Yuri Chekalin

Yuri Chekalin15.04.2025

Despite the decision of the Japanese government to release additional volumes of rice from strategic reserves — after April 21 of this year, the third batch of 100 thousand tons will be put into circulation — retail prices for it remain high. At the same time, grain prices on the world market are falling, as […]

Yuri Chekalin11.04.2025

The art of tying up — hojojutsu — is one of the oldest in the arsenal of Japanese martial arts. Hojojutsu masters, who still exist today, can quickly and effectively tie up an opponent so that not only will he not be able to free himself, but every unnecessary movement will cause him pain, or […]

Yuri Chekalin18.03.2025

Einstein once said in an interview in J.S. Viereck’s book “Glimpses of the Great”, in response to a question about whether he believed in God: “Your question [about God] is the most difficult in the world. It is not a question to which I can answer simply ‘yes’ or ‘no’. I am not an atheist. […]

Yuri Chekalin07.03.2025

“The streams of the receding river…, they are continuous; but they are not the same, the old waters… Bubbles of foam floating in the backwaters…, they will disappear, then they will reconnect anew; but they are not given to stay for long. In this world, people and their dwellings… and they are like bubbles on […]

Yuri Chekalin03.03.2025

Few people know that the historical consultant on the set of the Russian cult film “17 Moments of Spring” was the real SS Obersturmführer (i.e. Senior Lieutenant) Heinz Felfe, who personally knew Müller and Schellenberg and helped to supplement their images with historical accuracy. Unfortunately, the consultant’s name was not indicated in the credits. But […]

Yuri Chekalin24.02.2025

On February 11, 1829, a tragedy occurred in the capital of Persia that still causes controversy among historians. An angry crowd stormed the Russian embassy. As a result, almost all of its employees died, including the head of the mission, Alexander Griboyedov, the author of the immortal “Woe from Wit”. The last hours of the […]

Yuri Chekalin22.02.2025

Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay Jr. brought the skulls of the inhabitants of Papua New Guinea to their historical homeland. The remains of several dozen people were taken to Australia and Russia for research in the 19th century by the famous Russian scientist Miklouho-Maclay Sr. On February 19, the skulls will be handed over to the descendants of […]

Yuri Chekalin31.01.2025

While in Japan, Nicholas II demanded to get a tattoo, which somewhat shocked the locals. There was a reason for their surprise. Japanese citizens were legally banned from getting tattoos in 1872. Nevertheless, the newspapers wrote that Nicholas got a “tattoo of a dragon more than 1 shaku (about 30 cm) in size on his […]

Yuri Chekalin30.01.2025

Leo Tolstoy and Ivan Turgenev first met in person in 1855 in St. Petersburg. Before that, they had already known each other in absentia through friendly letters to each other and through published works. Ivan Sergeevich was 10 years older than Leo Nikolayevich and, at the time of their first meeting, was the most famous […]

Yuri Chekalin27.01.2025

German worker August Landmesser, whose wife was Jewish, refused to salute Hitler. This famous photograph was taken in 1936. The photo shows workers giving the Nazi salute during the launch of the training ship Horst Wessel. Only August Landmesser crossed his arms instead of saluting. This photograph is a historical document of that era when […]

Yuri Chekalin

Bread Instead of Rice

The Art of Tying Up

Great Scientists Who Believed in God

The Forgotten People of Japan

Former SS Obersturmführer in the service of the KGB

Bloody February in Tehran

Miklouho-Maclay Jr. brought to Papua New Guinea skulls taken by his ancestor

Japanese Tattoo of Nicholas II

Why Did Tolstoy Challenge Turgenev to a Duel?

The Man Who Refused to Salute Hitler

Bread Instead of Rice

Political Terrorism in its Purest Form: Terrorism in the Russian Empire

Everything Is Relative in This World, And Hockey Is No Exception

The Art of Tying Up