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Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev is one of the most notable supporters of Chechen separatism, acting President of the breakaway Republic of Ichkeria. But few people know that in Soviet times, this odious leader, was an aspiring writer.

In Esil district of Akmola region of Kazakhstan there is a small village Kalachi. It would be unremarkable if not for the mysterious mass illness that has befallen its residents in March 2013. Since then, scientists are trying to understand why people of different ages suddenly poured into the village for a period from two days to two weeks. The authors of numerous studies offer different explanations of the mysterious sleeping sickness.

Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev was very proud of his peasant origins and the fact that from an early age he worked in the mine and the plant. However, among the top leadership of the Soviet Union there were rumors that Khrushchev actually comes from the class of exploiters and has Polish roots.

An outstanding Soviet boxer Oleg Korotaev – one of the few Champions of the USSR, who happened to end up in jail. The reason was a fight, started by them in one of the restaurants in the mid 1970-ies. Perhaps in some situations the athlete would be "forgiven", but under the heavy fists Korotaeva got none other than the son of the interior Minister of the USSR. About the scandal that erupted in Moscow in the end of the Brezhnev era, few knew, however, this story could not be better characterize the mores of the Soviet elite of the time.

4 Nov 1836 Alexander Pushkin and his friends received the libel, which became fateful for the great poet. Nameless anonymous letter hinted at clearly the relationship of Pushkin's wife and the ruling Emperor, and also contains a "diploma" in which Pushkin "awarded" the title of cuckold of all times and peoples. Who was the author of deadly messages — a riddle, the solution of which researchers are trying to do for two centuries. And somewhere in Paris kept the original documents with the name of the person who actually struck the fatal blow to Pushkin.[C-BLOCK]