Secrets of history 2024, October

The history of the holiday on March 8. Who took to the streets of New York - textile workers or prostitutes?It seemed that the legends about the creation of the 8 March holiday were as old as the world and known to everyone. Just in case, I checked with my colleagues and realized that many people know only the official version

Long before the 10th century, the time of the adoption of Christianity, the Slavs, having passed a long historical path, had an experience of government based on the ideals of veche government, i.e. corresponding to the time of democracy.They also had developed Vedic culture, Vedic faith

The 110th anniversary of the fall of sorry, not falling, but passing through the atmosphere of the planet Earth of the Tunguska meteorite. Quite recently I could say the Tunguska phenomenon, but today it is 17

The philosopher's stone exists and information about it has survived to this day. According to Russian historians, the undeciphered artifact (the Dunstan manuscript) is the answer to the mystery of the ancient alchemists

No other book is as controversial as the Bible. One of the most controversial questions is whether the Bible can be used as a historical document. 1. Mask of the Mummy Are people reading the correct version of the Bible now?

The death penalty as a phenomenon in the history of Russia has developed along the trajectory of a "roller coaster": from widespread practice as a method of blood feud to fading-flaming turns

Who is the Executioner? A despicable person or a respected citizen? Let's find out the facts. An executioner is a person who is legally involved in torture and murder. The word has Turkish roots and is translated as - "sword".- Salik.biz1 factThe executioner was not a favorite profession and therefore a weak-willed slave was put in this position or a deal was made with criminals sentenced to death

I continue to talk about my trip to the Kaliningrad region. We started in the Neman (How the Teutonic castle "Ragnit" was blown up for filming a movie in the USSR) and move towards Sovetsk.An illustrative situation happened when we left the Neman

In 1987, the entire USSR was shocked by the case of the serial poisoner Tamara Ivanyutina, who poisoned 40 people with the most dangerous thallium. Among the dead were small children. Psychiatrists found Ivanyutina absolutely sane

Before the imposition of a moratorium on the death penalty in our country, capital punishment was carried out by shooting. But on August 1, 1946, the former commander-in-chief of the Russian Liberation Army "traitor No. 1" Andrei Vlasov and a group of his associates were hanged in Moscow

Decapitation is one of the oldest forms of execution, representing the head of a living creature from the body.Since ancient times, it was considered a privileged execution and was carried out in public. In ancient Rome, only Roman citizens were cut off, while others were crucified on the cross

In all centuries, criminals were subjected to the death penalty, sometimes invented for this very exotic ways. Among them were some really cruel ones, which we have collected in this collection.- Salik.bizElephant crushThis type of execution was actively used in the Middle Ages in South and Southeast Asia

Lethal injection - This is exactly the way of punishment that Thai lawmakers chose in 2002 for criminals sentenced to death. Before that, they had been shot with a machine gun for many years

Punishment such as the "death penalty" still exists in the United States, but this country has a long history of so-called "legal" public executions.The last one was held in Owensboro, Kentucky in 1936. Rainey Bethea, a black man, was hanged for the rape and murder of a 70-year-old woman

The death penalty in the United States is a legal penalty in most states. But it is not uncommon for innocent convicts to be subjected to capital punishment.- Salik.biz1. Sacco and VanzettiFerdinando Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants who were shot in 1927 in Massachusetts

Engineering thought never stands still. It develops especially rapidly during periods of wars and other cataclysms

Quite a lot has already been written about the Crimean War. In foreign sources, it is called the Black Sea-Baltic campaign, forgetting about the battles in the Pacific Ocean, apparently there are reasons for that. Some historians call it World War Zero, and with good reason

In different European countries, he used different names: General Saltykov, Prince Rákóczi, Count Tsarogi, Marquis de Montferat, Count de Bellamy, Aymar de Betmar, Marquis de Betmar, Graf Welldone … However, he remained in history mainly as Count Saint Germain … It was said that this immortal Rosicrucian knew Nero and talked with Dante, appeared in Paris on the eve of the Great Revolution and disappeared at the end of the 19th century.Every

We most often perceive human sacrifice as an attribute of uncivilization. Meanwhile, not everything is so simple

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the April day when the Chernobyl disaster occurred. The explosion at the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl NPP, which happened at 2 am on April 26, 1986, destroyed the reactor core

Today marks 30 years since the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the beginning of the elimination of its consequences

