A Russian-speaking resident of Florida, in her blog “All About the USA,” talked about how she survived a hurricane and saw a tornado with her own eyes, and also about the rain in the kitchen and the mattress in the corner of the living room. Next - from the first person. This hurricane was given...
It happened on July 25, 1946 in Bikini Atoll. On that day, the fifth test of an atomic bomb took place there, but for the first time the explosion was underwater. Everyone saw these footage: a huge mushroom rises over the Pacific Ocean, and the blast wave absorbs the ...
In the American state of Michigan, the kidnapped son of Dora Fronzak was found - the victim of a sensational crime that occurred 55 years ago, reports Lenta.ru. The boy's parents raised someone else's son, whom the police "returned" to them as their own. After many years, he got to the bottom of the truth, and...
Sixty-five years ago, on November 12, 1954, a Norwegian merchant sailor named Arne Peterssen became the last immigrant to pass through Ellis Island. Later that month, the Ellis Island ferry made a final stop on an island in New York harbor, and the immigration port forever ...
There were no diplomatic relations between Washington and Moscow until 1933, but Americans still went to Soviet Russia - out of a desire to do business, curiosity or idealism. The more enthusiastic the overseas guest was about the “building of a new world”, the stronger, as a rule...
This name is known all over the world. Even in the most remote corners of the planet, we hear or read every day: "According to information from the White House ...", "The White House has denied the message ..." or "The White House has made a final decision ...". Being at the center of international politics and influence, ...
Vitaly Kozubsky became interested in mountains at almost 40 years old. The man has not yet been to the Ukrainian Hoverla. Outside the mountains, Kozubsky is the director of a utility company. And he is convinced that in his old age it will not be his work that he will remember. Now he's 44 and has climbed the highest mountain...
Sean Guillory, American historian, researcher at the Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pittsburgh (USA) and host of a podcast about Russia, tells the story of Lovett Fort Whiteman, a communist from the United States who was called by TIME magazine “the reddest of all blacks” - but in Russia about…
The Russian site lenta.ru continues a series of materials about compatriots who left Russia and went abroad. This time the publication writes about the history of Vlas Lezin, who emigrated from Russia to the United States. Laying the Foundation I moved to the USA from Kazan 11 years ago, ...
Today, the Grand Canyon is visited annually by over 4 million people and is one of the most famous natural attractions in the world. It is hard to believe that such a majestic creation of nature received the status of a national monument only a little over 100 years ago. The Grand Canyon is one of the deepest canyons ...