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Peskov says the new information security doctrine poses no threat to historians

A WORD PUT IN FOR THE 28 PANFILOV MEN. Peskov reports that the new information security doctrine poses no threat to historians with an alternative opinion: "On the contrary, historical research and work in the archives are work to which great importance is attached. At the same time, it

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The Tomb of Christ Opened for the First Time in 500 Years

The Tomb of Christ has been opened for the first time in 500 years. For the moment it is considered established that this is indeed the very tomb venerated by the Crusaders and declared to be the grave of Christ under the Emperor Constantine

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Supposition that Nicholas I was born of Babkin and Nadezhda Babkina's claim to the throne

If Nicholas I was sired by a Babkin, then Nadezhda Babkina is heir to the Russian throne. Checkmate, conspiracy theorists!

Architecture · Moscow · Heritage · Society

The road that ran across the cemetery of the Alexeyevsky Monastery is the Third Transport Ring

The road that ran across the cemetery of the Alexeyevsky Monastery is the Third Transport Ring. And on another part of the cemetery Khrushchev had already built a park for the children of the Zheleznodorozhny District

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A Historical View of the Alexeyevsky Monastery

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It is well known that when Ivan the Terrible put an end to the oprichnina, he forbade any mention of it and even razed the houses of the oprichniks in the area of present-day Prechistenka, then known as Chertolye

It is well known that when Ivan the Terrible put an end to the oprichnina, he forbade any mention of it and even razed the houses of the oprichniks in the area of present-day Prechistenka, then known as Chertolye. On the vacated site the Tsar ordered the Alexeyevsky Convent

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The Last Quarter of the 16th Century

Old sepia photograph of a Gothic portal with double doors, carved ornament and steps leading up to the entrance.

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Saint Peter's Cathedral in Beauvais, France's tallest Gothic church, unfinished since 1225

The tallest Gothic cathedral in France, Saint-Pierre in Beauvais, has never been finished since 1225. The structure of the church kept collapsing right up to the 20th century, when the old iron tie-rods were unwisely replaced with steel ones.

Fragments of a dinosaur jaw with green markers on the teeth lie on a laboratory table beside a ruler and a magnifying glass.

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Nearly one-metre lower jaw of Daspletosaurus, whose adults had 60 teeth

The nearly metre-long lower jaw of a Daspletosaurus, whose adults had 60 teeth apiece. The largest of the tyrannosaurids. A contradictory life I lead, to be sure

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Wealth in my childhood was measured in louis d'or and napoléons

Wealth in my childhood was measured in louis d'or and napoléons. An unpretentious name for a gold coin. The louis d'or weighed between 6.7 and 9.8 g. There were denominations of 1, 2, 5 and 10

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Look how slowly and thoroughly they dig. If only one could work there instead of at the Kremlin necropolis :(

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Leopold von Ranke, archival sources and seminars at the University of Berlin

The greatest German historian Leopold von Ranke, who lived to be over ninety, was the author of a great many works: on the history of the papacy, the Reformation, modern history, the sovereigns of southern Europe, and so on. His approach was distinguished by the fact that Ranke did not

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