History

Until the end of the 20th century, tobacco was the number-one export product of Virginia.

On a seven-point scale for assessing the impact of radiation events, the Kyshtym disaster earned a level six - major accident.

In the 19th century, the abandoned ruins of Masada attracted the interest of archaeologists. Thanks to archaeological work in 1955-1956 and 1963-1965, the remains of the fortress became one of the most attractive tourist sites in Israel.

There were three major gold mines within the borders of the Mali Empire.

Of the nine participants, three graduates worked on the secret Soviet atom research program.

Kurchatov received more than 30.000 pages of secret documents from the Americans.

The story of the so-called "Kyshtym Dwarf" is also connected with the Kyshtym disaster.

There were no female settlers.

The fortress was taken on May 2, 73 CE.

Today, in the Thermopylae ravine, the barrow where the Spartans were buried has a stone tablet engraved with an inscription by the Greek poet Symonides: “Go tell the Spartans, thou who passest by, That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.”