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The life of celebrities seems to us the ultimate dream, and their love stories are an incredibly beautiful fairy tale.

However, even for the beautiful and famous, not everything is so smooth and cloudless.

Sometimes even the most beautiful love stories, suddenly breaking off, find a tragic ending.

Here are 10 celebrity love stories with surprisingly sad endings:


The most tragic love stories

1. Simon Atli and Petra Nemkova



In a split second, a dream vacation turned into a nightmare for 25-year-old model Petra Nemkova and her 33-year-old boyfriend, photographer Simon Utley.

At the end of 2004, the lovers went to one of the popular resorts in Thailand. Vacation promised to be fabulous.

When a deadly tsunami hit the island, thousands of human destinies were broken in an instant.

Petra escaped certain death by clinging to the branches of a palm tree. For eight agonizing hours, the model stayed on the tree until rescuers finally rescued her.

The girl received a fracture of the pelvis and many other injuries, but she survived, and her lover died ...

Simon's body was found 6 months later near the place where the couple spent their holidays.

In memory of her dead fiancé, Petra founded a fund called The Happy Hearts Fund. This organization was engaged in helping the victims of the cataclysms in Haiti and the Philippines cope with the tragedies that fell upon them.



Michael Todd, perhaps, became famous for being the only husband of Elizabeth Taylor, whom she did not divorce. And it really was a feat.

After all, all 7 marriages of the famous actress ended in divorce. Marriage with Michael was the third in a row for the star Cleopatra (she was married a total of eight times) and the third for Todd, a famous Hollywood producer.

Taylor was two years younger than son Todd from his first marriage. However, the 23-year age difference did not stop the lovers. The relationship between Elizabeth and Michael was in the spotlight all the time and was surrounded by a lot of gossip and gossip.

6 months after the wedding, a daughter, Liza, was born in the family.

Despite the negative tabloid attention, the couple seemed genuinely in love and sincere.

Many have said that Elizabeth has never been happier than being paired with Todd.

Their fairy tale ended when, less than a year after their marriage in 1958, Todd's private jet, Lucky Liz, crashed. The plane's engine failed and it exploded on impact with the ground.

At the end of her life, Elizabeth called Michael "the love of her life" along with her 5th (and 6th) husband, Richard Burton, and, of course, jewelry.

Celebrity tragedy

3. Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love



Yes, their relationship was tumultuous, yes, the couple were notorious for both using illegal drugs.

In April 1994, the whole world was shocked by the news of the death of Kurt Cobain. The famous musician was found dead in his home. He died from a gunshot wound to the head. The police stated the fact of suicide.

Kurt and Courtney met at a nightclub in 1990. They secretly married on a beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1992.

6 months after the wedding, daughter Francis Bian was born.

There are many versions regarding the death of Kurt. Some say it was murder. Others are convinced that Cobain committed suicide. But for what exact reason, no one knows.

At the time of his death, Kurt was only 27 years old. He was in the prime of his life and at the zenith of his glory...

4. Carole Lombard and Clark Gable



Hollywood Golden Girl Carole Lombard met her fate on the set of the 1932 film The Difficult Man. Her partner in the role was the famous Clark Gable.

But only in 1939, seven long years after they met, the couple joined. The life of Clark and Carol seemed like a fairy tale idyll.

They were madly in love, constantly surprising each other with unusual actions.

For example, after one of their quarrels, Lombard sent her husband a pair of doves as a sign of reconciliation.

Unfortunately, just two years after their wedding, Carol died in a plane crash. She flew to the shooting of an anti-fascist film. Her plane crashed, crashing into a mountain while climbing.

She was only 33 years old. Although Gable later married, those who knew him closely claimed that the actor never recovered from the death of his wife. Undoubtedly, Carol was the greatest love of his life.

To forget himself, Clark Gable went to the front as a simple private, despite the fact that relatives and friends were against it.

At Clark's request, after his death, he was buried next to Lombard in 1961.

5. Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski



At first glance, it seems like Hollywood couldn't have written a better script: in 1964, a rising actress (Tate) meets a promising young director (Polanski).

And although the two did not immediately hit it off, Polanski tries it out in his film (The Fearless Vampire Killers).

They fell in love during their stay in Italy and on their return to London she moved into the director's house.

Four years later, Sharon and Roman got married and were expecting a child.

Their love story could be called a fairy tale with a happy ending... However, a fatal set of circumstances cut short this wonderful fairy tale.

