Yuri Chekalin

Yuri Chekalin27.09.2025

A research team including the Japanese Circulation Society has uncovered a link between air pollution and heart attacks. In its study, the researchers determined that exposure to high concentrations of microscopic particulate matter (PM2.5) in the air increases the risk of acute myocardial infarction. PM2.5 refers to extremely fine particles with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less that […]

Yuri Chekalin17.09.2025

Shinto is often referred to as polytheistic, because there are many Kami that are classified in three ways: amatsukami (heavenly Kami), kunitsukami (earthly Kami) and yaoyorozu no kami (myriad other Kami). Kami are therefore not necessarily deities in the sense that is usually understood, but possess a wide variety of spiritual powers and attributes. Shinto […]

Yuri Chekalin12.09.2025

A peculiar form of society was created in Japan after World War II. The birth of such a secular, materialistic, and atheistic society perhaps cannot be found in any other age and place in history. It is said that most Japanese, when asked for their religious status in filling out an application form for a […]

Yuri Chekalin09.09.2025

The famine of the early 1920s affected about 40 provinces of Soviet Russia. In the summer of 1921, the ARA (American Relief Administration) and other international public organizations responded to the appeal of the RSFSR government for assistance. The ARA staff (300 employees from America and about 10,000 from the local population) worked from September […]

Yuri Chekalin02.09.2025

From the report: “Only six portraits of Stalin were published in Pravda in 1952, while 147 portraits of Khrushchev were published in the same newspaper in 1964.” Nikita Khrushchev is usually associated with the “thaw”, space flights and the mass migration of people from communal slums to relatively comfortable five-story Khrushchev buildings. It is believed […]

Yuri Chekalin20.08.2025

“We live in a city of brotherly love, We are remembered as long as we disturb others…” Nautilus Pompilius “WELFER is a colloquial name for social benefits that are part of the system of assistance to the poorest categories of citizens. Welfare programs cover individuals and families who, for one reason or another, do not […]

Yuri Chekalin10.08.2025

A partisan movement began to form on Belarusian territory as early as the end of the summer of 1941 during World War II. More than one generation will remember these heros — from surviving photographs in family albums, from videos on tablets. Time passes, but the memory of our relatives — veterans of the war […]

Yuri Chekalin08.08.2025

Vasily Martekhov had an interesting fate. Vasily was born into a family of Russian immigrants at the Bukron mine in the American state of Ohio and became the fifth child. By birthright, the boy received US citizenship. His father, a miner, worked 12 hours a day, but received negligible amounts. The Martekhovs lived on a […]

Yuri Chekalin12.07.2025

Today is the birthday of our esteemed author Tony Rocchi, “The Canadian Lumberjack,” as some call him for his love of work, ability to multitask, and to produce high-quality material in record time. Tony Rocchi’s contribution to the development of the Crime and Terrorism section and to CommentaTHOR magazine as a whole cannot be overstated. […]

Yuri Chekalin28.06.2025

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The commander of the Long-Range Aviation Division Golovanov: “…Stalin called me once and asked about my health. I replied that I couldn’t boast about my health, and the medicines they prescribed me didn’t give any visible improvement. After a short silence, the Supreme Commander said: – Look. I see that the doctors can’t help you. […]

Another Reason for a Heart Attack

Characteristics of Shinto

Japanese Atheists and Faithless Japanese

The ARA and Espionage

A Little About Khrushchev

City of Brotherly Love

As Father Alexander Was a Partisan Priest During WWII

The Only American Hero of the Soviet Union

Happy Birthday to Tony Rocchi!

Miracles of Vodka

The Man Who Survived Both Atomic Bombings: Tsutomu Yamaguchi

America’s Water Systems Have a Cybersecurity Problem

The Law of Tomorrow

The Michael Jackson Biopic is Missing its Most Controversial Story