When, during the Second World War, France, weakened by occupation, needed a strong and charismatic leader who could give people hope for deliverance from fas...

At the beginning of the 20th century, cinema became “the most important of the arts.” The center of the world film industry after the First World War moved t...

The first half of the 20th century, along with turbulent political and social phenomena, was marked by a surge of creative activity - the birth of new genres...

At the turn of the 20th century, the Viennese psychiatrist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) managed to find an approach that made it possible to shed light on the v...

Saladin (Salah ad-din) (1138-1193), who, due to a series of accidents, rose to the heights of power, is perhaps the most famous commander of the Middle Ages ...

Today, few people can doubt the status of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881) as one of the greatest geniuses of Russian and world literature. However...

Maurice Druon (1918-2009), full name Maurice Samuel Roger Charles Druon - one of the most famous French writers, member of the French Academy, Minister of Cu...

Most people are wary and even disgusted with insects. French explorer Jean Henri Fabre (1823-1915) was not afraid of them, but loved them. The scientist devo...

In 1870, Italy finally united into a single state, but for a long time, individual regions of the country felt their self-sufficiency. There was no basis for...

The United States of America, having victoriously completed World War II, was entering a new era of prosperity. Many young Hollywood actors and actresses asp...

The eighteenth century ended the era when rulers acted as patrons of the fine arts. In the middle of the century, a musical genius was born in Austria - Wolf...

In the Middle Ages, Europeans knew almost nothing about the countries of the East. The knowledge of the Italians - the most knowledgeable people at that time...