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Construction set from a "sharashka"
Russian roulette for Douglass and Airacobras
In October 1941, Stalin ordered the creation of AlSib, the most dangerous…
The Genius of de Gennin, or How One German Organized Russia
German artillery engineer, founder of Yekaterinburg, developer of the Moscow-Volga Canal project, organizer of the mining…
The Arctic Munchausen and his adventures in Siberia
The story of Matvey Gedenshtrom, the "Polar Munchausen," from adventurer to outstanding…
How Pushkin tried to kiss a cavalryman's hand
The amazing story of Nadezhda Durova, the first female officer and author of the famous "Notes…"
Big Siberian Grandfather
On September 22, 1835, in the village of Yamyshevsky on the banks of the Irtysh…
The fight against drunkenness in Russia: from mead to "prohibition"
So that it flows down the mustache, but does not get into the mouth Every year...
The Promised Land in the Land of Soviets
On August 20, 1930, the Central Executive Committee of the RSFSR issued a decree “On…
Latin letters for native languages
The History of Language Reform in the USSR: Trotsky, Stalin, and the Unique Chukchi…
"Do whatever you want with the car"
How the most famous Peking-Paris rally of 1907 passed through Siberia
Independent Siberia versus a united Russia
On July 23, 1918, Omsk was declared the capital of independent Siberia.…
How a second Ukraine almost emerged in the Far East
In June 1917, the First All-Ukrainian Congress took place in Nikolsk-Ussuriysky…
Elephants with transit numbers
A rare white elephant as a living gift to the king. The story of the journey, legends,…
The Man Who Gone into the Fog
The good and evil fate of Martin Spanberg, who discovered the route from Kamchatka...