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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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Masada
At that time, in times of danger, the inhabitants of Palestine sought refuge in mountain fortresses, which were built in the least accessible places.
Masada corresponded most closely to the term "mountain fortress" both in terms of its geographical l ...
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 ...
Kyshtym disaster
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Mayak combine lost government funding.
Aid was provided by the Americans and the European Union by implementing a number of financial instr ...
Troy
On 14 June 1873, Schliemann discovered the so-called treasure of Priam.
The treasure consisted of 8833 pieces of gold, silver, electron (an alloy of gold and silver with a ...
Troy
There are 33 US states with cities or towns named Troy, and ten with colleges and universities with sports teams named Trojan.
Troy
Troy IX existed from 85 BC to 500 AD. It was called Ilium.
It was a Hellenistic-Roman city. The most interesting discoveries from this period are the ruins of ...
Dyatlov Pass incident
Some analyses assume that after leaving the tent, the hikers descended or ran down the slope and then lit a campfire.
The prosecutors, investigative journalists, and amateur researchers disagree on the speed at which t ...
Mohenjo-daro
Unfortunately, at least at this stage of archaeological research, the actual cause of the fall of the Mohenjo-daro civilization has not been established.
Excavations have only revealed many outstanding artifacts, such as sitting and standing figurines, c ...
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.
Axum Empire
From the sixth century, the gradual decline of the Axum began.
The empire got into numerous wars with the Persians and various kingdoms of the Arabian Peninsula. W ...