Interesting facts from history from antiquity to the present day

Russian language is a brain explosion for foreigners
Extraordinary

Russian language is a brain explosion for foreigners

Ah, this difficult Russian language! We, the speakers of this language, often do not notice its difficulties, oddities, which sometimes confuse foreigners who are only mastering the basics of the "great and mighty"

The paradox of the Anton Makarenko system. It was introduced all over the world, but not here
Rus

The paradox of the Anton Makarenko system. It was introduced all over the world, but not here

On March 13, 1888, a boy was born into the family of a railway workshop worker, whom UNESCO would later call “one of the four teachers who determined the way of pedagogical thinking in the XX century”. The boy was named Anton, which can be translated as "competitor." Surname - Makarenko

Come in large numbers from Moscow
Rus

Come in large numbers from Moscow

In the Kozelsky district of the Kaluga region, few people will be surprised by the Muscovites who have moved here for permanent residence. Surprisingly, the city dwellers give odds to the locals in terms of milking goats and cows, breeding pigs and sheep, and, finally, they are excellent at driving with tractors

Where did the inhabitants of Tartaria disappear to?
Chronicles of the past

Where did the inhabitants of Tartaria disappear to?

How many people lived in Russia? Let's look at ancient statistics. 12th century - the first population census in Russia. Conducted by the Tatar-Mongols. 10 million people. 18th century - the population census was carried out by Peter. 15 million people. The end of the 19th century - the population census was carried out by Nicholas 2. The population of the state within the current borders is 67.5 million people

Why does the country not need a flying rocket and an empty spaceport
Space

Why does the country not need a flying rocket and an empty spaceport

"Angara", Vostochny - why does Roscosmos not fly and do not let expensive toys

How I starved for 5 days and learned a lot about lipid metabolism
Genocide methods

How I starved for 5 days and learned a lot about lipid metabolism

I will say right away that there are a lot of rave reviews on the Internet about how prolonged fasting helped someone. Negative

How they live in a double village, when houses to the left of the road are Ukraine, and to the right is Russia
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How they live in a double village, when houses to the left of the road are Ukraine, and to the right is Russia

What do you see in this photo? An ordinary street in an ordinary Russian town .. Or, no, an ordinary street in an ordinary Ukrainian town. Or, nevertheless, Russian? No, Ukrainian. No … Yes, everything is both simple and incredible at the same time! One side of this street is Russia and the other is Ukraine

Open letter to President D.A. Medvedev from the former Minister of Geology of the USSR (2011)
Rus

Open letter to President D.A. Medvedev from the former Minister of Geology of the USSR (2011)

Former Minister of Geology of the USSR E.A. Kozlovsky refused to accept the Certificate of Honor of the President of the Russian Federation in protest against the policy pursued in the country today

A home without a home?
Genocide methods

A home without a home?

In the photo: the percentage of ethnic Russians in the districts and urban districts of the Russian Federation

The first samurai were not Japanese at all
Chronicles of the past

The first samurai were not Japanese at all

Few people know, but the Japanese are not the indigenous population of Japan. Before them, the Ainu lived here, a mysterious people, in the origin of which there are still many mysteries. The Ainu coexisted with the Japanese for some time, until the latter managed to push them to the north