What If…?

A vintage article from 80 years ago in *Flying* magazine (February 1946 issue), which I think will be of interest to readers and colleagues.   ...

An article from the "Personal Opinions" channel on Yandex Zen.   In his books about society in the distant communist future, Efremov set himself ...

The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact is one of those historical agreements remembered primarily because it was ultimately broken. On August 23, 1939, the Soviet Union ...

We are accustomed to perceiving England as an almost eternal constant. Kings and dynasties changed, revolutions occurred, the British Empire was created and ...

Once upon a time, in the glorious city of Gorky, at an automobile plant, there lived a group of design engineers. The atmosphere was tense—it was the harsh ...

Other parts of the series   Foreword Now I think it’s time to introduce you, dear reader, to Akido. So who is he, exactly?  Let’s start with ...

Other parts of the series Foreword All names are fictional, and any resemblance to real people is purely coincidental 😀. Dear Reader. This short ...

Other parts of the series   Foreword Well then, friends, here is the third chapter of this work. I’d like to go over a few points from the ...

History loves dates that later generations turn into symbols. One such date is 476 AD—the traditional boundary between Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when the ...

The revolutions of 1848 in Europe, also known as the “Spring of Nations,” essentially conceal a vast array of alternatives. Most European states, united by the ...