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"Staircase of the Dead" in Odessa and meat pies at Privoz

18 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Jurgan

If we start talking about Deribasovskaya, then we can and should instill a little horror. There are a lot of places in Odessa that instill fear. From Deribasovskaya to the Polish descent leads the "Staircase of the Dead". Yes, the name is quite impr...

Violent seizure of territories and unknown history

14 Feb 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z6m3xjT5V0rTNxME There is no question why everyone in Russia knows about the American colonists, but no one knows about the Russian wars of conquest? So let me teach you a lesson about the histo...

Historical Hacks: Operation Aurora

8 Feb 2025 5 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

In previous articles, we’ve made the point that in the early days, a lot of notable cybersecurity events weren’t exactly what we’d call malicious. While they’d certainly be damaging in terms of lost productivity or downtime, often these attacks were...

National Liberation Uprising of the Yakut people

6 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z6IkW_o332dMR4gz Violent occupation of territories and unknown wars. You've all heard a million times that the Americans are such bad colonists and have taken over the Indians and their territor...

The story of a Russian emigrant and the founder of St. Petersburg in the USA

5 Feb 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z6H7MVn1jEBwGHRw Do you know who Peter Demens is and how he is connected with St. Petersburg?Anyone who thought that the story would be about a foreigner and the Russian city of St. Petersburg d...

The question of the justification of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

4 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z6CFygIiWnDk7Lc9 The question of the justification of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki remains one of the most controversial in history, and now many Russians often disapprovingly r...

What The Tech?! Genetic Modification

2 Feb 2025 5 minute read 6 comments Investigator515

This controversial technology has now become commonplace In the post-COVID era, there’s been plenty of fresh controversy around scientific and medical procedures. This has included things like vaccines and even things like the efficacy and safety in...

FALL of ROME'S LAST KING: The Battle of Lake Regillus, 496 BC

1 Feb 2025 4 minute read 0 comments YouveBeenGreeked

The Roman Kingdom lasted from 753 BC to 509 BC, at least according to legend. Their last king, the tyrant Tarquinius Superbus, was ousted by the joint forces of the Senate and People of Rome (SPQR), ushering in the period of Rome’s Republic - from “R...

Corbin, KY: Home to Kentucky Fried Chicken (And Its Many Legends)

30 Jan 2025 7 minute read 1 comment jasonmcgathey

By now, even those who are not exactly a fan of Kentucky Fried Chicken probably know a great deal about its origin story. Yet for every timeworn, heartwarming chestnut, like how Colonel Sanders roamed the countryside peddling his recipe, there...

DAWN of the REPUBLIC, 509 BC: The Battle of Silva Arsia

28 Jan 2025 15 minute read 0 comments YouveBeenGreeked

New series. 200 battles. 2,000 years of history. Let's get to it.     ROME'S FOUNDING LEGEND   PRINCE AENEAS According to legend, the foundation date for what would become “The Eternal City” is the 21st of April, 753 BC. In their own legends, Romans...