Kommersant-History No. 2: when simplicity is worse than theft
Do you know the difference between a stupid person and a stupid person? Just don’t rush and immediately declare: “Nothing!”...
Do you know the difference between a stupid person and a stupid person? Just don’t rush and immediately declare: “Nothing!”...
Do you know when the Russian army, ignoring the precepts of Peter I, officially allowed beards? No, the question has...
Do you know who has the hardest time looking into the eyes? Have you thought about it? But people have...
160 years ago, in 1863, almost all serious corporal punishment was abolished in the Russian Empire, and ordinary people expected...
Do you know what caused maximum damage to the country and its inhabitants? Wars and epidemics naturally come to mind...
Do you know what the army was sorely lacking for success in the battles for Kyiv? It's just that you...
Do you know what constitutes the basis of the diet of the Russian ruling class? No, this is not about...
Do you know how many times the flagship of Soviet industrialization, the Gorky Automobile Plant, was built? Seemingly strange question....
Do you know when tricolor ribbons were banned in Russia (not Soviet, but Tsarist)? Moreover, without any indication of which...
Do you know whom officials in the Brezhnev era feared more than Leonid Ilyich himself and KGB chairman Yu. V....
Do you know where the special Russian path leads? No, the road to hell paved with good intentions is for...
Do you know what mistakes of politicians lead to the most serious consequences? Of course, made out of the best...
Do you know what a very common addiction is sometimes much more harmful than alcoholism and drug addiction combined? No,...
Do you know which ideas carry the greatest danger? No, we are not talking about circus performances with the participation...
Do you know which buildings are the most common in Russia? No, these are not "Khrushchevs". Moreover, in some places...