Category: History

Whilst there are plenty of weird modern-day things that we love about Russia, there are also some unusual artifacts from Russia’s past that deserve a mention. All of these …

Russian and Italian mafia have close ties and over the years they have been collaborating “successfully”. In the 1990s, Russian and Italian mafia participated in a literal money-laundering scheme. …

This photo was taken for Vogue magazine in 1969. In the USSR, this photo was considered immoral and the model Galina Milowskaya was humiliated by the Soviet society. However, …

In 1904, the first drunk tank (sobering center for drunks) was opened in Tula. It was called very romantically “Shelter for intoxicated”. Drunk tanks were widespread all over the …

In Soviet Russia, employees of the first McDonald’s got these pins from the store management. First McDonald’s opened in Moscow in 1990, and here are some images how insane …

In 1714, Peter the Great instituted the Medal for Drunkenness: it was made out of cast iron, weighed 7 kg, and is considered to be the heaviest medal in …

In 1959, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, having arrived in Los Angeles during a two-week coast-to-coast tour, his first visit to the United States, learned that he would not be …

When it comes to St. Petersburg, there is no lack of interesting places to see. Besides the famous museums and architecture, there are numerous memorial sites dedicated to WW2. …

In the ’70s, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev used to swim in the pool regularly, marking the distance of at least 1 km. His bodyguards; the KGB officers of the …