Masquerade for four-legged friends. Times Square art project

How Brezhnev tried to be friends with the Soviet people, and what are "vegetarian times"

The period of developed socialism (1964-1985), which was declared “Brezhnev's stagnation” after the change in the social and social system in 1991, is characterized by both an increase in the material well-being of people and a sharp decline in the number of arrested dissidents. It was under Leonid Brezhnev that the system of mass punishment was replaced by an incentive reward system, which marked Akhmatov's "vegetarian times"

What the general secretaries gave their friends: The most famous diplomatic gifts to friends of the USSR

The foreign policy of the USSR was very generous with gifts to its allies and satellites. Whole regions could pass to a friendly ruler simply by the good will of the Soviet secretary general. Moreover, such gestures were often one-sided, and the country received practically nothing in return. Not a single leader of the USSR could learn to count the benefits from diplomatic actions

Secrets of "The Last Day of Pompeii": Which of the contemporaries Karl Bryullov depicted in the picture four times

1939 years ago, on August 24, 79 AD, the most devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius occurred, as a result of which the cities of Herculaneum, Stabia and Pompeii were destroyed. This event has more than once become the subject of works of art, and the most famous of them is Karl Bryullov's "The Last Day of Pompeii". However, few people know that in this picture the artist depicted not only himself, but also the woman with whom he was romantically involved, in four images

"I loved three times - three times hopelessly": Love, revenge and reckoning Mikhail Lermontov

As you know, every creator - artist, poet, composer always needs an inspiring muse, dear to his heart and eyes. And by and large, women-muses were supposed to erect monuments next to the monuments to the creators themselves. Indeed, thanks only to their participation, whom poets, writers or artists idolized, for whom they suffered at night, dreaming of meetings, and all that beautiful was created that they left behind for their descendants. Today we'll talk about the women-muses of Mikhail Lermontov, who prompted the poet to create

Three times wife, three times mother: A long road to happiness for the beautiful nanny Anastasia Zavorotnyuk

After the release of the TV series "My Fair Nanny" Anastasia Zavorotnyuk became a celebrity. However, popularity had a downside: any changes in her life became the subject of discussion, both on the part of fans and enemies. The actress has learned to hide details that are not related to her professional activities. It's so good that the birth of Mila's daughter Anastasia and her husband Pyotr Chernyshev were kept secret for four months