What is the real Brighton Beach like: a dream area within a huge metropolis

It is extremely interesting to read the reviews of Russian tourists about Brighton Beach. Without a doubt, almost none of them even guess what the spectacle is actually opening up before them. The main thing is that they do not at all realize that they are dealing not with wondrous exoticism, but, on the contrary, with ...

Financial hole and lack of freedom: what did America displease the immigrant from Ukraine

32-year-old Business Analyst EPAM Ivan Vysotsky lived in the USA for 12 years. In the States, he received his education, started a family, changed several jobs and bought a house. However, all this did not deter him from wanting to return home - Ivan moved back to his hometown...

An innocent teenager was jailed for almost 20 years for his love of rock and Stephen King's books

In the early 1990s, religious fanatics from a small town in Arkansas staged a veritable witch hunt. Three teenagers were unjustly accused of brutally killing children. They were found guilty only because of lack of piety and love for the rock band Metallica. All three spent in ...

Beirut: five of the worst non-nuclear explosions in history

The tragedy in the port of Beirut, which killed more than 130 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless, amazed the world with its scale and even sparked unfounded rumors of a nuclear outbreak. But explosions with hundreds of dead, destroying neighborhoods and entire cities, occur ...

10 most devastating riots in US history

The history of the United States is a history of protests, riots and pogroms. The reasons were many, from the obvious, related to racism or economics, to the absurd, which began with the wearing of straw hats. But one way or another, such activity was and remains one of the levers that society ...

The story repeats itself: how New York survived the night of nightmares and looting 40 years ago

On the night of July 14, 1977, New York plunged into darkness. This immediately led to chaos, looting and violence. Not only men, but even women and children took part in the riots. Just one night turned life in the city with ...

Step-sister of Anne Frank - about the Holocaust and life in a concentration camp

Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who wrote a diary that became a symbol of the horrors of the Holocaust, died in a concentration camp in 1945. Her half-sister Eva Schloss survived, but was able to talk about her experience only forty years later, according to Voice of America. Eva Schloss's childhood ...

'It's like discovering a new planet': 12 treasure ships found in the Mediterranean

In the Mediterranean Sea, at the bottom between Cyprus and Lebanon, a British group of scientists discovered 12 sunken ships, the holds of which are filled with treasures, writes League.News. In the Mediterranean Sea, XNUMXth-century ships with treasures were found - porcelain from the early Ming Dynasty, which is being sold at auctions...

What epidemics did New York survive and how did it affect the look of the city

New York City has experienced many troubles, from yellow fever and cholera to polio and the Spanish flu. Each of these epidemics changed the face of the city. Now the townspeople are trying to protect themselves from the coronavirus, which is also likely to leave a noticeable mark in the history of the metropolis. The publication shared the details ...

From the farm to the cinema capital of the world: how Hollywood became a symbol of cinema

In 1887, successful real estate salesman Harvey Gundersen-Wilcox purchased more than 50 hectares of land in the suburbs of Los Angeles and created a ranch there. This is stated in the Voice of America video. There are several versions of where the name “Hollywood” came from. According to one of them she called it...

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