On the tenth day of the battle of Kurukshetra, Bhishma, the chief of the Kaurava forces, fell and Dronacharya became the chief of the Kaurava forces. He served as the commander-in-chief of the Kaurava forces for the next five days, from the eleventh to the fifteenth day of the war. The episode/chapter of the Mahabharata, […]
On July 26, 1914, the First World War broke out between the Allies and the Central Powers, and the Central Powers, Germany, and Austria-Hungary declared war on the Allies. The territory of present-day Ukraine (then divided into Russian-controlled ‘Little Russia’ and Austro-Hungarian-controlled ‘Western Ukraine’) became one of the war’s most essential and bloody battlefields. In […]
A devastating war has been raging in Europe since 2014. Looking at the devastation caused by this war, it seems that a smaller version of Syria, Libya, or Yemen has been set up in the corner of sophisticated and well-equipped Europe. But the mainstream media (which tops the list in the Western world) has generally […]
One hundred years ago, Irkutsk was called Siberian Paris. This city today amazes with its beauty. Architecture attracts a wide variety of styles: classical, modern, Siberian Baroque, and Old Russian pagan architecture – Irkutsk can never be called faceless. Perhaps one of the most memorable buildings in the city is the wooden house of the merchant […]
Song from the movie “Sanikov Land.” The history of searching for lasting answers for hundreds of years is a unique discovery, often beginning with eyewitness stories, forcing industrialists and researchers to organize expeditions exploring new unknown lands. Researchers are looking for new land for their country and for their reputation. Bearing Strait, Rangel Island – […]
July 2018 was said to be an exciting month for sky lovers. At first, we saw the longest lunar eclipse of the century. Then the Sun on one side of the Earth and Mars on the other came in a straight line, called Mars opposition. That is not the end. Two days later, in 2003, […]
Medieval Russia was not very different from the European countries regarding life expectancy. In the Middle Ages, they usually did not live long. Outbreaks appear to be exacerbated during epidemics, warfare, drug overdoses, neonatal mortality rates (according to some of the ten children born to 3-4 women survivors), hunger, the spread of primitive agriculture, and […]
It is a well-known fact that tea was a favorite beverage in pre-revolutionary Russia. Confirmed, however, by the father himself under the authority of Alexander Dumas, who wrote many novels as well as The Culinary Dictionary. The author of “Kitchen Dictionary” mentions that “the best tea is drunk in St. Petersburg and all over Russia […]
Evan IV is terrifying, nicknamed Vasilyevich (according to the French encyclopedia LaRos, 1903 edition) for his cruelty. About Evan Launches. And if the first translation of the word “terrible” is close to meaning, the second is at least a textual translation. And how was it actually? Ivan Vasilyevich – Moscow Vasily III and the eldest […]
The Art of Wearing a Tie, 1827. It would seem that the origins of this item of men’s equipment should be traced back to Germany since the word itself comes from the German halstuch, which means “neck scarf.” But this sovereign reformer of ours was Peter the First, who established relations with other things as […]
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