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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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Battle of Thermopylae
On Xerxes’ orders, the Medes and Elamite troops were the first to strike.
They were tasked with a frontal attack on the Greek positions. This first attack was bloodily repuls ...
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Battle of Thermopylae
Despite the encirclement, Leonidas remained on the battlefield, sending back most of his troops.
Based on Herodotus’ account, it can be surmised that Leonidas, realizing the hopeless situation of t ...
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Kyshtym disaster
Some 5000 people in the first 72 hours were irradiated with doses ranging from 460 to nearly 1000 mSv.
At the same time as external radiation, the process of irradiation continued continuously from withi ...
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Kyshtym disaster
Lavrenty Pavlovich Beria became the head of the Soviet nuclear program.
Beria was the head of the NKVD (People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR), Joseph Stalin's main instrument of genocide and terror.
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Axum Empire
The golden era of Axum falls between the 2nd and 6th centuries AD.
The kingdom's rulers bore the title King of Kings - Negus Nagast.
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Axum Empire
According to local accounts, around 960, a Jewish queen named Gudit (Judith) came to plunder and burn the remains of the splendor of Aksum.
Researchers discovered the remains of burnt boards and sediment on buildings during archaeological work.
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Black death
The first European city to fall victim to the Black Death was Constantinople.
The plague arrived there in the summer of 1347 and killed, among others, the 13-year-old son of the then Byzantine Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos.
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Dyatlov Pass incident
An indisputable fact is that numerous items were found and the general area where the tragedy took place was outlined.
On February 26, 1959, the tourists' tent was found with the participants' jackets and footwear insid ...
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Jamestown
The settlement site was chosen by the Virginia Company of London.
It was far inland, with three sides surrounded by water, to minimize the threat of an attack from Sp ...
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Mohenjo-daro
The cause of their violent death could not have been a volcanic eruption, as there had never been an active volcano in this area.
Scientists are wondering if one day, on a hill near the city, there was a massive explosion, as a re ...
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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 ...