A table without carp. Kutia without honey. And fish ... in Yiddish. In the difficult years of the war, you could not count on twelve Christmas Eve dishes. But our (great) grandmothers were able to create Christmas out of nothing to the truth anyway! The first Christmas dinner under the occupatio
In 1897, the Belgica ship set out on a scientific research expedition to Antarctica. Today, the experience of his crew is useful in ... planning space missions. In the nineteenth century, literature and poetry were full of descriptions of doomed polar expeditions and the horror awaiting the darede
He has 3 million victims on his conscience. He believed that the army is formed so that soldiers can be killed, and with a light hand he sent his own troops to their deaths. He restored slavery in his empire, and drowned the rebellions against his rule in his blood. Who really was the legendary god
The President of Mexico gave the United States over half a state. The president of Guatemala did not learn to read or write until the end of his life. The President of Paraguay led to a war that killed over 60% of the countrys population. Welcome to Latin America - the land of otherwise competent le