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...
Where are you, “Saint Anna”?
Treacherous polar ice usually always, even after years and decades, return fragments of ships, human remains, some objects that can be used with varying...
Kazakhstan
Republic of Kazakhstan
Capital: Astana (moved from Alma-Ata in November 1997, was known as Akmola until June 1998)
Area: 2,717,300 sq. km /1,049,155 sq. miles
Population: 17,027,000
Population...
GUATEMALA
Republic of Guatemala
Capital: Guatemala
Area: 108,890 sq. km /42,043 sq. miles
Population: 10,322,000
Population density per sq. km/sq. mile: 195/246
Currency: Quetzal
Ethnic composition
The population consists mainly of two...
Instead of north to south!
Worldwide fame fell on Amundsen like a wave. He is greeted with delight in European countries and in the USA, he gives lectures, publishes...


















































