Before and after: How ordinary pictures turned into a real fairy tale using Photoshop (19 photos)

8 princes of our cinema: How was the fate of the actors who played fairy-tale characters in Soviet fairy tales

They were the idols of the girls of the Soviet Union. They dreamed of them, postcards with their photographs were carefully kept for years. On the screen, their characters were invariably happy, because in fairy tales, good always triumphs over evil. But outside the set, not all the princes of our childhood had a good fortune

How the Nazis turned Soviet children into Aryans, and what happened to them after the defeat of Germany

One of the main desires of Adolf Hitler, the founder of the Nazi regime, a bloody dictator who unleashed the most terrible war in the history of mankind, was to seize power over the world in order to rule the Aryans and spread a new, perfect race of supermen on the planet. To bring this idea to life, the Lebensborn project (translated from German - "source of life") was developed, the implementation of which relied on the Institute for Racial Research, which was part of the organization "Ahnenerbe"

Before and after a haircut: 20 photos of men who decided to radically change their image

There is a widespread belief that visiting beauty salons is not a man's business. But looking at the photographs of men before and after visiting the hairdresser, it becomes obvious that men should take care of their appearance no less than the fairer sex. That's for sure, the image is everything

No coincidences in the fate of Alla Budnitskaya: What events divided the life of the actress into "before" and "after"

She was called one of the most beautiful Soviet actresses. She starred in cult films ("Station for Two", "Garage", "Primorsky Boulevard", "Criminal Talent"), but all the laurels went to her colleagues, because all her life she played supporting roles. But even in them, Alla Budnitskaya was magnificent and created vivid memorable images. Having played about 80 roles, she continues to act in her 83 years today. But at the age of 25 it seemed to her that her life was over, because then it happened with

Why critics called the tale of Masonic initiation the fairy tale "The Black Chicken" by Pogorelsky

The first author's fairy tale for children in Russian was written back in 1829. In this story, researchers in different centuries have found very diverse motives - up to an accurate description of the ceremonies of the Freemasons. The story was accused of excessive morality and infernality, however, 200 years later, "The Black Hen, or Underground inhabitants" remains the same exciting and still teaches children simple and eternal truths