History

The era is characterized by the improvement of labor and hunting tools, but scientists still cannot understand how ancient people came to the idea of smelting copper ore in a metallurgical way. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Yuri Gagarin is a man who forever left his mark on the history of world science. After all, it was he who had the honor to see our blue planet from space for the first time. However, until now, the first ever flight into space is shrouded in many secrets and mysteries. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Athens has experienced many periods in its history. The city was an ancient policy, the provincial center of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. Today it is the capital of independent Greece. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Cretan king Minos - myth or reality? Such a ruler really existed in antiquity. Not only archaeologists talk about this, but also the manuscripts and legends that have survived to this day. The king's reign is legendary. It was an incredible era of the heroes of Ancient Greece. The gods are added by the folk epic. Minos is spoken of with great respect not only by ethnographers and archaeologists, but also by the Greeks themselves. Last modified: 2025-06-01 07:06

Each of us has heard the expression "Ariadne's thread" at least once in our lives. Often we call something that helped us understand a difficult situation, find a way out of it. The emergence of this phraseological unit is associated with ancient Greek mythology. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The identity, and most importantly, the mysterious suicide of the first Secretary of Defense of the United States - James Forrestal - even decades after his death raises many questions. This article will help to find out some details of his life and version of death. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Yekaterinburg is one of the largest cities in our country. It is relatively young and is one of the settlements that were founded during the period of the emergence of Russian industry and the development of the Urals. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Tattoos since ancient times were considered a special work of art. Unlike drawings on paper or wood, they forever remained on the human body, became part of it. Among the tribes famous for their skillful mastery of tattoos, the Aztecs stood out in particular. The symbols and ornaments of the Aztecs adorned the bodies of priests, spiritual, political leaders and everyone who participated in their special rituals. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Cyrus II (Karash or Kurush II) is a gifted commander and king of Persia, who during his lifetime received the nickname "Great" when he founded the powerful Persian Empire, uniting disparate states from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean. Why was the Persian king Cyrus called the Great?. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Helena Blavatsky is one of the most famous theosophists in the world. Her numerous travels formed the basis of books that have become desktop books for philosophers and theologians of various teachings and schools. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The case of the Petrashevites is the case of a progressive group of young people whose views were very heterogeneous. They studied and propagated the socio-utopian Western thought of the 19th century, and only a few of them had ideas of a revolutionary nature. Representatives of the Petrashevist society were convicted in 1849. How this happened, we will tell in our article. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The article is devoted to the review of the zemstvo reform of 1864, in particular the organization of zemstvo administrations and zemstvo assemblies, as well as a description of their functions and significance. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

John VI ruled for only a year as an infant. The rest of his life consisted of exile and imprisonment. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The article tells about the outstanding Russian scientist, philosopher and religious figure - Pavel Alexandrovich Florensky. A brief history of his bright but tragic life is given. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Perhaps no subsonic actress has been as popular as Pickford. Mary. Actress of the theater and cinema, the first business woman of Hollywood, the founder of a number of acting nominations, and so on and so forth. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Compared to the First Chechen War, the Second Chechen War was covered by the media much worse. This was facilitated by the ideological control of journalistic materials devoted to the Chechen events. Simply put, Russian citizens learned only about the most large-scale Chechen events that could not be hidden. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Scouts are called fighters of the invisible front, because the main condition for their work is complete confidentiality. They become famous either after retirement or, which happens quite often, after death. As documents are declassified, more and more new names become known. However, the names of Richard Sorge, Kim Philby, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Rudolf Abel sound more often than others. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Earthquake is the most destructive and dangerous natural phenomenon, leading to irreversible changes. The destruction of cities, industry, energy and transport communications and, of course, the death of people - these are the consequences of any earthquake. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

A devotee many times, Mohammad Najibullah, found the strength not to betray his people and his country. The terrible execution of the former president shocked not only his supporters, but also enemies, outraged the entire Afghan people. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

"A sad time, eyes of charm…" - this is how Alexander Pushkin wrote about autumn. When did this time come for different peoples? The dates of the arrival of autumn according to the old calendars are different. The thing is that the "autumn" - the so-called arrival of autumn - was celebrated several times. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Without such a machine as a printing press, it is difficult to imagine the modern world. And he is already almost six hundred years old, and maybe even more. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

This amazing man, an associate of Peter I and an outstanding statesman, made a significant contribution to world culture as a writer, historian, philosopher and orientalist. A member of the Berlin Academy since 1714, in his writings he marked the transition from scholastic medieval thinking to modern rational forms. His name is Dmitry Kantemir. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

