Labor era: life in the Soviet Union in the 30s - early 40s

Nikolai Slichenko and Tamilla Agamirova: the love of the whole life of the main gypsy of the Soviet Union

The name of Nikolai Slichenko thundered throughout the USSR. Actor, director, singer, whose voice was known to millions of music fans in the Soviet Union and abroad. He was carried in his arms after concerts, lined with flowers the way to the car. One famous opera diva said she was ready to put her life at his feet. The fans sighed hopelessly, and he idolized only one woman all his life

Physical labor is a panacea for gambling: the life story of a millionaire miner

Pushkin, Nekrasov, Dostoevsky, Gogol … What unites these great writers, except for the incredible power of talent? All of them were avid casino visitors and sometimes spent all their savings over a card game or a game of roulette. Addiction to gambling is a habit that not many people can part with. A prime example of how to overcome yourself is the life story of the Chinese millionaire Qijang Zhang Yongqiang. The 39-year-old rich man found a simple way to overcome his addiction: instead of a casino, he

Unattainably beautiful images of Hollywood beauties of the 30s and 40s

Photographer George Harell, thanks to his virtuoso mastery of the technique of the play of light and shadow, has received an amazing nickname - "the unsurpassed master of the Hollywood portrait." He managed to create his own unique genre called "charm photography", which in the 30-40s became the main standard for Hollywood of the twentieth century. Movie stars in his works looked not just unattainably beautiful divas, but divine creatures literally divorced from reality

30 retro photographs about the life of Jews in the USSR in 1920-30s

With the advent of Soviet power, the life of the Jewish population changed radically. If before the revolution the Jews were engaged mainly in the handicraft industry and small trade, then with the advent of the new government, this huge category of the population was actually left without work. Many private traders were declared speculators and exploiters, and they were even threatened with the death penalty - execution. In addition, Jewish pogroms have become more frequent. Thus, the Jews found themselves in a very difficult situation in 1920-30

Born for the revolution: 20 years of hard labor, a bullet from the author of "Scarlet Sails" and other life vicissitudes of Ekaterina Bibergal

She refused the author of the book "Scarlet Sails", who offered her a hand and a heart, but sunk into his soul for life. Ekaterina Bibergal spent 20 years of her difficult life in hard labor - under the tsar she was exiled for revolutionary activities, and under Stalin for counter-revolutionary activities. And Alexander Green embodied her image in many heroines of his works