Yuri Chekalin

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 This photograph is a historical document of that era when […]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 Chekalin26.01.2025

Traffic control is a difficult task, but, if necessary, even a baboon can do it. Can a baboon be trained to manage the passing trains? Yes, with the help of a human friend! Railway signalman James Wide, who lost both his legs in an accident on the job and was forced to use awkward prosthetics, […]

Yuri Chekalin23.01.2025

Did the Bolsheviks Install a Monument to Judas? Part 1. To understand the absurdity, I will allow myself to cite Henning Kehler’s “memories” from his book “The Red Garden” published in 1921. It is full of artistic inventions, as the author himself admitted (“the memories are artistically processed, condensed and enhanced. Each of them contains […]

Yuri Chekalin22.01.2025

The legend about the installation of the monument to Judas in Sviyazhsk has been known for a long time. It would seem that enough has been said about its sources, but there are, as they say, details. Quite interesting to pass by. So, the legend is that after the Red Army soldiers arrived in Sviyazhsk […]

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 […]

Japanese Tattoo of Nicholas II

Why Did Tolstoy Challenge Turgenev to a Duel?

The Man Who Refused to Salute Hitler

Baboon Railwayman

Did the Bolsheviks Install a Monument to Judas? Part 2.

Did the Bolsheviks Install a Monument to Judas? Part 1.

$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.

The Cat

Rasputin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Maria Rasputin

Priestesses of Love

August 17