"Scam" is not a pleasant word, especially for those who have become its victims. Unfortunately, every day there are more and more people who want to cash in on someone else's grief. Although, if you think about it, then in the old days there were not much fewer swindlers. It's just that few people knew about them, because such cases were covered with a veil of secrecy. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The Hebrew kingdom described in the Bible existed in the 11th-10th centuries. BC e. This period includes the reign of the kings Saul, David and Solomon. Under them, the Jewish people lived in a single powerful centralized state. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Below is a list of the biggest air crashes involving aircraft from Russia. The causes and consequences of each tragedy are explained. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

This review will examine the history of the largest air crashes in the USSR. We will dwell on the details of these tragic episodes, as well as find out the statistics of the victims. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The Emirate of Bukhara is an administrative entity that existed from the end of the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century in Asia. Its territory was occupied by modern Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and part of Turkmenistan. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The history of the state and law is necessary and interesting. It may seem to some that this is superfluous knowledge for a lawyer, but rest assured that this is absolutely not the case. And that's why. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Everyone must have heard in childhood a fairy tale about an apple that rolled around a silver saucer and showed what was happening far away, in another kingdom. This suggests that people in ancient times thought about the idea of transmitting dynamic images over long distances. However, this idea was realized by mankind only in the 19th century. Television was not invented by one person. Many scientists worked on its creation, and in different parts of the world. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Despite Alexander's favorable policies, Poles in Russia longed for national statehood. Already at the meeting of the first Seimas, in 1818, the parliamentarians, who initially expressed eternal gratitude to the emperor, began to express dissatisfaction with the authorities. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Louis Bonaparte, whose full name is Luigi Buonaparte, was born in Corsica, in Ajaccio, in 1778, and died in Italy, in Livorno, in 1846. He was the younger brother of the French Emperor Napoleon I. His titles are: Comte de Saint-Leu, King of Holland, Constable of France. His son was another French emperor - Napoleon III. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Among the RVVDKU graduates there are many Heroes of the Russian Federation. Petrov Dmitry Vladimirovich is one of them. The article is devoted to the biography and feat of a 25-year-old officer, one of 84 paratroopers who died in battle near Hill 776 during the Second Chechen campaign. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The border troops of the USSR are a structural part of the State Security Committee of the country. Their main task was to protect the borders of the Motherland, including the prevention and warning of any encroachment on its independence and integrity. The outposts were located along the entire line of the land border, the sea borders were guarded by ships and boats. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Elena was born on December 2, 1807. Already at an early age she was distinguished by unusual beauty. At the age of seventeen she married Count Zavadovsky. Regarding the wedding, Vyazemsky wrote: “One of the northern flowers, and the most beautiful, was plucked yesterday by Zavadovsky”. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The state, having received a new category of "state" peasants, that is, belonging to the treasury, begins to dispose of them. Some of them are forcibly assigned to state-owned factories and session manufactories to work off the factory corvee. The phenomenon, no different from serfdom, caused social unrest, especially powerful in the Urals. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

The Vedic culture of the ancient Slavs arose long before the Baptism of Russia. It is believed that it developed in the system of pagan perception of the world, which became the basis of the communal-tribal system. This is a complex cultural process, consisting of beliefs, rituals, icon painting, costumes, musical and song creativity. All this was the basis of the spiritual heritage of the Slavs, which determined the rules of their behavior for every day. In the article we will talk about this culture, which is still little studied. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Princess Zinaida Yusupova (September 2, 1861 - November 24, 1939) was a Russian noblewoman, the sole heiress of the largest family in Russia. This rich aristocrat went down in history not only of her homeland. Famed for her beauty, generosity and hospitality, Princess Zinaida Yusupova became a leading figure in pre-revolutionary Russian society. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Golovachev Pavel Yakovlevich - Hero of the Soviet Union, pilot, participant in the Great Patriotic War. Has multiple awards. During the battles he showed great skill and showed heroism and courage. He is an honorary citizen of the city of Gomel in Belarus. Let's get acquainted in more detail with the facts from the life of this outstanding person. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

During the Second World War, Norway was under the occupation of German troops. The invasion took place in April 1940. The country was liberated only in May 1945 after the general surrender of all German troops in Europe. In the article we will talk about this difficult period in the history of the Scandinavian country. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01

Czech tanks produced before and during World War II were renowned as some of the best in the world. They were distinguished by reliability and excellent performance due to the latest engineering solutions. Last modified: 2025-01-23 12:01