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42 facts about Kyshtym disaster
42 facts about Kyshtym disaster
The first nuclear accident in Earth's history
Before information about it saw the light of day, the Soviets hid it for over 30 years. The explosion at the Mayak combine was the first nuclear accid ...

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Kyshtym disaster
Igor Kurchatov became the scientific director of the Soviet scientific program.
Kurchatov was a nuclear physicist. He is considered the father of the Soviet atom.
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Kyshtym disaster
Not all villages within the contamination radius were evacuated.
One of the settlements that was not resettled was Tatar Karabolka, located about 30 kilometers from ...
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Axum Empire
According to scholars, the ships of Aksum may have reached to present-day South Africa, but there is no scientific evidence for this.
However, translated Aksumite texts about the lands they reached may support such speculation.
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Dyatlov Pass incident
Moments before setting off on an expedition, the group of tourists expanded by one participant.
Just before setting out on the expedition to the Ural Mountains, Semyon Alekseevich Zolotaryov joine ...
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Jamestown
Pocahontas married a successful tobacco planter, John Rolfe, in 1614.
Soon after, she gave birth to a boy named Thomas Rolfe and left for England in 1617 with her husband ...
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Axum Empire
Steles (vertically aligned slabs with inscriptions or bas-relief decorations, vertical tombstones), unique in the world, have survived to the present day in the former kingdom of Aksum.
Stelae marked graves or commemorated important events. They were constructed from a single fragment ...
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Mohenjo-daro
Archaeologists discovered several thousand human skeletons in Mohenjo-daro.
The city was inhabited by 40,000 to 50,000 people. Their skeletons were found in buildings and on th ...
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Medieval world
The medieval revision of the calendar and the introduction of anno Domini.
Before the year 525, the years were counted from the foundation of Rome, according to the rules of t ...
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Kyshtym disaster
Within hours of the explosion, an area of 39,000 square kilometers was contaminated.
Along the line of the radioactive footprint lay 217 settlements inhabited by more than 270,000 people.
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Kyshtym disaster
On a seven-point scale for assessing the impact of radiation events, the Kyshtym disaster earned a level six - major accident.
It is now considered the third most serious nuclear disaster, behind Chernobyl and Fukushima. Howeve ...
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39 facts about Dyatlov Pass incident
39 facts about Dyatlov Pass incident
Mysterious tragedy in the Ural mountains
The case of a group of students at the Ural Polytechnical Institute in Sverdlovsk continues to arouse great interest and raise many questions. A group ...
31 facts about Battle of Thermopylae
31 facts about Battle of Thermopylae
Stand to gain
One of the most famous invasions in the history of the ancient world. In the narrow isthmus of Thermopylae, the proud Spartans put up a fierce resista ...
25 facts about Troy
25 facts about Troy
A forgotten ancient city returned to history from mythology
Troy is a famous ancient city, best known for the war described by Homer.  There were many settlements in its area, which fell into decline only to be ...
21 facts about Mali Empire
21 facts about Mali Empire
The medieval state of the Mandé peoples
The origins of Mali's empire date back to the early 13th century, when the country's first ruler won a victory at the Battle of Kuolikoro and took con ...
15 facts about Black death
15 facts about Black death
The Great Plague
Although the disease produced black necrotic tissue, people living at the time of the pandemic referred to it as "the great plague," "the great scourg ...
25 facts about Medieval world
25 facts about Medieval world
Despite appearances, it was a colorful and dynamic period of world history
Many people imagine the Middle Ages as a time of total asceticism, lack of education and extreme piety. In reality, it was a time of political intrigu ...
19 facts about Masada
19 facts about Masada
Masada is Israel's Thermopylae, a symbol of heroic resistance to the very end
The ancient fortress located on the Dead Sea was the site of bloody battles between Jewish insurgents and the Romans. The Zealots' attitude in defendi ...
32 facts about Jamestown
32 facts about Jamestown
The first permanent British colony in New World
Although it has not been the first attempt to establish a colony in North America, Jamestown is the first permanent British settlement in the present ...
26 facts about Mohenjo-daro
26 facts about Mohenjo-daro
The mound of the dead men
More than five thousand years ago, in the Indus Valley (now Pakistan), there was a mysterious civilization, called the Indus Civilization. It was one ...
18 facts about ancient Sumer
18 facts about ancient Sumer
The mysterious people of antiquity
We know little about them, but what we have established makes you dizzy. A people of unknown origin who created a civilization that was the cradle of ...
20 facts about Axum Empire
20 facts about Axum Empire
One of the most advanced ancient civilizations
The Axum Empire was one of the most remarkable powers of the ancient world. Located in the northern part of modern Ethiopia and Eritrea, it once domin ...