Due to the sudden death of the pharaoh, they did not have time to prepare a worthy tomb, and therefore Tutankhamun was buried in a modest crypt, the entrance to which eventually turned out to be hidden under the huts of Egyptian workers
Who is the pilot who shot me down? - I asked one Vietnamese. The slanting one who commanded the interrogation answered me: Our pilot Li Si Tsin shot you down
An interesting point of view of Klim Zhukov on the stability of the feudal family in the Middle Ages. As usual with humor
Discovered a huge archive of excellent quality photographs from this period. The only problem is that the signatures to them are either inaccurate or downright ridiculous. Gradually I select the appropriate signatures for them, if you find jambs, then write. There are also famous ones, but here all the pictures are simply huge. Who needs it, download the original from Flickr
There is a misconception that the first Soviet helicopter was invented by aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky in 1939, but this is not entirely true. The first functional model was the TsAGI 1-EA experimental apparatus of Alexei Cheremukhin, which made its first flight back in 1930. Unfortunately, due to the fact that the development was carried out in strict secrecy, no one knew about the helicopter for a long time
In the 1920s – 1930s, Germany occupied a special position in the foreign policy of the USSR. The beginning of Soviet-German relations was laid by the international Genoa conference of 1922. During a conference between Soviet Russia and Germany, a peace treaty was signed
Back in the 60s and 70s. of the previous century, the USSR with a serious intention wanted to master Venus. The Soviet Union planned to organize a colony of settlers on it
According to the official history in tsarist Russia, men, with the help of a pick and a shovel, built railways faster than, with the help of modern technology, they built the BAM - the largest construction project in the USSR. Is this possible?
Where did we get the tradition of opposing the West? What did Russia take from Constantinople, in addition to domes on churches, Orthodoxy and the Old Bulgarian language? Why did Moscow constantly imitate Byzantium, but did not become the Third Rome? Why did the Byzantine emperors let go of their beards? In which region of present-day Russia was the last fragment of Byzantium preserved? Andrey Vinogradov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Higher School of Economics, told Lente.ru about all this
How the Soviet melting pot was arranged. A Harvard professor, while researching nomenclature internationalism, came to unexpected conclusions that few people in Russia know about
During the First World War, armored vehicles were already actively plowing the vastness of the battlefield. And it was during this period that among the military engineers of a number of European countries the idea was to create a "mobile fortress" - a super-heavy tank of huge dimensions. Among these dreamers was Germany, which as a result practically finished its project - "Kolossal-Wagen". But the war ended, and the story of the "colossal tank" ended with it
Untreated structures such as dugouts and adobe huts are symbols of extreme simplicity and unpretentiousness for most of us. And yet, centuries ago, colossal structures were erected from ordinary unbaked clay in different parts of the world, which still amaze our imagination to this day. And we are afraid of losing them
The city of Teotihuacan existed near the current Mexican capital Mexico City from the 2nd century BC to the 7th century AD. Unlike other modern Central American cities with a rather chaotic arrangement of buildings, in Teotihuacan they were concentrated along a four-kilometer central highway 400 meters wide, paved with huge stone slabs
It would be nice to build a road that will not fall apart, crack and not be covered with holes during 5 years of operation. Better yet, 10 years. One can only dream of a road for a century or even a century. What about a road that will last two thousand years? You think this is impossible. But the Romans were actually able to do something similar. Let's find out all the "dirty" secrets of antique road construction
Archaeologists have discovered techniques that kept food fresh and used long before refrigerators
In Altai and Mongolia, very similar petroglyphs were found. Archaeologists concluded that they can be attributed to the same style, which has much in common with the rock art of the classical European monuments of the Paleolithic. Scientists called the style Kalgutin and described its main features. An article about this was published in the journal "Archeology, Ethnography and Anthropology of Eurasia
The village house is a kind of cradle of peasant Russia. At the beginning of the 20th century, most of the country's population lived in villages and numerous villages in wooden houses. In village huts, tens of generations of ordinary Russian people were born and lived their lives, whose work created and augmented the wealth of Russia
Only in the USSR did a whole super-factory of the Russian Dream emerge. Great fantastic literature, intertwining with popular science magazines, books and films, immersed the citizen of the Soviet Union in the amazing worlds of the future, where he wanted to live and work
Quite unusual cities appeared in the United States during the Second World War. Looking at the black and white photographs where the townspeople are quietly walking, the girls on the lawn chatting sweetly, you will not immediately guess that this is the most dummy, and such settlements have never existed. So what prompted the country, which was thousands of kilometers from hostilities to take such a radical step, let's try to understand our today's material
The most famous pseudonym of Vladimir Ulyanov was only one of one and a half hundred options. What is behind the famous surname?
