Founded in the deep Siberian forests of Mangazeya for a long time has become the personification of well-being and prosperity. Merchants, hunters and Cossacks came here from all over the country in the hope of getting rich, and the city itself was called the furry capital of the Russian Empire. But this prosperity was not destined to last forever. Mangazeya was founded in the middle of taiga impassable forests on the Taz River in 1601 as a strategic stronghold. ...

Alberto Giuliani is an Italian photojournalist who publishes his work in many prestigious international publications. To create a unique and amazing project "Surviving Humanity" he was pushed by his little son, who wanted to know from the pope what the world would be like when he became an adult. Giuliani did not know what to answer to the baby, and he himself thought about this essentially childish question. ...

Birds are wonderful creatures, very grateful and patient guests. Sitting on your window, they can calmly wait for attention for a long time, looking curiously at what you are doing. Some people, passionate about birds, go to great lengths to look at them, they travel the world and travel great distances to just see a bird. ...

Water passing through narrow channels in the body of the dam carries enormous energy. At the outlet of the dam, turbines are installed that are connected to the generator. The energy generated as a result of the rotation of the turbines is sent to the transformers, and then it goes outside the station via power lines (power lines). ...

Our planet is truly beautiful and amazing, it is difficult to even imagine how many special places on it are distinguished by their unique atmosphere and beauty. A lifetime is not enough to visit them all. For example, now we will tell you about such incomparable corners where to go best to go at night, because it is in the dark that they are most magically transformed into something absolutely incredible and amazing. ...

Brighton Beach is an area with a bright, memorable name, located in the southern part of the famous Brooklyn in New York. But the most interesting thing in it is that it is a real Russian island in a very American, noisy and multinational metropolis. The emigration of our compatriots to the States began in the mid-70s, and in the early 90s, after the collapse of the USSR, only the lazy did not go to America. ...

Outside the window, it is snow and frost, or a terrible cold with slush and rain - winter, anyway, is a difficult period, tiring our eyes and thoughts with dullness. And the heart asks for the sun, the sea, the ringing heat, the heart asks for Rio! If you, like us, think at the end of January that the winter has dragged on too long and you don’t have the strength to endure it anymore, then this post is for you. ...

Abandoned objects are always interesting. You never know what will await you inside, there, behind a rusty gate or a dilapidated door. And it doesn’t matter that in front of you is a huge former military unit, a bunker of the Cold War era or just a factory clinic ... After all, even it can sometimes look like some kind of torture factory with which everyone was urgently evacuated, just leaving everything as it is. ...

The pursuit of youth and beauty has always been conducted and does not stop until now. However, subcutaneous injections and chemical peeling are not the worst thing, compared to some beauty inventions of the past. Particularly popular among women were anti-aging masks, the purpose of which was to combat wrinkles and saggy skin. ...

In modern Brazil, there are almost no corners of wildlife. Developing agriculture requires more land. To support livestock and crop production, the country's government provides farmers with new plots that are often occupied by Amazonian selva. Meanwhile, Indians still live in Amazonia - the last native inhabitants of the equatorial forests. ...

In Hiroshima, in general, you can completely go nowhere and not see anything. It is quite enough to just stand on this earth and try to comprehend the emotions that overwhelm you. Could I once long ago, as a child imagine that I would end up in this city turned to ashes? Now Hiroshima is a large modern city in which only a little reminds of the tragedy that occurred here. ...

Everyone knows that penguins live in Antarctica, on nearby islands and in the temperate latitudes of the southern hemisphere. All right. In addition, penguins can be found on the coast of South America, Australia, New Zealand and even in Africa. Yes, it is just in Africa that one of the 18 known species of these flightless birds lives, called the African (or spectacled) penguin. ...

The Great Yellow River is the cradle of Chinese civilization and the cause of the deaths of several million people. Throughout the centuries-old history of the Chinese people, the Yellow River has spilled and broken dams so many times that catastrophic floods have crossed over 1000. Due to the many victims caused by the Yellow River, the Chinese even called the river "China's Mountain." ...

Most people associate the image of Russia with a white-birch birch, and yet this is not the largest tree in our country. The first place in the number and area of ​​forest plantations not only in our country, but also in the world is occupied by larch. But this is not the only unique feature of the coniferous beauty. ...

In many nations of the world, peacocks symbolized prosperity, wisdom and love. They were bred in the palaces of emperors and noble persons, and the people of China still believe that if you see a peacock with its tail unfolded, it will bring great luck. Thanks to the chic tail of a peacock, everyone knows, even small children. ...

In western Germany there is an abandonment, widely known in the circles of the European urbex community under the name "Mission to Mars." People come there to hang out and take a picture - the atmosphere is quite pleasant and easy-going, and the interiors are unexpected. In addition, the walls of this object are not disfigured by graffiti, which is strange in itself (according to personal impressions and reports from European castings, there was a feeling that they painted everything and everything, sometimes without even waiting for casting). ...

Last week in Tokyo there was a very large-scale snowfall, causing chaos throughout the city. People threw cars right on the roads, trains stopped moving, and passengers at the airport were crowded with 250 canceled flights. “For four years, Tokyo hasn’t snowed,” says one resident of the city. ...

Each of us has our own opinion about the modern domestic automobile industry, however we would like to tell not about what it has become now, but about what it could be. Take a look at these unique and unusual domestic cars that most of us have never even heard of. But what an excellent technological reserve has been lost. ...

A sculptor from South Korea named Choi Huang is exploring with great curiosity how people live in neighboring North Korea. But he decided to convey his vision of existence in an adjacent, very closed and isolated country, not with the help of photographs or text materials, as people often do, but through his work. ...

Two photographers, Omar Victor Diop and Antoine Tempe, in love with cinema, combined their talents and efforts to show us that cinema is an art that speaks all languages ​​and is close to all people, regardless of residence and race. So an amazing photo project was born, including the famous scenes from cult films, in which the main roles went to the Africans. ...