The story of the relationship between Suleiman II the Magnificent and Hurrem known as Roksolana resembles a real fairy tale - as much romantic as it is full of intrigue and turmoil. He - the mighty Padishah, Lord of this time, descendant of a dynasty of rulers and conquerors, at which all Christia
Ubiquitous violence, firearms and ... a lush erotic life that is rarely mentioned by historians. What was sex like in the Wild West? We associate the Wild West with freedom, homelessness and life on the edge. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that his story still raises a lot of controversy
During the Ceylon Civil War, the Tamil Tigers, a terrorist organization recruiting even teenage girls, faced government forces. The civil war in Ceylon (todays Sri Lanka) lasted over 20 years and is described as a severe defeat for the United Nations. The most beautiful beaches on the island hide
Galina, the only daughter of Brezhnev, was the apple of her fathers apple. Gałoczka, as he called her, ended up in a mental hospital as a deranged alcoholic. She never dreamed of a party career. She was much more attracted to art. She even intended to become an actress, but papa wouldnt let her.
How is it possible that an illiterate girl from a deep province stood before the ruler himself and proved so convincing that she was allowed to command French knights? Joan of Arc claimed that she was doing it by order of God. Though she led France to victory, the Church did not believe her translat
Adam Jerzy Czartoryski was a Polish patriot and statesman - the overriding goal of his life was the happiness of his homeland. So what if his brother-in-law favored Prussia and Russia, and his nephew fought in the November Uprising ... in the tsarist army. Where did these black sheep come from in a
Like her mythological namesake, she intimidated with her beauty. There was a long line of candidates at her fingertips - including Aleksander Jagiellończyk, who was said to be ... weakly impotent. How did he become her husband? And was the beautiful Helena really a Moscow spy? From his marriage
Irma Grese went down in history as a beautiful beast from the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. With her sadistic tendencies, she led countless female prisoners to death in agony, whose suffering was water to the mill for her sick desire. And she did all of this before she was 22 years old. Irma was born
Five years after the fall of the November Uprising, Adam Mickiewicz wrote the poem Death of the Colonel about Emilia Plater, a heroic woman commanding an insurgent unit. The real Emilia was not a colonel and did not die from her wounds in a forest hut. In fact, however, she took part in the uprising
She was a supervisor of female blocks in several concentration camps and a perverse sadist. She is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of women. The prisoners called her the Angel of Death, the Beautiful Beast or the Horse of Belsen. After the war, she was tried and sentenced to death at the age
Dina Mikhailovna Szulkiewicz was sent to a labor camp in her childhood, and from there, after World War II, to a Soviet orphanage. Her identity was stripped away, she survived brutal treatment, gang rape and hard work in terrible conditions. There were more children like her. They took us from t
She believed that a real lady can be recognized by the fact that she conducts a conversation without blinking, even when a gas stove explodes in the kitchen. He was, in Hitlers opinion, one of a kind in National Socialism. At first glance, they formed a perfect marriage. However, the truth about the
The ruling families diligently guarded their secrets, especially those that could testify to immorality or spoil the reputation of the royal family in the eyes of their subjects. Some of the old secrets are still hidden today. One of them concerns Empress Alexandra, otherwise known as Alix - the wif
“In the Czech land, he married the noble sister of Bolesław the Elder [Bolesław II], who in fact turned out to be what her name was. It was called Dobrawa in Slavic, which in German means:good… ”- wrote about the qualities of Mieszkos wife Thietmar of Merseburg. And although the malicious ones point
A romantic legend says that the curse she casts was to lead to the annihilation of a powerful family. An unhappy love started her wandering in life and led her to the stake. Who was Sydonia von Borck? A powerful witch? Or maybe a woman wronged by fate? “You see in front of you an old woman decei
The ordering of the active combat section, that is, conducting subversive and sabotage actions in the Home Army, was also done by women - incl. Wanda Gertz Lena, organizer and commander of the Home Army Division Disk (Dywersja and Sabotaż Women). The Kedyvian women and men shared the dangers and har
In the Soviet Union, the term first lady was virtually unknown. Politics was considered the domain of men. Besides, no one would think to be interested in the family life of party dignitaries, which was kept in the strictest secrecy. In fact, there were only two women in the minds of citizens:Na
46. The Taman Night Bomber Regiment is the only female Soviet Air Force unit. It was the first female formation in the world. The aviators made 23,672 combat flights, and the Germans nicknamed them night witches. For good reason ... Where did the name of this unit come from? Well, the flights to
Brave, steadfast and uncompromising. Wanda Gertz, the pseudonym Lena, was not disturbed even by the fact that in her time no women were called to the army. You need to know her story! The Second World War found her forty-three with a significant history of service to the glory of her homeland. S
Anna Boleyn. The first queen to be sentenced to death in England, one of Henry VIIIs many women and ringleader of the religious revolution. Was she a ruler adored by her subjects, or on the contrary - a widely hated witch? Anna found herself at the royal court in 1522. She was quickly noticed by H
Orange jelly The recipe which I report below is taken from Science in the kitchen and art of eating well , famous text by the gastronome Pellegrino Artusi. It is a sweet: orange jelly in frost. Here is what it says: “Sugar 150 grams, isinglass 20 grams, 4 deciliters water, 4 ta
The degenerate Roman emperors for whom there was no taboo. Females treated as broodmares. Draconian punishments waiting for adulterers and slaves as live sex toys. This is the naked truth about the ancient art of loving. Pornography? Nobody knew the term then. Debauchery? After all, man does not
In the urban reform plans of the city of Berlin, the construction of very large buildings had been planned, which if they existed today would continue to be the largest in the world. One of them would be the triumphal arch of Berlin, a huge triumphal arch that would be built at the southern end of t
The calendar showed November 16, 1938, when the Swiss chemist Albert Hoffmann first prepared a semisynthetic substance, lysergic acid diethylamide, from an alkaloid extract of erysipelas, a fungus that commonly grows on rye. Hoffmann didnt know what his mixture could be used for, but he gave it the