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Tuesday, 15 October 2024
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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Medieval world
The greatest battle of the Middle Ages was the Battle of Grunwald. The clash between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order took place on the 15th of July 1410. 
It was a decisive battle between two huge armies, each numbering from a dozen to tens of thousands. ...
Medieval world
From June 26, 1409 to May 29, 1415, there were as many as three popes in Europe.
The Great Schism was not ended until the Council of Constance, at which all acting "heads of the Chu ...
Medieval world
Those who think of the Middle Ages as the Dark Ages are mistaken.
Even as Europe was experiencing hard times between the 6th and 8th centuries, the Arab world was dev ...
Black death
Although until recently it was believed that the Black Death stayed away from the areas of Poland and the Bohemia, there is no grain of truth in this story.
Poland and Bohemia were not isolated places, so both insects and travelers moved through these areas ...
Mali Empire
In 1235, at the Battle of Koulikoro, Sudiata Kaita defeated the armies of the Soso state, which allowed him to control the trans-Saharan trade routes.
Five years later he conquered the kingdom of Ghana, gaining access to rich gold and salt deposits. I ...
Kyshtym disaster
From the very beginning, the reactor at the Mayak complex faced a number of problems.
Inadequate cooling of the reactor caused the fuel to fuse with graphite. Pressure from Stalin meant ...
Battle of Thermopylae
The Greek army totaled 7200 warriors.
According to Herodotus, the Greek army consisted of 300 Spartan hoplites and 1000 light-armed Perioe ...
Mali Empire
By the end of Musa's reign, Sankore University had become an institution with a full academic staff and the largest collection of books in Africa since the Library of Alexandria.
The university had one of the largest libraries in the world with approximately one million manuscripts.
Mohenjo-daro
Archaeological research has revealed that in the fertile Indus Valley, about 5,000 years ago, 5 large and over 30 smaller towns and hundreds of settlements and villages were established.
The civilization inhabiting these areas drew its wealth from the life-giving river that irrigated th ...
Kyshtym disaster
The regulations implemented did not have the desired effect, and more and more people developed symptoms of radiation sickness.
In 1953, the evacuation of people began. By 1960, some 7500 residents of 19 of the 38 villages with the highest number of sick people had been resettled.