Just two weeks before giving birth, Tate was brutally murdered by a criminal group known as the "Charles Manson Family". After being tied up at gunpoint, she was stabbed 16 times.

Sharon was only 26 years old...

6. Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed



In just one short month, the stormy romance of Diana Spencer and her boyfriend, the son of the Egyptian billionaire Dodi Fayed, continued.

In August 1997, the world shuddered at the news that everyone's favorite princess and her new lover had died in a car accident while on holiday in Paris.

The lovers were in a terrible car accident. Dodi died instantly, while Diana was taken to the hospital with many injuries, where she died a few hours later.

Some sources report that the princess was pregnant at the time of her death, but this fact has not been officially confirmed.

Their fleeting romance remained a beautiful, but unfinished story of great love.

7. John and Jacqueline Kennedy



It was love at first sight. John F Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier met at a mutual friend's party.

A year later, in 1953, the couple married. And eight years later, Kennedy became President of the United States of America, and Jackie became the third young First Lady in history. She was only 31 years old.

The tragedy happened 2 years after Kennedy was elected head of state. During a trip to Texas, he was killed in an open convertible by multiple shots to the head and neck.

And although Jackie remarried a few years after the tragic death of her first husband, she could not forget him until her death.

Nobody could compare to him.

She admitted this in one of her interviews, being already an elderly woman. She called the years spent in the White House the best in her life.

Tragedies of famous people

8. Pierce Brosnan and Cassandra Harris



When James Bond falls in love with someone, he gets married and wants to live with that girl for the rest of his life.

In 1980, Pierce Brosnan met Cassandra Harris. They had a common child (Cassandra had two children from her first marriage).

After several years of cloudless happiness, a woman was diagnosed with oncology. Brosnan remained with his wife to the last, supporting her in everything.

He went through all the circles of hell with his beloved: several operations, an extensive course of chemotherapy. The treatment proved to be ineffective. The disease won, and in 1991, at the age of 43, Cassandra died.

Brosnan shared that he continued to talk with his beloved even after her death. But the tragedies associated with diseases did not end there.

A few years later, Cassandra's daughter from Charlotte's first marriage was diagnosed with an identical disease.

Pierce Brosnan was next to his stepdaughter to the last, holding her hand.

The Russian prince Svyatoslav, who ruled in Kyiv, had three sons - Yaropolk, Oleg and Vladimir. Immediately after the death of Svyatoslav, the brothers went to war with each other, each wanted to rule in Kyiv, to become an autocratic prince. Vladimir showed great foresight in this struggle and turned out to be the winner. He converted to Christianity, baptized Russia and in every possible way contributed to the education of ordinary people.

Prince Ivan III Vasilyevich (1440-1505) - Unifier of Russian lands

The Grand Duke of Moscow Vasily II, nicknamed the Dark One, even during his lifetime attracted his son Ivan to manage the affairs of the state. Thus, he confirmed his legal rights to the throne. All business papers were signed by both of them. Ivan entered into full rights after the death of his father, when he was 22 years old. Ivan III began to unite the Russian lands around Moscow, turning it into the capital of the all-Russian state. Under him, the Moscow principality got rid of the Mongol-Tatar yoke. He knew how to carefully listen to the advice of his boyars. In adulthood, Prince Ivan 3 did not like to take part in military campaigns, believing that commanders should fight, and the sovereign should decide important matters at home. For 43 years of his reign, the Moscow principality freed itself from the power of the Horde khans, significantly expanded and strengthened. Under him, the code of laws "Sudebnik" was adopted, a local system of land tenure appeared.

Peter I (1672-1725) - "What I want, it must be"

Peter 1 was truly great. Everything was great with Peter - growth, army, battles, territories, plans. He sought not only to expand the borders of the Russian state, but also to make life in it similar to what he saw in Europe. He learned a lot himself and taught others. However, in his desire to quickly introduce new orders, he often went to extremes, massacres in his time were not uncommon. He was in a hurry in everything, as if he felt that fate had given him a not very long life.

Catherine II (1729-1796) - Enlightened Monarchine

On June 28, 1762, a bloodless palace coup took place in St. Petersburg. The wife of Emperor Peter III, Ekaterina Alekseevna, with the help of the guards, removed her husband from power and declared herself an autocratic empress. Once on the Russian throne, Catherine II tried to win the loyalty and love of her subjects. She carried out many economic transformations, contributed in every possible way to the development of trade, torture and executions were abolished in Russia, and elected courts appeared. The period of her reign was called the "golden age", and the empress herself was called the Great.

Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837) - The sun of Russian poetry

Time inexorably moves us away from Pushkin, the poet, playwright, prose writer, but his creative genius becomes more and more distinct from this. His poems, poems and stories showed different aspects of Russian reality, secular life and peasant life, they reflected the restless soul of the poet, deep feelings and experiences. His poetry and prose were enthusiastically received by readers of the 19th century. It was then that the halo of his greatness was created, he was considered the founder of Russian literature, the creator of the modern literary language. It is no coincidence that the time in which he lived is called the “Pushkin era”.

Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov (1810-1881) - Surgeon from God

Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov worked for hours in the anatomical theater, cutting soft tissues, examining diseased organs, sawing bones, looking for replacements for damaged joints. Anatomy became a practical school for him, which laid the foundation for his further successful surgical activity. Pirogov was the first to come up with the idea of ​​plastic surgery, applied anesthesia in military field surgery, for the first time applied a plaster cast in the field, suggested the existence of pathogens that cause suppuration of wounds. His works, various medical atlases put forward Russian surgery to one of the first places in the world.

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821- 1881) - Defender of the poor

Despite the wide popularity of Fyodor Dostoevsky in Russia, worldwide recognition and interest in his work came after his death. Everyone noted his deep psychologism, passion in depicting "humiliated and offended". The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote that Dostoevsky was the only psychologist from whom he learned anything. The works of Fyodor Mikhailovich had a noticeable influence on writers: the Austrian Stefan Zweig, the Frenchman Marcel Proust, the Englishman Oscar Wilde, the Germans Thomas and Heinrich Mann.

Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) - Preacher of morality

The famous Russian theater director and creator of the acting system, Konstantin Stanislavsky, wrote in his book “My Life in Art” that in the difficult years of the first revolutions, when despair gripped people, many recalled that at the same time Leo Tolstoy lived with them. And it became easier on the soul. He was the conscience of mankind. At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, Tolstoy became the spokesman for the thoughts and hopes of millions of people. He was a moral support for many. It was read and listened to not only by Russia, but also by Europe, America and Asia.

Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907) - Legislator in chemistry

Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev was a versatile scientist: in the laboratory he studied new properties of materials, at plants and factories he analyzed the results of their use, and carefully summarized information at his desk. Every year he traveled to different regions of the country, traveled abroad. The Periodic Table of Chemical Elements created by him - a brilliant discovery - established the dependence of various properties of elements on the charge of the atomic nucleus and was accepted throughout the world. The collection of his scientific works is 25 volumes.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Composer for all time

Foreign performers of piano music, violinists, cellists and vocalists are well aware of the International Tchaikovsky Music Competition, which is held in Moscow every 4 years. The symphonic works of the Russian composer have long been heard in the concert halls of many leading capitals of the world, his operas and ballets are in the repertoire of the world's outstanding opera houses. Tchaikovsky left behind a huge musical legacy that has become part of the global culture.

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936) - Teacher of the theory of reflexes

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology for 1904, the creator of the science of higher nervous activity, the Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov was recognized as the foreman of physiologists around the world.

Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (1863-1945) - Discoverer of the biosphere

Vladimir Vernadsky entered the history of Russian and world science as an outstanding natural scientist, thinker, and public figure. He studied such special branches of knowledge about the Earth as geology, crystallography, mineralogy, geochemistry, and biology. And he determined the ways of the general evolution of the Earth, introduced the concepts of "biosphere" and "noosphere" - the areas of distribution of life on Earth as a result of evolutionary impact on it by humans. He was the forerunner of a new branch of science - ecology.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) (1870-1924) - Practitioner of building communism

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is the most famous politician of the 20th century. For over 70 years in the Soviet Union, he was considered an unsurpassed genius who set the goal of building communism in Russia. In 1917, Lenin took on the impossible task of making backward agrarian Russia socialist and then communist. He dreamed that the working people would receive everything according to their needs. The idea turned out to be untenable. True, after Lenin, the country gradually switched to an industrial path of development. Communism was not achieved, but at the cost of enormous efforts, including millions of human victims, the USSR approached the leading positions on the world stage.

Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Stalin) (1878 -1953) - The inspirer of all victories

The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), the head of the Soviet government, Joseph Stalin led the country to an industrial path of development, with his name the Soviet people won the Great Patriotic War, he caused mass labor heroism, under him the country became a superpower. But he planted a totalitarian, dictatorial regime in the country, carried out forced collectivization, during his time famine broke out in the country, mass repressions were carried out, the world community was divided into two camps - socialist and capitalist. In history, Stalin remained a double personality: the winner in the war and the tyrant of his own people.

Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (1906-1966) - Chief Designer

Sergei Pavlovich Korolev was an outstanding design engineer who dreamed of conquering space. He made a huge contribution to organizing the production of rocket and space technology and rocket weapons in the Soviet Union. He was the first in the world to launch satellites, scientific stations, and spaceships into earth orbit. The news shocked the whole world. He dreamed of exploring the expanses of the Universe with the help of automatic devices and began to prepare a flight to Mars, but he did not manage to carry out his plans.

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Many famous people have persistently tried to hide some of the facts of their lives, but persistent myths have developed about some of them. For example, "the ugliest woman in history" turned out to be a rather pretty lady with a very determined character. And another, no less determined woman - the Queen of Great Britain - loved her friend so much that she ordered a statue to be erected in his honor.

We found some interesting stories from the life of famous people, ranging from royalty from the distant past to those who lived with us at the same time.

Duchess Margherita Maultash was not at all "the ugliest woman in the world"
According to popular belief, the 14th-century Countess of Tyrol and Duchess of Bavaria, Margarete Maultasch, is considered "the ugliest woman in history." As a “proof” of this statement, the portrait that you now see in front of you, and the very nickname of Margarita, often acts. It is only one letter different from the German word Maultasche - "dumpling", or literally "purse mouth".

However, some researchers believe that the word "maultash" did not mean the duchess's ugly appearance, but came from the name of her castle in South Tyrol. As for the portrait, it was painted by the Flemish painter Quentin Masseys in the 16th century and is a caricature.

If we look at other images of Margarita, including the lifetime one on her personal seal, then we will see, if not a written beauty, but quite an attractive woman with a good figure.

So where did the myth of "the ugliest woman in history" come from? The fact is that Margarita dared to impudence, unheard of at that time: she kicked out her disgusted husband, whom she was married to at the age of 11, and became the wife of her beloved.

Margarita Maultash simply did not let her first husband Johann Heinrich (he is on the left) go home to the castle when he returned from hunting. Apparently, the husband did not enjoy great love not only from his wife, but also from the citizens of Tyrol, since they all refused him shelter.

Annoyed, Johann found support from the Patriarch of Aquileia, as a result of which Margarita and her new husband Ludwig of Bavaria (he is on the right in the picture) were excommunicated for a long time, and ridiculous rumors spread about the duchess.

Marie Antoinette ordered to build a village for herself in which she could lead the life of a "commoner"

The brilliant atmosphere of Versailles and the need to observe court etiquette had a depressing effect on the queen, so as an outlet, she ordered to build for herself a tiny village near the Petit Trianon Palace with a mill, a farm, a dovecote, a pond and a cottage, which was much more comfortable than the palace chambers. All this reminded Marie Antoinette of her childhood, which was spent in the gardens of the Vienna Palace, where she played with relatives, governesses and dogs.

In her private village, the queen dressed up as a regular shepherdess or milkmaid and walked with her children and closest friends, and it seems that it was there that she was truly happy. After the French Revolution, the village of Marie Antoinette was abandoned, but it has now been restored and is open to the public.

Abraham Lincoln gave a speech so impressive that none of the journalists could record it


On May 29, 1856, in Bloomington, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech that is traditionally considered lost, since all the reporters present at this event were literally mesmerized by the words of the future president (Lincoln became one in 1861) and simply forgot to write down from it at least one word. We have no doubt about the oratorical talent of "Uncle Abe", but, you see, it still sounds implausible.

There is another version, according to which the text was deliberately lost, since Lincoln's speech was filled with a passionate condemnation of slavery, for the abolition of which, alas, not everyone advocated at that time. Nevertheless, the “lost speech” made a huge impression on the listeners, and a memorial plaque was subsequently erected in honor of this event, which still exists today.

Queen Victoria's best friend was groom John Brown

The British Queen Victoria is a rare exception among monarchs (at least in the old days) for the reason that she married for love and continued to adore her husband Prince Albert all her life. Is it necessary to explain that his early death was the hardest blow for her?

And who knows how she would have survived this event, if not for the support of the Queen's best friend. It was the Scottish groom John Brown (John Brown), who, like his relatives, faithfully served the Queen in Balmoral Castle. Walking and talking with John helped Victoria recover from the loss, although she never removed the mourning for Albert until the end of her life.

