Yuri Chekalin

Yuri Chekalin21.01.2025

The incoming US first lady, Melania Trump, has followed Donald Trump’s lead by launching a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency meme coin – briefly tanking the price of her husband’s coin in the process. The price of the incoming president’s token, $Trump, had more than tripled in price to more than $70, giving it a total value of […]

Yuri Chekalin21.01.2025

The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to go to Egypt. It was created as a gift to commemorate the construction of the Suez Canal by the French. However, the Egyptians refused the gift, and France decided to give the statue to America. In August 1875, the creation of the Franco-American Union was announced. The […]

Yuri Chekalin19.01.2025

Our editorial board is delighted to inform its readers that a few days ago an award ceremony concluding the annual All-Russian open competition for the prestigious prize, named after Anton Delvig (Alexander Pushkin’s comrade and co-founder of the Literary Gazette), took place in Moscow. Alexander Palladin, our regular author, won the top award in the […]

Yuri Chekalin18.01.2025

According to research by France Bellisle for the European Food Information Council: “Cultural influences lead to changes in the habits of eating certain foods and in cooking traditions, and in some cases may even lead to restrictions such as eliminating meat and dairy from the diet. Cultural influences are, however, changeable: when moving to a […]

Yuri Chekalin17.01.2025

After World War II, Japan imported many different ideas from America. One of them was that “a bread diet is better for health.” At that time, it was widely advertised that eating rice makes people stupid. Here is what Japanese scientists, supported even by the Japanese government, claimed at the time: “…The character of rice […]

Yuri Chekalin15.01.2025

Fyodor Fyodorovich Serpilin, the main character of Konstantin Simonov’s trilogy “The Living and the Dead”, was a composite image. In him, one could guess the features and destinies of the legendary generals-commanders Alexander Gorbatov and Ivan Grishin, but the main prototype was Colonel Semyon Fyodorovich Kutepov, whom the writer Simonov (at that time – a […]

Yuri Chekalin06.01.2025

Viktor Imantovich Alksnis has passed away… Air Force Colonel, People’s Deputy of the USSR, Deputy of the Supreme Council of the Latvian SSR (1990-1991), Deputy of the State Duma of Russia of the third and fourth convocations… A man who cursed Mikhail Gorbachev’s “perestroika”, a man who defended the interests of the USSR. Fearlessly supported […]

Yuri Chekalin26.12.2024

Dear friends! Wishing you a joyful holiday season full of all the things you love. May it warm your soul, bring love to your heart and bless you with everything this life has to offer. We appreciate your continued support and look forward to another wonderful year together. See you on January 6, 2025! From […]

Yuri Chekalin17.12.2024

Amet-Khan Sultan was born in Crimea on October 25, 1920, to a Lak father and a Crimean Tatar mother. Like many young people of the 1930s, he attended an aeroclub, which determined his future fate. Having been drafted into the army in 1939, Amet-Khan was sent to the Kachin Aviation School, from where he graduated […]

Yuri Chekalin13.12.2024

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

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$Trump Falls and Bounces Back

How Did the Statue of Liberty Appear in New York?

Congratulations to Alexander Palladin on Winning the Prestigious Competition!

Food, Culture, Economy. Part 2.

Food, Culture, Economy. Part 1.

Who Was The Prototype Of Brigade Commander Serplin?

Good Bye Viktor Imantovich…

Happy Holidays!

Amet-Khan Sultan: the Air Ace Who Bacame the Two Times Hero of the Soviet Union

The Question of Science and God

Zelensky Redux, or Democrats in Congress

The Forgotten People of Japan

Marco Rubio: It Was a Proxy War Between Russia And the US From the Beginning

America is Back!