Pavel Solakhyan
Journalist, editor, fact checker.
Author of questions for intellectual games.
Author of questions for intellectual games.
Is it true that Voltaire is the author of the phrase “I do not share your beliefs, but I am ready to die for your right to express them”?
Is it true that Pope Francis promised €200 to every Russian who celebrates Christmas on December 25?
Is it true that in 1914, on the fields of the First World War, a Christmas truce took place with songs and treats?
Is it true that Eduard Gil’s song “At the Edge of the Forest” was written based on poems by a Spanish poet?
Is it true that in Italy they throw old furniture from balconies on New Year’s Day?
Did “Potemkin villages” really exist?
Is it true that Hemingway is the author of a short, touching story about children's shoes?
Is it true that Vitaliy Klitschko took a selfie at the coffin of the mayor of Kharkov Gennady Kernes?
Is it true that Leo Tolstoy is the author of the aphorism “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel”?
Is it true that Kutuzov wore an eye patch?
