
history of Russia


Is it true that this award badge with a swastika existed in the Red Army?

Is it true that the origin of the word “sweatshirt” is associated with Leo Tolstoy?

Is it true that money began to be called babka because of the banknotes with Catherine II?

Did Suvorov say: “We are Russians! What a delight!

Is it true that after the abdication of Nicholas II, the British Prime Minister said: “One of the goals of the war has been achieved”?

Is it true that the words “trash”, “sharomyzhnik” and “sharomyzhnik” are of French origin?

Is it true that Peter I borrowed the Russian flag from the Dutch?

Did Lenin write: “In spirit I am with you, in hard labor in Siberia, but in body, unfortunately, here in Zurich in a hotel”?

Did Stalin say: “If there were a man, there would be an article”?

Is it true that in 1992 Boris Yeltsin ended his speech to the US Congress with the words “God bless America”?





