Uncle Fedor, Troubadour, Winnie the Pooh and all-all-all: How the heroes of your favorite cartoons were created

True versions of your favorite fairy tales: Non-childhood stories of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and other famous heroes

Our modern fairy tales have taught that in the end, having passed all the difficult trials and difficulties, the main characters find happiness, and the evil characters always receive punishment as they deserve. But almost all of our fairy tales have been rewritten in a kinder and lighter version. But the original versions of these works are more suitable for adults, since there is a lot of cruelty, and no one guarantees that everything will end with a happy ending. It's still good that these tales were remade, because even scary under

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

19 photos of your favorite actors who were filmed in the children's newsreel "Yeralash"

Years go by, and children-actors, familiar to all fans of the children's comic magazine "Yeralash", have turned from boys and girls into adults. Many of them have become stars, while others live an ordinary life. We have collected their photographs from the "Yerolashevsky" past and today. This is what they have become

Evgeny Leonov and Wanda Stoilova: favorite Vanya of the Soviet Winnie the Pooh

They met once to live a lifetime together. Friends loved to be in their house, as if absorbing the atmosphere of kindness, hospitality, cordiality. Evgeny Leonov and Vanda Stoilova were happy in their love and generously shared it with others

From pagans to Bolsheviks: How families were created in Russia, who were refused marriage and when they were allowed to divorce

Today, in order to get married, a couple in love only needs to apply to the registry office. Everything is very simple and accessible. People easily tie themselves by marriage and divorce just as often. And it's even difficult to imagine that once the creation of a family was associated with many rituals, and there were only a few (and very compelling) reasons for divorce