History of Russia

It is joked about Gagarin's flight that the cosmonaut was preparing for it only to spend 108 minutes outside the USSR. We do not agree, but just in case, once again studied all the details of the flight and decided to share with you the most unexpected details about the first man in space. Gagarin almost died? The first seconds of takeoff would have been dangerous for any astronaut. If there had been any serious failure, the parachute would not have been able to be used because the landing altitude was too low...

Poland, once a fairly powerful state and eventually turned into a third-rate, but still a member of the European Union, today causes at best a bitter smile, and at worst - full of bile comments. To rush on a horse towards tanks-well, how can you think of such a thing in your right mind and solid memory? Indeed, even the most desperate guys will not rush into battle headlong. On September 1, 1939, a Pomeranian cavalry brigade attacked the Germans in the area of tukhol, and a day later the battle of Kroyants took place...

Modern Russian philosophers say that the succession of generations is not exactly about the Russian people. While Europeans value the stability, peace, and strength of dynasties, each new generation in Russia is a social explosion, a radical change, and a " reset of the classics from the steamer of modernity." So in everything from politics to art. Although the foundations of the past generation are still there, and it is all the more interesting to compare them. Each historical epoch has a typical image of its representative...