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4 days ago · Other leaders of the insurgency dismiss such theatrics. In Warsaw, Sokolov and his associates all told me they consider Ponomarev a charlatan. Kosinova, whose son is fighting in Ukraine, likened Ponomarev to Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov, the schemer in Nikolai Gogol's novel "Dead Souls" who "purchases" deceased male serfs to create a facade of wealth.
4 days ago · Peter I Suffered from Syphilis, Epilepsy, and Mental Illness. Peter the Great on his deathbed, by Nikitin. Retrospectively diagnosing medical conditions is a thankless task. Nonetheless, rumors about Peter having a venereal disease were circulating even during his lifetime.
5 days ago · Student Colt Gray, 14, has been charged as an adult with four counts of murder. His father, Colin Gray, is also charged with murder, involuntary manslaughter and cruelty to children for...
The first part of the series about the fascinating business of the Russian garbage "king" is finished ...
Aug 13, 2024 · The (First) Slovak Republic (Slovak: (Prvá) Slovenská republika), otherwise known as the Slovak State (Slovak: Slovenský štát), was a partially-recognized clerical fascist client state of Nazi Germany which existed between 14 March 1939 and 4 April 1945 in Central Europe.
2 days ago · Portrait Person Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900) seascape and landscape painter, portraitist The Ninth Wave, 1850 Storm, 1886 Brig "Mercury" Attacked by Two Turkish Ships, 1892 Fyodor Alekseyev (1753–1824) cityscape and landscape painter Red Square in Moscow, 1801 The Foundling Hospital in Moscow The view of Nikolaev Sara Alexandri (1913–1993) still life and landscape painter. Nikolay Anokhin ...
3 days ago · Andrey Kurbsky, associate and then a leading political opponent of Tsar Ivan IV, hero of the Russo-Kazan Wars; Peter Lacy, field marshal, led the Siege of Danzig (1734), commander-in-chief during Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743)
