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Golod also reported held an experiment on prisoners in which they were fed food that had been exposed to the pyramid. The prison reported that acts of violence diminished significantly. Russian astronauts were also reported to have taken objects and water from the pyramid on board the International Space Station to keep themselves healthy. He ...
Viktor Stepanovich Grebennikov (Russian: Виктор Степанович Гребенников; 23 April 1927 in Simferopol – 2001 in Novosibirsk) was a self-proclaimed Russian scientist, biologist, entomologist and paranormal researcher best known for his claim to have invented a levitation platform which operated by attaching dead insect body parts to the underside.
The Shigir Sculpture, or Shigir Idol (Russian: Шигирский идол), is the oldest known wooden sculpture. [1] [2] It is estimated to have been carved c. 11,500 years ago, or during the early Holocene period, and is twice as old as Egypt's Great Pyramid. [3] The wood it was carved from is approximately 12,000 years old. [4]
Russian archaeology begins in the Russian Empire in the 1850s and becomes Soviet archaeology in the early 20th century. The journal Sovetskaya arkheologiya is ...
The Wall of Grief was built on an old parking lot at the busy intersection of Garden Ring Road and Academician Sakharov Avenue in central Moscow. [2] [5] Georgy Frangulyan, the designer of the monument who spent two years working on its creation, [2] noted that the Wall of Grief is "an expression of feelings, of fear and alarm", rather than a "representative" work of art. [5]
Dolmen pyramid in Mamed Canyon. One of the most interesting megalithic complexes – group of three dolmens - stands in a row on a hill above Zhane River on the Black Sea coast in the Krasnodar area near Gelendzhik, Russia. In this area there is a great concentration of all types of megalithic sites including settlements and dolmen cemeteries.
The monastery was founded by Saint Ferapont in 1398 in the inhospitable Russian North. The buildings date from the 15th to the 17th century, with a stone wall added in the 19th century. The monastery is a prime example of a Russian Orthodox monastic community from the period, and has been well preserved.
Traditional Russian Banya. Another pillar of traditional Siberian medicine involved the utilization of intense heat from springs or saunas and it is known as the Russian Banya. [6] The banya was a type of sauna that was traditionally heated by wood fire. Russians and Siberians would sit in these saunas for prolonged periods of time before ...