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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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Kyshtym disaster
It was not only the population of the surrounding villages that suffered the consequences of the explosion.
Not only the atmosphere but also the soil, grass, and water were contaminated. In the villages close ...
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Dyatlov Pass incident
For the first few days, the group traveled by means of transportation.
They moved by train and one or two trucks. Initially they reached Ivdel through Serov by rail, and o ...
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Battle of Thermopylae
Before his death, Darius gave Xerxes the task of punishing the Greeks, especially the Athenians, for their support of the Ionian uprising, and for defeating the Persians at Marathon.
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Dyatlov Pass incident
Dyatlov planned to climb the Otorten and Ojka-Czakur peaks in the Northern Urals.
Otorten was a gentle peak of Mount Kholat Syakhl but had never been climbed in winter conditions. Th ...
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Dyatlov Pass incident
In 2008, the so-called "slab avalanche" hypothesis was put forward.
With the help of a book titled “Mysteries of the Death of the Dyatlov Group," written by Yevgeny Buy ...
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Mohenjo-daro
The area of ​​Mohenjo-daro is estimated at 300 ha, and the population at its peak at 40,000 people.
The size of the city and the availability of buildings suggest a high level of social organization. ...
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Axum Empire
The Aksum fleet appeared off the coast of the Arabian Peninsula, Persia, China, India, Indonesia and the Philippines.
There is no conclusive evidence for this, but it is speculated that the Aksumites may have reached Australia as well.
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Battle of Thermopylae
Xerxes ordered to tame the disobedient sea.
The first attempt to build a bridge made of papyrus and linen, due to a storm that tore away the rop ...
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Dyatlov Pass incident
The initiator of the 1959 expedition was Igor Dyatlov.
Dyatlov was a final-year student at the Radio Technical Department of the Ural Polytechnical Institu ...
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Kyshtym disaster
Some 5000 people in the first 72 hours were irradiated with doses ranging from 460 to nearly 1000 mSv.
At the same time as external radiation, the process of irradiation continued continuously from withi ...
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39 facts about Dyatlov Pass incident
39 facts about Dyatlov Pass incident
Mysterious tragedy in the Ural mountains
The case of a group of students at the Ural Polytechnical Institute in Sverdlovsk continues to arouse great interest and raise many questions. A group ...
31 facts about Battle of Thermopylae
31 facts about Battle of Thermopylae
Stand to gain
One of the most famous invasions in the history of the ancient world. In the narrow isthmus of Thermopylae, the proud Spartans put up a fierce resista ...
25 facts about Troy
25 facts about Troy
A forgotten ancient city returned to history from mythology
Troy is a famous ancient city, best known for the war described by Homer.  There were many settlements in its area, which fell into decline only to be ...
21 facts about Mali Empire
21 facts about Mali Empire
The medieval state of the Mandé peoples
The origins of Mali's empire date back to the early 13th century, when the country's first ruler won a victory at the Battle of Kuolikoro and took con ...
15 facts about Black death
15 facts about Black death
The Great Plague
Although the disease produced black necrotic tissue, people living at the time of the pandemic referred to it as "the great plague," "the great scourg ...
25 facts about Medieval world
25 facts about Medieval world
Despite appearances, it was a colorful and dynamic period of world history
Many people imagine the Middle Ages as a time of total asceticism, lack of education and extreme piety. In reality, it was a time of political intrigu ...
19 facts about Masada
19 facts about Masada
Masada is Israel's Thermopylae, a symbol of heroic resistance to the very end
The ancient fortress located on the Dead Sea was the site of bloody battles between Jewish insurgents and the Romans. The Zealots' attitude in defendi ...
32 facts about Jamestown
32 facts about Jamestown
The first permanent British colony in New World
Although it has not been the first attempt to establish a colony in North America, Jamestown is the first permanent British settlement in the present ...
26 facts about Mohenjo-daro
26 facts about Mohenjo-daro
The mound of the dead men
More than five thousand years ago, in the Indus Valley (now Pakistan), there was a mysterious civilization, called the Indus Civilization. It was one ...
18 facts about ancient Sumer
18 facts about ancient Sumer
The mysterious people of antiquity
We know little about them, but what we have established makes you dizzy. A people of unknown origin who created a civilization that was the cradle of ...
20 facts about Axum Empire
20 facts about Axum Empire
One of the most advanced ancient civilizations
The Axum Empire was one of the most remarkable powers of the ancient world. Located in the northern part of modern Ethiopia and Eritrea, it once domin ...