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Serum of Truth, Monkey-Human Crossbreeding: Truth and Myths About Scientific Experiments Under Stalin

If in the land of the Soviets they did not know how to do something, then they definitely should not classify information. Moreover, the government has successfully managed not only to decide what citizens know, but even what to think about and what to talk about. All this looks like a grandiose experiment on a national scale, although there were much more of the latter, and many of them are still classified as "secret". However, this does not prevent now, when the country of Soviets no longer exists, to discuss these experiments, to give birth to a lot of myths and conjectures. What's on with

Acting dynasty Menglet: Why the family of the stars of the film "It Was in Penkovo" does not speak Russian

They say that talent is not inherited, but the example of this family testifies to the opposite - there are exceptions to every rule. Three generations of the Menglet family have been associated with the world of cinema and theater, and they all have achieved considerable success in the acting profession. However, they are rarely remembered at home: the name of the founder of the acting dynasty has long been forgotten, and his daughter and grandchildren have hardly been mentioned since they left the country. Why Maya Menglet, who played the main role in the film "It would be

What language did Jesus actually speak, or what has been controversial over the centuries

While scholars generally agree that Jesus was a real historical figure, controversy has long raged over the events and circumstances of his life described in the Bible. Among other things, one of the most weighty and widespread disputes was the dispute regarding the language in which he spoke

When and why it was indecent to speak Russian in Russia: Gallomania of the nobility

In the Russian language there are a lot of words of French origin. And over a long period of time, the offspring of the Russian nobility learned the French language before Russian. Gallomania enveloped the upper strata of European society during the Enlightenment. French acquired the status of a language of international communication up to private correspondence. In Russia, the French flair covered all spheres of life by the 18th century, and entire generations of the Russian elite were raised by French emigrants. Gallomania at some point got to the point

"My-in-your-way": How Russians and Norwegians began to speak the same language

Residents of border areas know: if you want to trade with your neighbors, find a common language with them. If you have delicious cod, and they grow the wheat you need, then sooner or later you will meet at the market. Once the Norwegians and Russian Pomors met in this way. And soon Russenorsk appeared - a special Norwegian-Russian language