Large-Scale Tragedies… The Largest Accidents in the USSR That Did Not Receive Publicity

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Plane Tu-104 crash  in Pushkin, February 7, 1981. The crash occurred due to crew error and overload. As a result, 50 people died, including 16 admirals and generals and 11 captains of the first rank of the Pacific Fleet of the USSR. It happened literally a couple of seconds after takeoff. It was impossible to conceal this tragedy; nevertheless, the relatives of the deceased received official notification of the loss only in 1997.

Al Capone`s Prison

The world's first correctional prison in Philadelphia, with the full name of Eastern State Penitentiary, first received a prisoner in 1829. For more than 100 years of work, a lot of villains and criminals were there, one of which was the well-known mafia boss Al Capone. How was this place different from other prisons and what does it look like now? More on this later ...

10 Places Where Exotic Animals Live Instead of Pigeons

Just as we are used to not noticing pigeons, cats, and dogs scurrying around everywhere, people in other countries relate to other, more exotic, animals. This collection is about those places where you can easily meet on the streets a crowd of monkeys or a herd of deer and this will be the norm ...

Unconventional City Cars

The time of large cars with powerful engines on the streets of the city begins to give way to a new era of compact and economical cars. Here you can find the top ten most interesting cars of our time.