Happiness in the Soviet Style: How they spent their free time in the USSR in the 1980s

How Soviet soldiers survived, who were carried into the ocean for 49 days, and How they were met in the USA and the USSR after they were rescued

In the early spring of 1960, the crew of the American aircraft carrier Kearsarge discovered a small barge in the middle of the ocean. On board were four emaciated Soviet soldiers. They survived by feeding on leather belts, tarpaulin boots and industrial water. But even after 49 days of extreme drift, the soldiers told the American sailors who found them something like this: help us only with fuel and food, and we will get home ourselves

Anonymous "letters of happiness": Who writes them and why, what they are about and where they can be found

Stories about how people accidentally find messages from unfamiliar well-wishers always sound exciting. And if in an adventure novel such a letter usually sails by sea in a sealed bottle, then nowadays it is more prosaic - a letter can be found in a book, under the wallpaper, on a chair in a public building, or just on a closet. But a family from Brisbane (Australia) found a "message to an unknown destination" in a recently purchased trailer. True, the author of the letter introduced himself

How the middle class lived in tsarist Russia: How much did they get, what they spent on, how did ordinary people and officials eat

Today people know very well what a food basket is, an average wage, a standard of living, and so on. Surely, our ancestors also thought about this. How did they live? What could they buy with the money they earned, what was the price of the most common food products, how much did it cost to live in large cities? Read in the material what was the "life under the tsar" in Russia, and what was the difference between the situation of ordinary people, the military and officials

40 years of fidelity to Robert Rozhdestvensky: Why did the poet's wife call their marriage both happiness and grief at the same time

25 years ago, on August 19, 1994, the famous Soviet poet of the sixties, Robert Rozhdestvensky, passed away. Throughout his life, he carried love to one woman, to whom he dedicated dozens of his poems - his wife, Alla Kireeva. When the poet was diagnosed with a brain tumor, she did not give up and was able to prolong his life by 4 years. They were married for 41 years, but she herself later called it her happiness and grief at the same time

Photos of Soviet celebrities at the time when they were at the peak of their popularity (20 photos)

Their appearance on the screens caused a real sensation. They were admired throughout the entire Soviet Union, they fell in love with them, they wanted to be like them. And even after several decades, films with their participation are loved by viewers. They were not just stars of Soviet cinema, they were favorite actors and actresses