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Russian Billionaire Funds A New Home For Siberian Hermit Known As The ‘World’s Loneliest Woman’

Agafya Lykova has lived in an isolated settlement in the remote wilds of Siberia for 70 years.

By Natasha Ishak • Dec 14, 2020

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Russian Billionaire Funds A New Home For Siberian Hermit Known As The ‘World’s Loneliest Woman’

Agafya Lykova has lived in an isolated settlement in the remote wilds of Siberia for 70 years.

By Natasha Ishak • December 14, 2020

Intruders Kill Russian Meat Magnate With A Crossbow In His Home Sauna

The well-off meat magnate was luxuriating in his outdoor sauna hut with his girlfriend when the two masked intruders showed up.

By Marco Margaritoff • Nov 4, 2020

Intruders Kill Russian Meat Magnate With A Crossbow In His Home Sauna

The well-off meat magnate was luxuriating in his outdoor sauna hut with his girlfriend when the two masked intruders showed up.

By Marco Margaritoff • November 4, 2020

Self-Professed ‘Siberian Jesus’ Arrested After Running A Cult For The Last 30 Years

Sergei Torop is known to his followers as Vissarion and has been running the Church of the Last Testament in small villages all across Siberia.

By Natasha Ishak • Sep 24, 2020

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Self-Professed ‘Siberian Jesus’ Arrested After Running A Cult For The Last 30 Years

Sergei Torop is known to his followers as Vissarion and has been running the Church of the Last Testament in small villages all across Siberia.

By Natasha Ishak • September 24, 2020

Why Russian Crime Lord Semion Mogilevich Lives Up To His Title As ‘The World’s Most Powerful Mobster’

He's been accused of everything from buying an entire airline just for trafficking heroin to selling nuclear weapons, yet somehow Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich lives free.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jul 31, 2020

Why Russian Crime Lord Semion Mogilevich Lives Up To His Title As ‘The World’s Most Powerful Mobster’

He's been accused of everything from buying an entire airline just for trafficking heroin to selling nuclear weapons, yet somehow Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich lives free.

By Marco Margaritoff • July 31, 2020

How Soviet Spy Oleg Penkovsky Single-Handedly Prevented Nuclear War During The Cuban Missile Crisis

In 1962, Soviet Colonel Oleg Penkovsky defied his country to save the world from nuclear war — then paid for his heroism with his life.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jul 24, 2020

How Soviet Spy Oleg Penkovsky Single-Handedly Prevented Nuclear War During The Cuban Missile Crisis

In 1962, Soviet Colonel Oleg Penkovsky defied his country to save the world from nuclear war — then paid for his heroism with his life.

By Marco Margaritoff • July 24, 2020

The Radioactive Cloud That Wafted Over Europe In 2017 Came From A Civilian Nuclear Reactor

Levels of radioactive isotopes recorded in Europe in 2017 were 100 times higher than after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jun 16, 2020

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The Radioactive Cloud That Wafted Over Europe In 2017 Came From A Civilian Nuclear Reactor

Levels of radioactive isotopes recorded in Europe in 2017 were 100 times higher than after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

By Marco Margaritoff • June 16, 2020

Instagram Trophy Huntress Who Poses With Dead Bears Blasts Her Critics As ‘Uneducated’

Alexandra Tyutcheva posed with a 550-pound bear she shot to death — before skinning it and posting the photo on Instagram.

By Marco Margaritoff • May 8, 2020

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Instagram Trophy Huntress Who Poses With Dead Bears Blasts Her Critics As ‘Uneducated’

Alexandra Tyutcheva posed with a 550-pound bear she shot to death — before skinning it and posting the photo on Instagram.

By Marco Margaritoff • May 8, 2020

Siberian Region Says They’re Coronavirus-Free Thanks To A 2,400-Year-Old Mummy

Archaeologists believe the mummy may have been a healer or priestess when she was alive.

By Natasha Ishak • Apr 16, 2020

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Siberian Region Says They’re Coronavirus-Free Thanks To A 2,400-Year-Old Mummy

Archaeologists believe the mummy may have been a healer or priestess when she was alive.

By Natasha Ishak • April 16, 2020

This Week In History News, Mar. 15 – 21

Lost Mayan city accidentally unearthed, stone chest of ancient Egyptian pharaoh found, structure made of mammoth bones baffles experts.

By All That's Interesting • Mar 20, 2020

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This Week In History News, Mar. 15 – 21

Lost Mayan city accidentally unearthed, stone chest of ancient Egyptian pharaoh found, structure made of mammoth bones baffles experts.

By All That's Interesting • March 20, 2020

Why Julius And Ethel Rosenberg Were Executed For Espionage At The Height Of The Red Scare

Was the trial and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg justified — or was it the product of a nation's collective paranoia?

By Marco Margaritoff • Mar 12, 2020

Why Julius And Ethel Rosenberg Were Executed For Espionage At The Height Of The Red Scare

Was the trial and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg justified — or was it the product of a nation's collective paranoia?

By Marco Margaritoff • March 12, 2020