They said that Nina Petrovna Khrushcheva, having learned that her husband was no longer the first secretary of the CPSU Central Committee and not the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, said to her friend, the wife of the new first secretary of the Central Committee Victoria Petrovna Brezhneva: “Well, now it’s not I you, but you me You will be invited to the Bolshoi Theater in a box." But she, apparently, had no idea how the new first lady of the USSR really treated her (in the

How the two heirs of Byzantium built relationships In Soviet times, historical literature said a lot and colorfully that during the Civil War, revolutionary Russia found itself surrounded by enemies. But for some reason nothing was said about the fact that Turkey was surrounded by the same enemy. After defeat in the First World War, it found itself in the same difficult economic and political situation as Russia.

How much did they tip the heir to the Russian throne? On April 1, 1835, on the anniversary of the heir to the Russian throne coming of age, Emperor Nicholas I approved the staff of Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich’s own court, where, in addition to the size of the crown prince’s servants, spending limits were set for all his needs - from heating and lighting to the amounts allocated for the purchase of tea and sweets .

To what heights of insanity has censorship reached without any problems? In June 1975, on the eve of a meeting held by the CPSU Central Committee with press leaders, the Main Directorate for the Protection of State Secrets in the Press prepared an extensive document on works prohibited from publication. From it it became clear that it was the Soviet people who had the right not to know.

Do you know what Kremlin Byzantium is? Photo: RGAKFD/Rosinform, Kommersant They said that his techniques were often used by the main theoretician of the CPSU and the second person in the party, M. A. Suslov. Some issue is being discussed at the Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee, arguments begin, and suddenly he says in a quiet, monotonous voice: “But the comrades are right in saying that...” But no one said anything like that.

With whose help did the German blockade lead to the collapse of the Russian economy? At the end of 1920, when it became obvious to everyone that the Civil War was nearing its end, the fight against the crisis, which had paralyzed everyone, became a task of paramount importance for the leaders of Soviet Russia.

How we drove to communism in rented cars Against the background of many strange and contradictory initiatives of the Khrushchev era, the creation of car rental stations looked like a completely logical solution to the problem of car shortages. Khrushchev considered rental to be such an important matter that a provision about it was included in the CPSU Program. However, instead of solving the problem, many new problems arose.

What Russian nationalists were not happy with about the Russian Orthodox Church The severe crisis that engulfed the Russian Empire at the beginning of the 20th century also manifested itself where, it would seem, not even a hint of problems could exist—in the relations between Russian nationalists and the Russian Orthodox Church.

Do you know why the German blockade led to the collapse of the Russian economy in a matter of months, despite all its vast human and natural resources? Photo: The Library of Congress There can be only one answer - the human factor. Before the outbreak of the First World War, no one thought about how easily the enemy could organize a fuel crisis in the Russian Empire. As well as the fact that Russian railway workers will behave like the most implacable enemies of their own country.

Why did the Abwehr agent-saboteur ask Voroshilov for rehabilitation? On October 19, 1943, counterintelligence "Smersh" arrested Moses Lummer, a former paratrooper officer awarded the Order of the Red Banner, aka Mikhail Lymar, an Abwehr paratrooper agent sent to the Soviet rear to carry out sabotage. In the documents of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, he continues to be listed as missing in 1943.

Who pushed the Russians to seize a colony in Africa On February 5, 1889, ships of Russia-friendly France shelled the first Russian colony in Africa on the shores of the Gulf of Tadjoura, and then sent its surviving inhabitants home. Moreover, Alexander III was dissatisfied only with the fact that force was used. And high-ranking patrons of the colonists began to convince everyone that they had nothing to do with their sending.

Which Soviet citizens were the USSR leadership afraid of? Since 1947, a propaganda campaign began to unfold in the USSR, the target of which was first those who supposedly worship the West, and the following year “rootless cosmopolitans.” Among the first victims of this action were Soviet sailors of foreign nationalities, many of whom were awarded for their exploits during the war.

Did you know that Comrade Sukhov, traveling through the desert scorched by the white sun, was not the only Red Army soldier whose path home turned out to be long and winding? Photo: RGAKFD/Rosinform, Kommersant Red Army soldier Venikov, for example, walked home across Europe for five years and seven months. His adventures began in 1920, when the Guy Corps, in which he served, was interned in East Prussia after heavy fighting in Poland. Venikov did not stay in captivity for too long.

How Russian Mormon polygamy differed from American one In the late 1840s, almost simultaneously with the re-establishment of Mormon communities in the United States, Russian Mormons appeared in the Samara province. In 1872, their leader Ivan Kanygin was arrested. And it turned out that Russian and American Mormons at that time had only one thing in common - an addiction to polygamy.

How Stalin rescued his disgraced deputy In 1921, an unpleasant incident occurred in Moscow that cast a shadow over the entire Soviet leadership and Stalin personally. On December 8, in the evening, in the apartment of the first beauty of the capital, Elizabeth, Meichik was detained and taken to the Moscow Cheka by Mikhail Vetoshkin, deputy chairman of the small Council of People's Commissars and deputy people's commissar of the workers' and peasants' inspection.