Video: Grigory Rasputin: Crazy, regicide or saint?
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Historians to this day argue who, in fact, was a common mortal known to the whole world: "Crazy, a regicide, or is it a saint?" But be that as it may, this man at one time made a lot of noise among the nobility and common people. And, despite the fact that almost a hundred years have passed since the death of the distraught monk, and most learned minds still dispute all sorts of versions among themselves, we are unlikely to ever find out the whole truth about how everything really was. Therefore, for the sake of interest, we bring to your attention an amazing series of color photographs, which captures one of the most mysterious historical characters of the times of Tsarist Russia.
- says the 21-year-old Danish artist, who, impressed by the history of the Romanovs, personally colored each of these pictures, giving them a truly incredible magical energy.
Hitler - another no less mysterious historical figure who went down in history as the devil incarnate. An excellent orator and a strong strategist, obsessed with megalomania and at the same time shy and vulnerable, rehearsing gestures and speeches in front of a mirror for days. He alone, managed to shock not only his country, but the whole world. Possessing an incredible, almost hypnotic energy, he led the crowd, eagerly absorbing the sweet speeches of the great dictator, who promised a bright future and a better life …
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