20 unexpected retro photographs of the last century that did not make it into the history books

Rogvolodovich, not Rurikovich: Why Prince Yaroslav the Wise did not love the Slavs and did not spare his brothers

In the official historiography, Yaroslav the Wise for a long time appeared to be an almost sinless ruler, the creator of legality in the Russian lands. In our time, he is already accused of sending several of his brothers to the next world in order to occupy the Kiev throne. But was it only the desire for power that drove Prince Yaroslav? If you look at the history of his family, then everything that happens is more like revenge … to his father. Bloody revenge for bloody atrocity

She did not promote the Germans, did not ruin Russia, did not leave the course of Peter: what is Anna Ioannovna accused of in vain?

Anna Ioannovna, niece of Peter the Great, went down in history with a terrible image. For what they just did not reproach the second ruling queen of Russia: for tyranny and ignorance, craving for luxury, indifference to state affairs and for the fact that the dominance of the Germans was in power. Anna Ioannovna had a lot of bad character, but the myth about her as an unsuccessful ruler who gave Russia to be torn apart by foreigners is very far from the real historical picture

Why did the ex-model shoot her lover, or Why the prim British did not condemn the last woman executed in England

In the spring of 1955, the British public was shocked by a high-profile crime in the style of American gangster action. The bright blonde on the street took a revolver out of her purse and coolly released the clip at her lover. At the trial, the former fashion model behaved so worthily that she managed to win the hearts of even the most prim supporters of law. Ruth became the last woman to be executed in Great Britain, and her case is still considered one of the most significant for the 20th century

Medicine of the last century: 20 frightening photographs of medical instruments and methods of treatment of the last century

Bizarre medical tools, daunting procedures, and bizarre approaches to healing patients. We have collected all this in our review dedicated to the medicine of the last century. Looking at these photos, it remains to breathe a sigh of relief that today everything is different

Retro photographs of Leningrad and Leningraders 1920-30s of the last century

The city of Petra bore the proud name of Petrograd until January 1924, until the time when the ideological inspirer of the October Revolution, V.I. Lenin. The proposal to rename the city to Leningrad came from the Petrograd Soviet of Workers, Peasants and Red Army Deputies, supported by resolutions of the workers of all factories and plants in Petrograd. What the city looked like in the 1920s and 1930s, how the Leningraders of that time lived can be seen in the photographs collected in this review