Category: Society

International

Chinese obsession with Ukrainian wives

Why do the Chinese want Ukrainian women for wives? Following Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, jokes about "sheltering homeless Ukrainian girls" began to spread rapidly on Chinese social media. But…

5 March 2022 · 6 min read

International

Sledge car “Packard” of the last Russian tsar

The story of the sleigh car took place at the very beginning of the 20th century, when the engineer Adolf Kegresse entered the service as the personal driver of Nicholas…

5 March 2022 · 3 min read

Charities

GWCT women – making a difference to British wildlife

This International Women’s Day (8 March), the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), is highlighting the contribution of women to science and land-based careers, where they have been traditionally under-represented.…

4 March 2022 · 5 min read

Economy

On the problem of social efficiency

Social efficiency and the system of criteria to be introduced in research, analysis and implementation of various programs and projects with a social focus: Speaking of efficiency, as a key…

4 March 2022 · 4 min read

Archeology

Facts about gladiators you may not know

Bloody massacre without rules and regulations - this is how most people imagine gladiatorial battles. We still know from Spartacus that all gladiators were slaves and only men fought in…

27 February 2022 · 6 min read