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LGBT - what does the abbreviation mean, and what is the LGBT movement

LGBT - what does the abbreviation mean, and what is the LGBT movement

2025-06-01 05:06

A couple of decades ago, the term LGBT appeared, which means "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender" for short. The first three positions refer to a person's sexual orientation, the fourth to their gender identity

Fashion Museum in Moscow: history of creation, exhibitions, address, how to get there

Fashion Museum in Moscow: history of creation, exhibitions, address, how to get there

2025-06-01 05:06

The Fashion Museum in Moscow: when and why did it appear? Where is he located? Who is working on the replenishment of funds? These and other questions are answered in their reviews by visitors who have already visited an unusual museum

Field chamomile odorous

Field chamomile odorous

2025-06-01 05:06

What associations do you have when you listen to the song "Wildflowers"? Surely many of the first thoughts will be about daisies

How many cars in Russia: types of cars, statistics, number of cars per person

How many cars in Russia: types of cars, statistics, number of cars per person

2025-06-01 05:06

In recent decades, the world has seen a real boom in the automotive industry. In 2010, for the first time in history, the number of cars exceeded 1 billion. According to forecasts, by 2040 it will reach 1.8 billion pieces. Mass motorization stimulates the demand for oil and is one of the main causes of air pollution, as well as loss of life. Russia is no exception. The article will answer the question of how many cars in Russia per person

Cities, villages, territory and population of the Stavropol Territory

Cities, villages, territory and population of the Stavropol Territory

2025-06-01 05:06

This year the capital will be only 239 years old. The territory and population of the Stavropol Territory are small numbers that will be indicated in the article. We will also talk about cities and towns in the region

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Earth squirrel: description, habitat, lifestyle and photos

Earth squirrel: description, habitat, lifestyle and photos

Before you start animals as pets at home, you should find out some details about the features of their living conditions, their temper and habits. This article will focus on earth protein. What animal is called that? What does it look like, where does it live and what does it eat? You can learn about all this by reading the information presented in this article

Long roses are the queens of the flower world

Long roses are the queens of the flower world

Flowers can say a lot better than a thousand words. A correctly selected bouquet will help to confess love, express respect or recognition, emphasize the solemnity and peculiarity of the moment. Chrysanthemums, daisies, lilies, carnations, orchids - you can continue to list for a very long time, because the variety of flowers is simply huge

Christmas tree in the Kremlin. Kremlin tree: tickets, reviews

Christmas tree in the Kremlin. Kremlin tree: tickets, reviews

It takes months of work for costume designers, screenwriters, directors, actors, editors and administrative workers to prepare New Year's performances in the Kremlin. Every year, colorful performances amaze the audience with something new and unusual. When buying tickets for a Christmas tree in the Kremlin for children, every parent knows in advance that the scale of what he sees will surely amaze his son or daughter

Monument on Prokhorovsky field: photo, history, description

Monument on Prokhorovsky field: photo, history, description

In the early 1990s, a group of community members from Kursk and Belgorod raised the issue of opening a memorial complex on Prokhorovsky Field. The reason was an article in Pravda by a prominent statesman Nikolai Ryzhkov, who was outraged by the fact that there was no monument worthy of this event in the area of the famous tank battle. Ryzhkov proposed to build an Orthodox church on the site of the death of thousands of Soviet soldiers

Museum of Russian Icons in Moscow

Museum of Russian Icons in Moscow

The first Russian creators of icons were Feofan Grek, Andrei Rublev, Daniil Cherny, Dionysius. They painted the most famous domestic churches, their works are the most priceless Orthodox icons. A Russian museum, any one that could boast of having among its exhibits a particle of the creation of great icon painters, could be considered unspeakably rich. The originals created by these masters have always been highly valued by the people

Monument to Lermontov in Pyatigorsk. Lermontov Museum-Reserve in Pyatigorsk

Monument to Lermontov in Pyatigorsk. Lermontov Museum-Reserve in Pyatigorsk

The very first monument to Mikhail Lermontov was erected in Pyatigorsk, not far from the place where the poet died and where he was buried half a century after his death

Elin Krantz: photo, biography. The story of Elin Krantz

Elin Krantz: photo, biography. The story of Elin Krantz

September 2010 shocked the world with the brutal murder of Swedish girl Elin Krantz. Photos taken at the scene of the events, and sow the day, horrify most of the population of this country. And the saddest thing is that the killer turned out to be the one whose rights the girl defended throughout her life

