The image of Soviet Russia, and then the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which became imprinted in the minds of Poles, was not very attractive. This is especially true of Soviet diplomacy. Older generations associate it primarily with Andrei Gromyka - known as the Mister Niet, a long-time chief
The medieval Church often struggled with internal problems. The emperors troublesome fight with the pope for investiture (i.e. for power in the Christian world) and lost crusades led to the loss of prestige. Many contemporary thinkers demanded significant changes. The vision of the approaching refor
Meet 4 examples of some of the worst treatments ever. They wonderfully prove that once a medicine could be worse than… a disease! Only for people with strong nerves. Fear of disease and death made charlatans able to convince people of the most absurd drugs and treatments. At best, some of them s
Who was Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn? Untouched by the breath of God, unbounded by human conscience, both capitalism and socialism are repulsive. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn The year was 2003, and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn had the exact words to say to the interviewer, Joseph Pearce . A decade earlier,