As part of this popular article, I want to talk about wounds and the ways they were inflicted. This topic is not very popular in Russian historiography, as, in general, and other issues that consider the "face of war"
Actual, in the light of the next Confederate fall in the United States, an article about the Negroes who fought on the side of the Confederation against the Northerners. The article, of course, is overly apologetic in relation to the Confederation, but contains an interesting texture on the black supporters of the Confederation
A selection of colorized photographs dedicated to the Russian Empire and the USSR
Not every person loves barley porridge. Moreover, as the harsh reality shows, many soldiers are not delighted with it. However, the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union never reckoned with this "feature" of the perception of a food product, and not at all because it hated its fighters. Simply - you need to eat porridge! So why exactly barley was the "main dish"?
The author of the blog "Notes of a Kolymchanin" continues his research into the not-so-distant past of our ancestors. The article will focus on the mysterious Izborsk. What do the princes Sloven and Rus have to do with it? What legends about past events have local residents preserved? About this and much more in the author's article
Today we will talk about the quiet feat of the biologist Zinaida Ermolyeva. She was the first in the USSR to develop penicillin, which saved thousands of lives during the Great Patriotic War, and was able to stop the spread of cholera in the conditions of besieged Stalingrad
During the Civil War in Russia, more than 700 thousand people died from typhus alone. A deadly wave of epidemics swept across the country
The first year without a war. It was different for the Soviet people. This is a time of struggle against devastation, hunger and crime, but it is also a period of labor achievements, economic victories and new hopes
How an illiterate Tungus became one of the best snipers of the Great Patriotic War
The Red Army men have always been rich in inventions. Today, very few people remember this, but during the Second World War, the artillerymen of the Red Army came up with the idea of tying Mosin rifles to the barrel of the guns. This system worked flawlessly. Why was it necessary to do this at all? This is a very good and correct question. It's time to see everything for yourself and figure out how it was
Alexey Petrovich Ermolov was born on May 24
The land on which our distant ancestors lived was rich and fertile and constantly attracted nomads from the east, Germanic tribes from the west, besides, our ancestors tried to develop new lands
The bravery of Russian soldiers and sailors during the Russian-Japanese war of 1904-1905 could not compensate for the mediocrity of the military command and the shortsightedness of the leadership of the Russian Empire. These circumstances led the country to a bitter defeat
One of the most famous photographs of the Great Patriotic War was taken on May 1, 1945 - it captures the banner of Victory waving over the Reichstag. The military photojournalist of the Pravda newspaper Viktor Temin took this picture at his own peril and risk and promptly delivered it to the editorial office, after which the photo was distributed throughout the world
The British planned to capture Berlin and claim victory in World War II. The Americans invaded the regions of Germany and the Czech Republic that were retreating to the Russians in order to take possession of German nuclear technologies in order to defeat Russia this way
“The ancient Slavs did not know not only vodka, but also wine. They drank honey, the scale of production of which cannot be compared with the production of wine from grapes. No wonder "it flowed down the mustache, but did not get into the mouth"
One of the largest and most tragic battles in history lasted exactly 200 days: from July 17, 1942 to February 2, 1943. Pre-war Stalingrad, the secrets of the Motherland and the piercing memories of children about the Battle of Stalingrad
The path of the tomato to the stomachs of Europeans was long and thorny. The hearts of these plants conquered immediately, firmly registered in greenhouses and on window sills. In Russia, pots with tomatoes on the windows could be seen as early as the beginning of the 18th century: they delighted with yellow flowers and red fruits. But only suicides could eat tomatoes, for the whole Old World knew: there is no poison stronger than lycopersicum - a wolf peach
Human memory is structured in a very peculiar way. Many have already forgotten everything about the Soviet Union, but the taste of an ordinary ice cream has remained the standard