Every war, every battle brings victims. Nowadays, they are no longer anonymous and we are able to determine who and where died, and even who was the perpetrator. In the past, things were quite different. The chronicles usually report the fallen from whom noble blood has escaped. Sometimes they also
The greatest railway disaster in the history of the Soviet Union took place at 1:14, June 4, 1989 on the section Asha - Ufa (1710 km of the Trans-Siberian Railway), right on the border between Bashkiria and the Chelyabinsk region. As a result of the explosion of a propane-butane mixture, two trains
Recent events in Beirut have reminded the world of the Chernobyl disaster. It turns out, however, that many times in history there have been tragic catastrophes caused by carelessness and greed. Here are the 7 most important of them. Greed, neglect and human error - these are the most common cause
He was said to be madman and fascist. He was insulted. When he predicted the events of September 1939 with shocking precision, care was taken to prevent his prophecy from seeing the light of day. All because he dared to criticize the Polish government - and called for an alliance with Hitler. Th
Ivan IV the Terrible (1530-1584) was a psychopath. He poured blood over his country and watched the suffering of his fellow citizens without blinking an eye. In his cruelty, he went so far as to murder his own son. Ivan the Terrible murdered his son… If there were psychoanalysts in the time
Bolesław Bierut, Józef Light, and maybe also those who ruled the Peoples Republic of Poland in the 1980s? The communist kacyks who ruled Peoples Poland were only doubles, trained by Moscow! This is the sensational hypothesis based on the accounts of a high-ranking NKVD officer. According to him, the
Apart from the lack of knowledge about hygiene, the worst thing that could happen to a sick person in the Middle Ages was a doctor. Presumably, among the entire nation of medics, one thing was feared the most - a surgeon straight out of a horror movie Before anesthesia was invented, surgery was
Historians today agree that the brutal murder of Nicholas II and his family in July 1918 could have been prevented. Unfortunately, his cousin - English King George V - did not invite the Romanovs to his country, thus leaving them at the mercy of the Bolsheviks. On March 15 (2), 1917, Nicholas II
Like a shadow, he stood behind Hitler - with a syringe at the ready. He was one of the most important people in the Third Reich, although he did not decide about politics or military activities. Instead, he injected Hitler with drugs and proprietary cocktails multivitamins. Interestingly, Theo Morel
The devastation of the Tadeusz Kościuszko monument in Washington is an eloquent symbol of social tensions, injustice, but also of a historical misunderstanding. After all, the Polish national hero, and by the way a general of the Continental Army during the war for American independence, was an arde
Andrei Chikatilo, known as the butcher of Rostov, was the greatest serial killer of the Soviet Union. He was proven 43 murders, although the operational material mentioned 65 victims. The sluggishness of the militia meant that the degenerate killed in 12 years - from 1978 to 1990. On December 22
Building a new world order, about which Hitler discussed many times in his political manifestos, aroused an understandable terror among many. Especially since the reign of terror was exercised by the Aryan superhumans - a race of masters, as the followers of the distorted ideas of the Third Reich us
He was a good-hearted good-hearted man who was not very fit to be a king. However, he ruled in the most difficult times for France and ended his life on the guillotine - a modern invention praised by Robespierre. This execution has gone down in history. What were the last days and the death of Louis
The history of many nations has its own Thermopylae. Even those that are rarely talked about, and often occupy the minds of history enthusiasts only. It was no different with the Spanish colonial empire. Here is the sun that never set over it, met another, this time the rising sun of a new player in
We associate Sweden as an open and happy country. It turns out, however, that it is not an oasis of peace and security for everyone. In Sweden, refugee centers are on fire, and the far-right is playing an increasing political role. How did it come about? Wiktoria Michałkiewicz decided to fight t
When The Pall Mall Gazette published the first in a series of controversial articles about child prostitution in July 1885, a scandal broke out in London. The six-page text about the rape of virgins and the sale of minors to playhouses was merely a prelude to the biggest pedophile scandal in Victori
Hundreds of kilometers of forests to overcome, and on the way - herds of hungry wolves, deadly frost and military patrols. The chances of escaping from the Soviet labor camp were slim. However, there was no shortage of desperate people, ready to do anything to make their dream of freedom come true.
In many ways, Herman Lundborg was an outstanding individual. The results of his research revolutionized clinical genetics. Unfortunately, at some point he became interested in the issue of the so-called race hygiene, and his theses fell on fertile ground. And led to the tragedy of tens of thousands
In the public mind, the repression in the USSR is associated with 1937 and the rule of Stalin. In fact, the cruel persecution of citizens was initiated by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin immediately after the Bolsheviks seized power on the night of October 25-26 (November 6-7), 1917. Moreover, in 1918 Lenin i
Saving lives during the war is a worthy goal - especially if you save not only your own. Eugeniusz Łazowski, a young doctor from Częstochowa, found a surprisingly effective method of deterring aggressors ... When Eugeniusz Łazowski was finishing his studies, World War II broke out. He was assign
Billions of fans, millions of players and hundreds of thousands of matches - this is what football, basketball and volleyball looks like today. Its hard to believe that the beginnings of these disciplines are associated with dirt, wicker baskets and cramped nineteenth-century gyms ... For many y
Jump into a ditch and ... wait quietly - this is one of the advice given to US citizens half a century ago in the event of a nuclear attack. What were the US civil defense programs like in World War III? And could they help anyone at all? The destructive force that razed the Japanese cities of H
This time, lets take a look at Hestia, one of the 12 gods of Olympus! The eldest daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the sister of Zeus Cronus himself overthrew his father, Uranus, but also swallows the children born with fear of being overthrown by children. Among them, this Hestia was the firs
In the 1950s, the Danes conducted a social experiment. Their goal was to create a new generation of Greenlanders. Instead, they led to a tragedy. The Inuit are indigenous peoples of the north living in the harsh conditions of the arctic and sub-arctic areas of Greenland, Canada, Alaska and Siberia