Abstract: In the article, the author gives a brief geological and tectonic characteristic of the area where the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located and describes the Chernobyl ring structure

At the beginning of May of this year, the American-British mini-series "Chernobyl" premiered. The title completely predetermines the plot of the film - an accident at a nuclear power plant, which became the largest man-made disaster of that time

More than a quarter of a century has passed since the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and we all somehow forgot that the "peaceful atom" in certain situations can be deadly for a person, especially if he is in inept and inexperienced hands

Writer, journalist, USSR State Prize laureate Vladimir Gubarev:I have strange dreams. A candle appears first. The wax spreads across the map of Europe, gradually filling all corners - from the Urals to Lisbon. This is the poster for my show in Finland

All those who were called upon to eliminate the consequences of the Chernobyl accident call it a mission to the war - a war against invisible radiation that can poison the whole world with its deadly breath. She was stopped, but at a high price - tens of thousands of liquidators of the accident consequences have passed away in 26 years, and many of those who are alive are disabled

Over the 33 years that have passed since the Chernobyl disaster, many alternative versions and conspiracy theories have emerged that explain the causes of the accident in a completely different way.On August 21, 1986, for the first time, the commission's conclusions were made public, according to which the main reason for the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was personnel negligence

The mini-series "Chernobyl", released in May, stunned the audience with its great attention to detail and realism: with its landscapes, buildings and interior elements, it seemed to transport the inhabitants of the countries of the former USSR to the mid-1980s

The history of St. Petersburg is closely connected with the navy. And this is not surprising, because the city has become a gateway (or, if you prefer, a window) to Europe

"Death ship" - this is how the American sailors who boarded the ship in distress were called "Ourang Medan". The entire crew of the ship was dead. Eyewitnesses claimed that the faces of the crew members were turned towards the sky and distorted with agony

HMS Endeavor is a small barque originally intended for the transport of coal. It was built in 1764. The ship would have served its time without leaving a noticeable trace in history, but on March 28, 1768, the state bought it and an unexpected height came in its career

The first time I read about how a warship explodes was in the story "Dagger". There it was concluded that the explosion of the battleship "Empress Maria" was a sabotage, and one of the officers of the ship knew about it. Whether this is true or not, it was not possible to find out, but this assumption and went to walk around the world, yes, in fact, why not?

Until 1912, the history of shipwrecks did not know disasters of such magnitude as the sinking of the Titanic. This is the largest passenger ship of the early 20th century. was built in 1911 in Great Britain. Its displacement is more than 46300 tons, length is about 269 m, width is 28

Relatively recently, the archives of the US Senate Commission of Inquiry on the death of 1,500 passengers of the Titanic ship were declassified, there were also a number of documents labeled "Top Secret", among which were the "Rules for the Safety of Maritime Ships", approved by a conference of the Department of Maritime immediately after the investigation

Everyone saw the ad for chocolate with a name consonant with the rebel ship. Advertising clearly hints at freedom, peace and earthly paradise to those who consume this product. The commercial is clearly aimed at people who do not know the real story of the Bounty ship

It is very strange that almost no one knows about this story, does not make films about it, does not write books. Because it has everything - the luxury of the Roman Empire, sunken ships, treasure hunt, antique artifacts that cardinals and fascists were looking for, as well as mysterious mechanisms created before our era …- Salik.bi

The ship "Terror", which sank 170 years ago, has been preserved in perfect condition. This may help uncover the mystery of his death.In 2016, a ship called the Terror was discovered in the icy waters off King William Island in the far north of Canada, shipwrecked in the mid-19th century

Everyone knows the story of the Titanic crash. Many have seen films about this disaster. This is a terrifyingly true story about an "unsinkable ship" that sank anyway and claimed the lives of more than 1,500 people.In fact, there were many opportunities to prevent this tragedy or make it less catastrophic

Exactly 25 years ago, a plane crash occurred in Kuibyshev with numerous human casualties.Unfortunately, aviation accidents have become a sad routine of our time. Alarming messages about the fall of another plane or helicopter almost two or three times a week come from one or another corner of the Earth

British journalist Chenan Meloni studied the history of the Titanic for 30 years and came to a "sensational" conclusion: the main cause of the crash was a fire in a fuel storage, which lasted about two weeks. This is interesting, of course, but don't you think that he hasn't told us anything new?