Quotes about conscience: sayings of great people

Quotes about conscience: sayings of great people

Conscience is an old subject of discussion. A rare philosopher or writer has not given her his attention. There are a huge number of aphorisms and sayings on the same topic

"Spread softly, but sleep hard": meaning and examples

"Spread softly, but sleep hard": meaning and examples

When a person wants to give a warning about someone, he says: "Look, he lays softly, but sleeps hard." Today we will analyze the meaning of the proverb, and also find out who prefers to prepare "uncomfortable beds" for the interlocutor

The population of St. Petersburg in interesting facts and figures

The population of St. Petersburg in interesting facts and figures

Petersburg is a unique city, the northern capital of the Russian Federation. The population of St. Petersburg is approaching the mark of 5.3 million inhabitants. St. Petersburg is not the capital of the country, while in Europe it is in third place in terms of population (after Moscow and London)

Burdock: medicinal properties and contraindications. Medicinal properties of burdock and traditional medicine recipes

Burdock: medicinal properties and contraindications. Medicinal properties of burdock and traditional medicine recipes

Burdock (burdock) is a plant of the Compositae family. The root is fusiform, thick, branched, grows to a depth of 15 m. The stem is very powerful, appears in the 2nd year of life, reaching a height of 3 m. The leaves are large. The flowers are lilac-purple, small, collected in small baskets. The fruit is small achenes that ripen in August. In this article, we will consider where burdock grows, medicinal properties and contraindications to the use of the plant, etc

Phraseologism "dark horse". Meaning, history and use

Phraseologism "dark horse". Meaning, history and use

Sometimes you look at a person and realize that something is wrong with him. But it is impossible to explain to yourself what seems so suspicious in the interlocutor. In the people it is customary to call such persons dark horses. The meaning of this term and consider below

Demographic holes in Russia: definition, description, main ways out of the crisis

Demographic holes in Russia: definition, description, main ways out of the crisis

In 2017, experts, based on official Russian statistics, said that Russia was once again in a demographic hole. The reason for this was that the female population of the country is aging, and young people are afraid to have children due to the unstable economic situation and tension in the political arena

Paid parking sign in SDA

Paid parking sign in SDA

In recent years, innovations have appeared in our lives that have come as a surprise to many. One of them was the collection of fees for parking vehicles in the central regions of Moscow. Without questioning the feasibility of this project, we will try to figure out how and in what amounts payment is made, which sign of paid parking is provided for by traffic rules

Krivoshlyapov sisters Masha and Dasha: biography, photo

Krivoshlyapov sisters Masha and Dasha: biography, photo

Krivoshlyapov Sisters. Masha and Dasha. Siamese twins. Their fate has become a winning topic for many dissertations, and they themselves have become a welcome experimental material for prominent figures in Russian medicine, however, until the moment they aroused interest. Two people in one body, whom society called only a mistake of nature, and professors - a scientific experiment. Krivoshlyapovs Masha and Dasha thought about death all their lives

Lakshmi Tatma: an ordinary miracle of modern medicine

Lakshmi Tatma: an ordinary miracle of modern medicine

Lakshmi Tatma is a little girl from India who became famous immediately after her birth. The baby was born in the most ordinary family, she owes world attention to a rare physical anomaly. The girl's body has grown together with a parasitic twin, whose development for some reason stopped during the mother's pregnancy

Has the longest river been found?

Has the longest river been found?

It can be difficult for an ordinary person to immediately answer which is the longest river in the world. Indeed, in order to draw the right conclusions, you need to familiarize yourself with the results of studies that took a large amount of someone else's time

UK Square: interesting facts from the life of an amazing country

UK Square: interesting facts from the life of an amazing country

Foggy Albion, as this constitutional monarchy is often called, is an unusual and mysterious country where everything is interesting: government, climate, architecture, traditions and people

UK GDP: structure. UK Economy

UK GDP: structure. UK Economy

During its heyday in the 19th century, the British Empire occupied one fourth of the land mass. As a result of the redistribution of the world during the two world wars, she lost a significant part of her colonial territories. However, already in the second half of the 20th century, the GDP of Great Britain again confirmed its title of one of the most developed countries. The United Kingdom has been a founding member of many modern international organizations

Marsh calla - a miracle on your site

Marsh calla - a miracle on your site

The calla flower has been known to man since ancient times. Its Russian names in Dahl's dictionary sound like this: snake-grass, serpentine, krasukha, snake, lake shift worker, white companion, body-dweller, swamp, bread box, beaver, cockerels