Both the best-selling novel by Mario Puzo The Godfather and the film based on it, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, gained cult status. They created our ideas about the Italian mafia and its actions. But do modern mafiosi really resemble Vito and Michael Corleone? For Petra Reska, a German stude
In the common mind, the Romanov dynasty ceased to rule Russia with the abdication of Nicholas II. It turns out, however, that the tsar managed to appoint a successor who ruled ... 24 hours! On March 2 (15), 1917, Emperor Nicholas II renounced his throne in the carriage of his train near Pskov, a
Despite the victory over the Bolsheviks in the Battle of Warsaw, the fight was still going on on the southern front. The turning point came on August 31, 1920, when about eight thousand cavalrymen clashed near Komarów. How did a handful of Poles defeat the fearful Cavalry Army of Semyon Budyonny?
A male infant, several days old, was recovered from the sewer pit, still alive and completely healthy - reported the daily Prąd in its issue of November 26, 1931. The incident took place in Łódź at 50 Limanowskiego Street. The maid was afraid that due to pregnancy and childbirth (which were suppos