Monday, April 20, 2026

“Vilyui boilers”: the mystery of the most terrible places of Yakutia

"Vilyui boilers": the mystery of the most terrible places of Yakutia
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The territory, which stretches along the right tributary of the river Vilyui, the Yakuts call the "valley of Death". According to legend, in this place are huge cauldrons, half buried in the ground. Under the original "hemispheres" once spent the night hunters, or lost travelers. However, after many of them fell ill or died, the elders forbade all walking in the "valley".

Victor Khachatryan: how to fight the brother of the famous pilot-Gerona

Victor Khachatryan: how to fight the brother of the famous pilot-Gerona
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The battalion commander Viktor Frantsevich Gastello was killed during the liberation of Rzhev in September 1942. He had a "reservation" from the call to the front, but still went to fight, wanting to avenge the death of his brother, the legendary pilot who made a fiery battering RAM in the early days of the great Patriotic war, Hero of the Soviet Union Nikolai Gastello.

Konovalov appointed Russian presidential envoy in the constitutional court

Konovalov appointed Russian presidential envoy in the constitutional court
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Previously, he headed the Ministry of justice

The executioner of Nicholas II: who really killed the last king

The executioner of Nicholas II: who really killed the last king
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The fact that Nicholas II was killed Jurowski (or someone else of the numerous and motley firing squad in 1918), now doesn't confirm nothing and no one. No conclusive evidence of specific participation of each of those who shot that July night in 11 people in the basement of the Ipatiev house Yekaterinburg.

With what army Ivan the terrible began the Livonian war

With what army Ivan the terrible began the Livonian war
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The 25-year Livonian war (1558-1583) was covered the entire Mature period of the reign of Ivan the terrible. All the advantages and disadvantages of the policy of the king, the contradictions within the state and external factors was reflected in the Russian army.