly anyone could foresee the thorny path along which they had to go

The tragedy that took place on the night of April 14-15 more than a hundred years ago struck everyone to the core. A lot of time has passed since then, but people continue to discuss the details of the terrible incident and revisit the famous film, which has become one of the most profitable in the history of world cinema

More than a hundred years have passed since the sinking of the most luxurious and most unfortunate liner in history. However, the details of this tragedy still excite the imagination. After many decades, new facts emerge. Interestingly, people are equally interested in the details of the sad end of the Titanic, and in the description of the luxurious conditions that were created on it

Lemonade "Buratino" has become one of the symbols of happiness for almost every Soviet child. Almost the same as the Olivier salad was. However, at that time it was served on children's birthdays along with the coveted bottles of a sweet drink

What Russian does not like tea, or at least is unfamiliar with this word. And with the word teapot, cup? You smile indulgently. Then here is the bowl and the letter Y - belly. For tea drinking and tea ceremony, even the initial letter in the ancient ABC is provided

"I drank honey, beer, flowed down my mustache, but I didn't get into my mouth!" Even if you have not read fairy tales for a long time, you should remember this phrase. The Little Humpbacked Horse, Ruslan and Lyudmila, The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of Koschey the Immortal … honey-beer everywhere. B

The outgoing year turned out to be rich in investigations. Police officers, detectives, scientists and even random people unraveled unthinkable cases, collecting the missing details bit by bit. Some were helped by modern technology and professionalism, while others were helped by curiosity and luck

If you investigate the origin of the legendary Barbie, then her "grandmother" was Borghild - a sex doll specially created by order of Hitler for the soldiers of the German army

We sell rain Glory scattered instantly, orders began to arrive in batches from all over California

The central field of the fragment contains small asterisks and an encrypted record. The total number of stars is 121. Among the special numbers of our ancestors, the number 121 does not occur

The plants depicted in the Voynich manuscript look quite real, but such flowers do not exist in nature. He has never seen anything like it

I want to show you part of the historical selection of historical fact in chronological order. The work is not finished yet. Consider it a draft. So…August 26, 1941. An order was received to evacuate troops from the capital of Estonia - Tallinn. G

1941, September 13. To restore the situation, a special battalion of marines was thrown into battle, which, due to the mediocrity of its commander, the colonel, attacked the fortified positions of the enemy head-on. The battalion was knocked out in half

The Voynich manuscript is based on several mysteries. The main ones can be considered the language used in writing it and who wrote it. After analyzing the text of the Voynich manuscript, we managed to find several clues in it

In general, the Voynich manuscript is a collection of plant drawings, pie charts, unknown female ceremonies and a significant text part. According to external signs, it can be attributed to some kind of encyclopedic reference

A selection of facts was produced by Pavel Shasherin At a party conference held in early 1941, on the eve of the war, Malenkov, making a report, naturally read and corrected by Stalin, said: “We do not need party members even from pre-revolutionary

Selection and chronology by Pavel Shasherin. Vladimir Svyatoslavovich Saint reigns since June 11, 978. In the summer of the 980s, he introduced the cult of worship of Perun and Old Slavic deities. 1000 summer

Some new discoveries are not made at a jump start. It is presented to us how Newton saw an apple falling in a tree and deduced his theory, which was included in all world reference books

Everyone watched the film "Pearl Harbor", but how many people know the eve of this event - "Day of Shame". Was the war so unexpected for the Navy of S.Sh.A

Read and think about what numbers represent to us. On June 22, 1941: there were 4 million 901 thousand 800 people in the Red Army, 29 million, 574 thousand, 900 people were mobilized after June 22, 34 million in total served during the Second World War

A word about the Grand Duke Dmitry Ivanovich and about his brother - Prince Vladimir Andreevich, how they defeated their adversary - king Mamai

Before the Ecumenical Council of 1054, before the Great Schism, the same saints were venerated in Kievan Rus as in the rest of Europe. In Russia, not only the apostles, common Christian martyrs for the faith and outstanding church figures were considered saints, but also several popes and some Western kings

The Apostle Andrew the First-Called, perhaps, can be called the most famous disciple of Jesus Christ. After the execution of the Savior, this true Catcher of men traveled around many countries, preaching the word of God. Twenty centuries ago, he visited our northern region, and therefore began to be revered here as the heavenly patron of the Russian land

Canadian Granger Taylor lived in the town of Duncan. that on Vancouver Island, and since childhood was obsessed with mechanics and digging in all sorts of pieces of iron. At the age of 14, he dropped out of school to build an antique one-cylinder car from scratch, which is now in the local forest museum

Sergius of Radonezh is revered as the spiritual Guardian of the Russian people, the Wonderworker, the Saint, about whom every Orthodox person knows.But few people know that he was a Russian Magus, called to preserve the spirituality and purity of the Faith of his people

In Christianity, each craft has its own patron. Hunters also have their own patrons. True, Catholics and Orthodox have different saints here. Our domestic hunters ask Saint Tryphon for luck, and Western European ones ask Saint Hubert.In early Christian times, hunting was considered a useful, but not at all a godly trade

The American economy should have collapsed 32 years ago.October 19, 1987 went down in US history as Black Monday. On this day, the American economy was closer than ever to collapse.- Salik.bizPrior daysnThe day of October 14 at New York was passed in the usual madness, accompanied by the joyful exclamations of brokers who made a good deal and curses at the wrong ones