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Fuel desperation. Is it possible to run on wood during the gasoline shortage in Russia?
From Scythian gold to the Lena massacre
The history of gold mining in Siberia: how the golden…
Whose Siberia?
What could the establishment of an English protectorate in Arkhangelsk lead to?
Escape to the Kingdom of Abormotia
The story of Elena Krutovskaya, who created the world's first state near Krasnoyarsk…
The Empire from the carriage window
In 1837, Tsarevich Alexander traveled through 30 provinces, including Siberia.…
Stalin monuments versus stones of sorrow
Why the history of the 1941 deportations has once again become “undesirable” in Russia…
Sevastopol panorama from a drone's perspective
Who is Franz Roubaud and why was the Sevastopol panorama destroyed by a drone?
A crazy mystic under the cover of the NKVD
How the mystic Alexander Barchenko sought Shambhala and Hyperborea under the wing of…
Bringing Order to Chaos with a Flexible Pen: How Speransky Created Laws
Mikhail Speransky created the Code of Laws of the Russian Empire – and twice…
"What are you waiting for, boys?"
The story of the Norilsk uprising of 1953. How political prisoners of Gorlag 71…
Kerosene-water for the Japanese fleet
How the Bolsheviks traded Sakhalin oil with the Japanese during World War II
Where does the Dead Road lead?
One of the most pointless projects in the history of the USSR, abandoned after…
Georgy Zhzhenov: The Actor Whom the Gulag Made Great
Arrested twice for “espionage,” Georgy Zhzhenov spent 15…
Three Engineers, or Heroes of the Wrong Route
The tragic death of engineers Koshurnikov, Stofato, and Zhuravlev during the design of...
There is a custom in Rus'…
There's a custom in Rus'... A brief history of Soviet jammers Author: Sergey...
Letter, Kremlin, Arctic, war
How the Association of Indigenous Peoples of Russia embarked on a path of loyalty to Vladimir…
A gift to young empires
The story of Elena Molokhovets: from a home economics bestseller to mystical prophecies…
They called him "Russian Thunderstorm"
The story of Ivan Turchaninov, a fugitive colonel who, along with Abraham Lincoln, destroyed…
The Birth and Death of the Siberian Newspaper
From the business empire of educator Makushin to the tragic fate of editor Adrianov in…