# Russian history
History’s Humor: 10 Funny and Often Overlooked Details from Historic Events
It is unfortunate that history often bores kids stiff, frequently conveyed to students as a dreary listing of dull dates and dusty factoids. Unfortunate because, if we scratch beneath the surface of…
History’s Top Executioners of All Time
Murderers are generally scary, but scariest among them is a subcategory that sends extra shivers down the spine: a serial…
The Bat Bomb Invention and Other Odd Facts from History and War
History sometimes comes across as dull - a dreary collection of dusty facts and dates that cause students’ eyes to…
Most People Picture History Wrong, These Facts Will Set them Straight
Common knowledge and conventional wisdom about much of history are often woefully lacking in actual knowledge and wisdom. For example,…
Historical Figures with Unforeseen Downfall and Misfortune
Nobody is perfect, and we have all been wrong a time or twenty. However, no matter how wrong we have…
Wild Kinks and Perversions of 20 Influential Historical Figures
Many people have varying grades of odd wants and desires, that range from minor perversions, to grave criminal conduct that…
Peter the Great Pickled the Head of His Wife’s Lover
Peter the Great (1672 - 1725) was a bad man to anger. A transformative figure in Russian history, Peter was…
10 WTH Historical Details
Few would be surprised to learn that we live in an often bizarre and strange world. Historically speaking, however, there…
10 Historic Government Systems That Shaped Russia
"Russia is a whole separate world, submissive to the will, caprice, fantasy of a single man, whether his name be…
12 Details About Rasputin’s Controversial Life Not Many People Know About
Rasputin can be defined as many things. He was an illiterate Siberian peasant, charlatan, mystic, holy wanderer, faith healer, blasphemer,…