Sculptures by Joan Grün-Janoff: another variation on anatomy

How Vladimir Menshov managed to live almost 60 years with his wife, whom he considered a man of another civilization

On July 5, 2021, the great director Vladimir Menshov passed away. He left behind a rich creative heritage, and the films made by Vladimir Valentinovich will be watched by many more generations of grateful viewers. But most of all today, of course, are the relatives of Vladimir Menshov. He lived with his wife Vera Alentova for almost 60 years, but until the end he considered his wife a person from another civilization, which is simply impossible to fully understand

"Climat" for Nadia and another perfume that Soviet women dreamed of

Nowadays it is customary to call Soviet women unspoiled. However, many people still remember perfume brands from that time and note that it is not so easy to find analogues in quality and durability. Perhaps it seems so because we are talking about the times "when the trees were large", or indeed "before everything was natural." Today, authentic bottles of popular Soviet, Bulgarian and Baltic perfumes are very expensive and difficult to find, but collectors and lovers are nostalgic

The Greatest Guest Workers in World History: Dictators who were born in one country and ruled another

During troubled and difficult times, ruthless dictators often come to power. In order to strengthen their authority, they tend to exorbitantly inflame the nationalist fervor of the people. Patriotism and national identity are elevated to a cult. The most interesting and surprising thing about this is that the most famous autocrats in history were not actually natives of the countries they ultimately ruled. Some of the most famous despots who came to power in a foreign country further in the review

How a military doctor became the most famous traveler in the USSR: Another fate of Yuri Senkevich

For thirty years viewers gathered every Sunday in front of television screens to make another fascinating journey together with Yuri Senkevich, host of the "Travelers' Club". He himself never dreamed of fame, but was engaged in serious research, was a military doctor and even planned to fly into space. But he had a completely different fate

The curiosity of Soviet cosmonautics: Why did the last cosmonaut of the USSR flew from one country, and returned to another

Unfortunately, the hero of the Soviet Union and Russia, Sergei Krikalev, did not receive such world fame as Yuri Gagarin or Valentina Tereshkova. Even not all Russians know about the existence of such an astronaut and about his interesting biography. Meanwhile, for ten years he was the Earth's record holder for the longest total time spent in space. And he also unwittingly became the only cosmonaut who went into orbit from the Soviet Union, and returned when the USSR had already disintegrated