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Before the collapse of the Soviet Union on the wave of publicity the news media spread this sensation: "Stalin was an illegitimate son." Suspected it was just a rumor, but soon they found their confirmation.

About the first in the history of the Earth human spaceflight made by Yuri Gagarin, and there are plenty of tales, fantastic and absurd. The latter include conversations that the first cosmonaut in his space flight he went, allegedly, in the position ... upside down. What is the reason for the appearance of these weird rumors?

Mysterious culture of Japan in many respects does not fit in the usual framework, and views. Traditions of the inhabitants of the land of the rising sun hard to understand in Russia, between the representatives of two such dissimilar peoples not immediately build relationships. After the Second world war, captured soldiers and officers of the Japanese army, he spent several years in the USSR. It is not surprising that certain aspects of their behavior, the Soviet people seemed shocking.

Almost three decades ago ended the Afghan conflict. According to official statistics, after the war, which lasted about 10 years (1979-1989), were 620 thousand people. Of these, 14 453 people were killed. Not all losses were combat: someone died from the disease, someone is a victim of a command error or their own negligence, and even themselves took his own life.

In July 1942, the Arctic waters was one of the most tragic episodes in the history of supplies to the Soviet allies during the Second world war – the death of convoy PQ-17 which was supposed to deliver to the Soviet Union a large military cargo under lend-lease. Was his death inevitable? Or it could have been prevented if not for an error command? Today this event is dedicated to the many historical works which leave no doubt that the cause of the tragedy was the wrong calculation of the first Lord of the British Admiralty.