Legendary St. Petersburg courtyards-wells that give the city a special charm

13 charismatic actors who have a zero-cut haircut that gives them a special charm

Someone is ashamed of their thinning crown, and someone does not worry about this at all. The shaved head has become part of their stellar image. Indeed, it is already difficult to imagine Dwayne Johnson or Gosha Kutsenko with luxurious hair - for so long they appear in the world in this form. After all, according to most fans, the lack of hair has endowed these men with a special charm. But still, curious fans are interested to know what they looked like before this radical change in appearance

Who was the Tsar's personal chauffeur, and how they solved the problem of special numbers and special signals at that time

56 cars of leading foreign and domestic firms - this was the size of the garage of the last Russian autocrat by 1917. The huge car fleet at that time was the pride of Nicholas II and the envy of all European monarchs. Maintenance of elite vehicles was carried out by the most experienced specialists and cost the state treasury a lot of money

To give birth or not to give birth: How abortion commissions in the USSR decided the fate of women

It is known that in pre-revolutionary Russia the families of ordinary workers and peasants were quite large. As they say, how much God will send. Abortion was prohibited. But with the advent of the new state, politics changed radically. In the USSR, "abortion" commissions appeared, which decided who could have an abortion and who could not

Chinese city with French charm: Tianducheng - "little Paris" made in China

When at the beginning of the 20th century Mayakovsky joked: "The tower is scary in Paris", he could not even imagine that the day would come when the Eiffel Tower could be seen not only in France, but also in other parts of the world. In the comic poem "Read and go to Paris and China," he turned out to be almost a prophet, combining these two place names in one route. It turns out that the resort town of Tianducheng (a suburb of the Chinese city of Hangzhou) really has its own "little Paris". By the way, besides the tower, here

15 beautiful, sophisticated French women with a special charm and grace who have captivated millions of hearts

French women to millions of men around the world seem to be something extremely sophisticated and mysterious. However, looking at the photographs collected in our review, one simply cannot but agree that these women have a certain special flavor