Grenada
The State of Grenada
Capital: St. Georges
Area: 13,321 square miles
Population: 91,000
Population density per sq. km/sq. mile: 7
Ethnic composition
Most people are descendants of black Africans.
Religion
Most of...
The Icy Gaze of Death
The incredible story of the adventures of the Scottish sailor Bruce Gordon, recorded from his words, has been preserved only in the old English...
Poland
Republic of Poland
Capital: Warsaw
Area: 312,683 sq. km/120,728 sq. miles
Population: 38 64 3000
Population density per sq. km/sq. mile: 124/320
Ethnic composition
98% of the population are Poles...
Where everyone will disappear, there the Russian will survive!
This dramatic story began in the summer of 1743, when merchant Yeremey Okladnikov from the city of Mezen, Arkhangelsk province, equipped a sailing and...
How the Russians “kidnapped” Cabrili
Russian sailors looked with apprehension at the pies with savages, who literally rushed through the piles to their ship. One of them stood out,...
MALAYSIA
Area: 329,768 sq km/127,320 sq mi
Population: 20 103,000
Population density per sq. km/sq. mile: 61/158
Ethnic composition
58% of the population are Malays, of which /5 live...
Six years and four months of polar robinsonade
It seemed that the polar Robinsons had no chance to survive, but they lived on a desert island year after year and were not...
18 interesting facts about Quito
The Ecuadorian capital Quito is an interesting and original city. The colonial architecture is fully preserved here, and the customs of the indigenous population...
Cyprus
Republic of Cyprus
Capital: Nicosia
Area: 9,250 sq km /3,571 sq mi
Population: 734,000
Population density per sq. km/sq. mile: 79/206
Ethnic composition
About 80% of the population is of...
The Mystery of Cook’s Journey
On his first Arctic expedition, in which fate first brought him together with Robert Peary.
Looking through the newspapers, I came across an ad about...
latvian
Republic of Latvia
Capital: Riga
Area: 6,458 sq. km/24,938 sq. miles
Population: 2,529,000
Population density per sq. km/sq. mile: 39/10]
Ethnic composition
53% of the population belongs to the Latvian...
KYRGYZSTAN
Republic of Kyrgyzstan
Capital: Bishkek (former Frunze)
Area: 198,500 sq km/76,641 sq mi
Population: 4,600,000
Population density per sq. km/sq. mile: 23/60
Ethnic composition
57% of the population are ethnic...
We are not local ourselves...
Favorite folk hero
The name of this hero is Mamai. In the homes of our ancestors, paintings with his image hung in the most honorable place. The...
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“Confessions of the Son of the Century” by Musset
Musset began his novel in the summer of 1835, hastily dealing with other literary orders, and in February 1836 the novel was already published....
