20 life cards, after reading which a second wind opens

How a Russian secret agent won Bonaparte's trust: Second after the emperor

Russian officer Alexander Chernyshev in his youth untwisted external military intelligence. Having succeeded in this field, he soon took the place of the second person in the military-administrative hierarchy after the sovereign himself. Savvy, courteous, courageous and disposed Chernyshev fell in love with everyone he approached. Carrying a secret mission in France, he was well known to Napoleon. Even when the latter was provided with irrefutable evidence of Chernyshev's agent activities, Bonaparte, until the last

Give me some cards in hand An overview of the stunning constructions of playing cards

Constructions made of playing cards are so fragile and unreliable that the catch phrase "crumbled like a house of cards" has long been used when it is necessary to point out the fragility of any ideas, hopes and expectations. However, each of us, at least once in his life, tried to build a turret or two out of kings, ladies and jackets. I bet such turrets broke down without standing even for a few seconds, but there are craftsmen in the world who can rein in rebellious cards and create something special out of them

After Waterloo: why in the second world it came to open war between England and France

France and Great Britain entered World War II in the same camp. These two ambitious powers were united by the threat of Nazi Germany. Therefore, few could even imagine that in the summer of 1940, yesterday's allies would find themselves in a state of real war with each other. Shooting collisions took place, it even came to aviation and the use of heavy battleships. A major naval battle between the British and French claimed the lives of more than 1,200 sailors and led to the rupture of diplomatic missions

The State Duma adopted in the second reading the bill on tax incentives for patrons of art

Individuals who decide to provide financial support to municipal and state cultural institutions can count on tax incentives. The corresponding bill was adopted by the State Duma

Life after Pushkin: how was the fate of Natalia Goncharova after the death of the poet

On August 27 (September 8), 1812, a woman was born who played a fatal role in the life of A.S. Pushkin - Natalia Goncharova. Her personality, both among her contemporaries and in our time, has always caused extremely contradictory assessments: she was called both an evil genius who killed the great poet, and a slandered victim. She was judged by the 6 years that she spent in marriage with Pushkin, however, the next 27 years of her life make it possible to get a much more complete and accurate idea of what one of the first