History
10-09-2025
The mystery of Nikolai Gogol's skull: who needed the ...
The life and work of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol has always been shrouded in mysticism. Therefore, is it any wonder that strange and ...
09-09-2025
22 impressive photos of things and phenomena that prove how ...
Our world is so huge and diverse that you can replenish your piggy bank of knowledge about it at least every day. In today's ...
09-09-2025
The most important photographs of the 20th century according ...
The last century was the most tragic, memorable and bright for humanity. There were wars, there were important scientific and ...
09-09-2025
23 stunning shots of Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick is a famous director and screenwriter who had a huge influence on American cinema. His talent was already ...
09-09-2025
A collection of archival frames, each of which will tell its ...
Sometimes photos can tell much more than history textbooks. Such pictures from different countries and different time periods are ...
08-09-2025
Stunning Sophia Loren during the filming of the movie " ...
The Millionaire is a 1960 British romantic comedy film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers. Set ...
08-09-2025
Gambler, saint or genius — 10 little-known facts about Leo ...
112 years ago, on November 10 (new style), 1910, Russian writer Leo Tolstoy left his own house after collecting only the ...
08-09-2025
Photos of the Crimean War of 1853-1856
On September 9, 1855, after the heaviest battles, the 349-day defense of Sevastopol ended. In connection with this event, every ...
08-09-2025
The evil fate of Leonie Dantes - the daughter of ...
Many people know that Georges Dantes, who mortally wounded Pushkin in a duel, was married to Catherine, the sister of the poet’s ...
08-09-2025
The riddle of the Second World War: why did the Germans at ...
It sounds strange, but the soldiers of the Third Reich, which was an openly homophobic state, often sinned at the front by dressing ...
08-09-2025
The first Soviet film adaptation of "12 chairs" with ...
Hayday or Zakharov, Gomiashvili and Mironov, Filippov or Papanov — disputes about what the Soviet adaptation of «Twelve ...
08-09-2025
A vibrator and 6 other items that people use for other purposes
Some things were invented for a completely different purpose than what we use them for now. But this is even better!
08-09-2025
Amazakhs are indigenous light—skinned Africans related to ...
It is generally believed that the indigenous population of Africa are people with dark skin or, at least, very dark and ...
08-09-2025
Paradise Lost: what is in an abandoned mansion worth 224 ...
The magnificent house, which is called the "American Versailles", is located in Pennsylvania. The huge building with luxurious ...
07-09-2025
Trash from the 70's: melodies and rhythms of Yugoslav pop
Gidroperitny blonde with Fox tails, languid women leopard suits among birches, shocking men with red hair and a solid uncles in ...
07-09-2025
Salting, dying and other strange rituals practiced in Rus'
Every nation has its own customs and rituals. Now this is no longer so relevant, but once upon a time rituals accompanied a person ...
07-09-2025
10 historical films in which costume designers coped with the ...
History lovers often make claims to costume designers for shooting historical paintings: either the fabric is not from that era, or ...
07-09-2025
Patriotic mass photos of Arthur Mall during the First World War
Arthur Mole is an English professional photographer who became famous thanks to a series of "live photos" taken during the First ...
07-09-2025
False Dmitry I: an impostor adventurer or the first reformer ...
The one we know today as the impostor tsar False Dmitry I, most likely, will remain a mystery of Russian history forever. We know a ...
06-09-2025
Headless photoshop of the beginning of the last century
These pictures, collected at the eBay online auction and elsewhere by collector Robert E. Jackson, offer an unusual and funny look ...
06-09-2025
Decree after decree: how would you get rid of your property ...
Step by step, decree by decree — at first you have a measured life, an apartment, savings and other property, and after a few ...
06-09-2025
The first beauties of Soviet cinema in swimsuits on vacation
So autumn has come to us. But I also want summer, warmth, and sun so much. And to prolong these warm feelings a little, let's take ...
06-09-2025
30 best tweets from the account History Weird
Weird History ("a Strange story") is a Twitter account, which tells about the interesting, weird and fun events ever in the past. ...
06-09-2025
7 Times Fashion Became Life-Threatening
As you know, beauty requires sacrifice. And at all times, fashionistas sacrificed comfort for the sake of style and beauty. But ...
06-09-2025
22 ancient versions of modern devices that are not easy to ...
Objects that people now use on a daily basis often have a long history. When they appeared, they looked completely different from ...
05-09-2025
20 personal photos of celebrities who breathe the atmosphere ...
Some photos are worth a thousand words. And the opportunity to capture what this amazing world offers us is simply priceless. We ...