World history has recorded a lot of rulers who have attempted to use a small war to gain a popularity boost but overestimated the strength of their forces and reaped disaster instead of triumph. One of the clearest examples of this was the late 20th century conflict in the Falkland …
Read More »A nation no longer divided? How Russians are increasingly remembering, rather than erasing, the country’s bloody Civil War history
It is said that modern Russia is a conservative country, but that begs the question – what are Russians trying to conserve? The basic principle of conservatism is that a society should develop in accordance with its own traditions. But in the past 105 years, Russia has twice experienced radical …
Read More »Near Kiev the drunk broke someone else’s car and not remembering what
The hooligan was detained. In Kiev region the drunk guy damaged a parked car. Wednesday, November 14, kyievo-Sviatoshynskyi police Department asked 40-year-old resident of the village of tarasivka and reported that on the street Ostrovsky unknown damaged her Smart car. The windshield is broken and “dented” the hood. Also, the …
Read More »Remembering the movie “Deliver us from evil” (2014)
…”And you will be cured”.. (C) K/f “Ivan Vasilyevich changes occupation” There is a certain category of migratory films is a pattern that seems to be does not particularly stand out, but for some reason remain long in the memory. Surely every offhand typed this compilation: the paintings behind the …
Read More »Remembering Chester Bennington, listen to the latest album from Linkin Park
Shocking news about the death of the soloist of Linkin Park Chester Bennington, it seems, left no one indifferent. Today it became known the new details of the tragedy, well, we suggest to remember the musician with a kind word and listen to an extreme album, released just recently in …
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