Secrets of history 2024, October

A strange burial was found in 2009 on the island of Lazzaretto Nuovo, located in the Venetian lagoon, 3 km northeast of the city

On the banks of the Yenisei in Tuva, archaeologists have discovered rare jewelry of nomads of the 2nd century BC. e. - 1st century AD BC made of bronze and coal

A huge tomb, created from multi-ton stones more than 6 thousand years ago, began to be investigated by Polish archaeologists

The Chelyakovitsky cemetery, accidentally discovered near the town of Chelyakovitsy in 1994, is considered the only "vampire cemetery". Strange burial dates back to X-XI centuries

A person with a weak psyche should not dream of a career as an archaeologist. To find Troy and the ancient treasures of the chance, frankly, not enough

Here we go again! They found the grave of Genghis Khan again. And again - In Kazakhstan. No, our people will more than once make the Shaker of the Universe turn over in his grave! Only the search for Atlantis is more exciting than the search for the cherished grave

To hide the burial place of the founder of the Mongol Empire, his entourage killed tens of thousands of people. The vastness of the Mongol Empire surpassed all the states that ever existed

Genghis Khan died on August 25, 1227 at the age of 72 on the territory of the Tungut state of Xi-Xia during his campaign to this country in 1226. Now it is the territory of Inner Mongolia (China)

From childhood, school textbooks exclaimed in unison: Boris Godunov is a negative character, period. Time of Troubles, Great Famine, the establishment of cruel serfdom, what else do you want? And we believed meekly

When I was preparing this article, the question arose: how many percent of the World Ocean has people managed to explore at the moment

Some of the most mesmerizing mysterious unsolved crimes revolve around people who appeared out of nowhere and died under very strange circumstances

The legendary wrestler Ivan Poddubny was the pride of national sports, a real national hero. However, he ended his days in poverty, unable to even eat his fill. Although officially death came from a heart attack …Ivan Maksimovich Poddubny was born on September 26 (October 8 in a new style), 1871 in Ukraine, in the village of Bohodukhovka, Zolotonosha district, Poltava province, in a large peasant family. A

In the view of the Old Believers, Belovodye is a paradise on earth, into which only those who are pure in soul can enter. Belovodye was called the Land of Justice and Prosperity, but people still argue about where it is

South Ural scientists studying the Sintashta archaeological culture made a presentation at the Ural archaeological meeting

Exactly 100 years ago, in October 1917, with virtually no resistance, the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia, which until recently was one of the strongest empires in the world. Why did it happen? A number of factors led to this

Is it possible to imagine a state without an economy, and an economy without monetary circulation? Of course, it is impossible, even if the country is governed by the Provisional Government

After the October Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks resolutely began to destroy everything connected with the church. The main church holidays, including Christmas, immediately fell under the ban. Even the Christmas tree was banned

During World War II, Germany and its allies (Italy, Romania, Finland, etc.) suffered the greatest losses on the Eastern Front - according to various estimates, from a third to a quarter of all killed and wounded - during the war with the Soviet Union

In the second Russian - The February revolution intertwined not only various internal factors, but also several external trends that reflected the economic and geopolitical interests of certain world groups of influence, common to which was the desire to

A piece of marble, a hammer and a chisel - that seems to be all that the craftsmen have used since antiquity in the manufacture of their sculptures. What do you say to that? Is it really straight and chisel for a stone?A sculpture of a girl from the Vorontsov Palace in Alupka (by Quintilian Corbellini)

Runes are the writing of the Scandinavian peoples, which arose in ancient times. The word "rune" itself is translated as "secret", and for a long time they were used only as magic symbols and for performing rituals, and not at all for writing

Scientists have found confirmation of the confrontation of the Jews with the king of northern Canaan described in the Bible thanks to the clay head of the Egyptian pharaoh, according to the scientific portal Live Science

Once on Christmas It may sound paradoxical, but the legendary sculptor, laureate of five Stalin prizes Vera Mukhina was born in Riga in the family of a wealthy merchant, alien to any revolutionary mood

Did you know that the sphinxes, standing along the University embankment in St. Petersburg, are about 3.5 thousand years old. Carved from syenite, they stood at the entrance to a magnificent temple built in Egypt for Pharaoh Amenhotep III

The double-headed eagle has long been the emblem of our country. However, the history of this symbol is far from being as simple as it might seem at first glance.After all, this symbol was not invented in Russia, and not even in Russia - it has a much more ancient origin, which we will talk about today

After the defeat of the Soviet Union in the Cold War, our state changed its attributes. The double-headed eagle became the coat of arms of Russia.State symbols are depicted on flags, documents, seals, including money - bills and coins. Under the Soviet Union, the coat of arms of the USSR with a hammer and sickle was minted on the obverse of each coin

This human tragedy is almost lost against the backdrop of a grand battle.The published book "Memories of the Children of War Stalingrad" has become a real revelation not only for the current generation, but also for war veterans.- Salik.bizThe war broke into Stalingrad suddenly

The word Stalingrad for us is - a symbol of the unparalleled courage and dedication of Soviet soldiers, who, at the cost of huge sacrifices, were able to stop the enemy. But what would happen if the Nazis crossed this most important line of defense?

Both the Stalingrad (1942 - 1943) and the less famous today Rzhevskaya battles (1942 - 1943) became grandiose burial grounds for the German army, after which it could not recover and gave the strategic initiative to the Red Army

The Battle of Stalingrad began on July 17, 1942, when the vanguard detachment of the 192nd rifle division of Colonel Zakharchenko as part of the 676th rifle regiment, the 1st division of the 293rd artillery regiment, 644th tank battalion near the Pronin farm came into contact

Not a single city with a population of half a million suffered such casualties and destruction during the war. To better understand the drama of Stalingrad and the tragedy of its inhabitants in the summer and autumn of 1942, one must first imagine what this Volga city was like before the war and with its beginning

In December 1997, the Guard of Honor (Post number 1) was installed at the Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow. He was buried in a globe of the earth, And he was only a soldier, All, friends, a simple soldier, Without titles and awards

Every year on May 9, Muscovites go to the Eternal Flame to bow to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. However, few people already remember the people who created this memorial. The eternal flame has been burning for 50 years. It seems that he was always

The Crescent Hotel in the American city of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, is considered an unkind place, because in this hotel some mystical stories are constantly happening, allegedly connected with dark forces. Built in 1886, the hotel quickly fell apart and underwent several major restorations

This year there was news about the memorial cross to the last witch who was burned in 1657 in the Scottish city of Petra

The capture of the Izmail fortress was in 1790. The third year of the second Russian-Turkish war, initiated by Turkey, was drawing to a close. The Russian army advanced and won confident victories. However, Turkey was not going to give up. She had a fairly strong army and many fortresses along the banks of the Danube, the most significant of which was Ishmael

On September 10, 1861, the most mysterious prisoner in the entire history of this prison, Mikhail Beideman, was imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress. SPB.AIF.RU tells the story of a nobleman whose case was declassified only decades after his death

There are quite a few different stories and evidence in our history that ships and planes can appear decades after they mysteriously disappeared. While some people do not see any mysticism in this, others believe that such objects disappear in the anomalous zones of the planet and are lost in time and space

Islam is the foundation of the religion of Asia today. But it was not always so. Very few people know about the history of Christianity in Asia, despite the fact that the chronicle of Western Christianity is well known

Sincere faith in higher powers, according to Hitler, should have endowed Germany with even greater strength to enslave the world. In the Third Reich, there were specially established institutes and departments for the study of paranormal forces