Shilpa Jain 
Throughout history, women of strength, will and vision have managed to break free from the shackles of society’s norms to fight for freedom, human rights, and equality. Here are 17 most rebellious, badass women who blazed trails and influenced history forever: 1. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina are members … Read more
Soviet sniper Vasily Zaytsev was Russia’s most skilled marksman immortalized in the movie “Enemy at the Gates.” Vasily grew up in some of the roughest inhabited terrain in the Ural Mountains, which runs from north to south through western Russia. As a child, Zaytsev became acquainted with the finer points of marksmanship from a young … Read more
The year 1917 marked the end of over 300 years Romanov dynasty. Chaos, anger and death were sweeping through Russia and Tsar Nicholas II saw no end to the bedlam. He finally bowed to the chaos and relinquished the royal throne on March 15, 1917. It was the end of the centuries-old rule of the … Read more
Controlling the sea was key to winning the battles of the First Great War. Moving troops and supplies by sea was vital. The battle for control of the seas led to new deadly tactics and terrifying war at sea where thousands of sailors, soldiers, passengers, and crews were sent to the bottom of the sea. … Read more
In July of 1970, French photographer Jack Garofalo, took a series of captivating photographs for Harlem Paris Match magazine’s October issue. Garofalo’s assignment was to document the changes after the series of rent strikes broke out in the neighborhood in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Led by local activist Jesse Gray, together with the … Read more
It was a time when most of South America was ruled by dictators, and an archetypal example of them was Chile’s Augusto Pinochet, who cemented his image as a thuggish autocrat very early on in his reign, which began with an American-backed coup which deposed Salvador Allende 1973. On September 18, six days after the … Read more