Of course, evil tongues immediately ridiculed the relationship, which, according to Queen Victoria herself, was a warm and loving friendship (so warm and loving friendship). There were stinging cartoons like the one you see now, and the Queen began to be called "Mrs Brown" behind her back.

Be that as it may, Victoria was strongly attached to John Brown and highly appreciated him, because after his death she ordered a statue to be erected in his honor, which was done. It is believed that before her death, the queen bequeathed to be buried along with a portrait of her beloved husband Albert in one hand and a portrait of John's best friend in the other.

The story of Victoria and John Brown was filmed in 1997, and 10 years later another film called Victoria and Abdul was released. It tells about the relationship of the queen with another "favorite", whose name was Abdul Karim (you can see him in the photo).

As expected, this friendship was also condemned, although it is known for certain that the queen signed her letters to the young handsome man as “your loving mother”.

Composer Arnold Schoenberg was so afraid of the number 13 that he called it "12a". He died on July 13, 13 minutes before midnight.

The founder of the new Viennese school, composer Arnold Schoenberg (pictured with his wife Gertrude and daughter Nuria) had a rare phobia - fear of the number 13, or triskaidekaphobia. Schoenberg was born on the 13th and throughout his life considered this figure a bad omen.

As we already mentioned, the composer renamed 13 to 12a, and the same fate affected his last opera (pictured below) which Schoenberg called "Moses and Aron" ("Moses und Aron") instead of "Moses and Aaron" ("Moses und Aaron ”) only to ensure that the number of letters in the name is not 13.

And yet the last day of the life of Arnold Schoenberg was precisely the fateful number. On July 13, 1951, he lay in bed all day, feeling that death was approaching. The wife tried to persuade the composer to "stop these stupid things" and get up, but he refused, and at 11:47 pm he actually died, having uttered the word "harmony" before that.

Winston Churchill loved animals, and one of his pets was a lion

The British prime minister was a big animal lover (you can see him petting Field Marshal Montgomery in this photo). At various times, the cats Nelson and Jock, the poodle Rufus, the bulldog Dodo, as well as cows, pigs, fish, butterflies, swans and other pets lived with Churchill.

But, perhaps, the most unusual of the pets was a lion named Rota, who was presented to the prime minister as a gift as a kitten, and after a while, he prudently assigned the growing king of beasts to the London Zoo. Rota grew up and became the father of 4 cubs, and Churchill visited him at the zoo and fed him meat with his own hands.

Pablo Escobar trolls US authorities

Drug lord Escobar was so confident in his invulnerability that he was photographed with his son Juan Pablo in front of the White House in Washington, while he was wanted by US and Colombian authorities. This photo was taken by Pablo's wife Maria Victoria and was first shown in the movie Sins of My Father, based on the book by Juan Pablo Escobar, who legally changed his name to Sebastian Marroquin and now lives in Argentina.

Steve Jobs rarely showered because he believed his diet suppressed bodily odors. He was wrong

Every person has their own oddities, and great people are no exception. According to colleagues who worked with Steve Jobs at Atari, he believed that his plant-based diet prevented the smell of sweat, and therefore it was no longer necessary to take a shower every day. But Jobs was wrong. And so much so that in the company he was quickly transferred to the night shift, where there was especially no one to complain about the unpleasant smell.

Princess Diana stopped wearing Chanel after her divorce from Prince Charles for a very personal reason

According to designer Jayson Brunsdon, after her divorce from Charles, Lady Dee refused to wear shoes and, possibly, other things from Chanel, due to the fact that the logo of this brand reminded Diana of her unfaithful husband and rival Camilla Parker-Bowles (you see her in the photo next to Diana).

The letters on the CC logo - the initials of Coco Chanel (Coco Chanel) - turned for Diana into "Charles and Camilla" (Camilla & Charles). It is not known if she subsequently changed her mind, but Bransdon assures that Lady Di had nothing against the brand itself, she simply could not see these ill-fated letters CC.

Actor Woody Harrelson's father was a contract killer

Famous people often have famous parents, but not all of them became famous thanks to good deeds. The father of Hollywood actor Woody Harrelson was the famous criminal Charles V. Harrelson, who was sentenced to 2 life terms on charges of murdering federal judge Jonathan Wood.

Subsequently, the son often visited Charles in prison, and, according to his confession, he was a well-read and educated person. Woody even tried to challenge the court's decision, but he failed.

An interesting fact: Charles Harrelson for some reason claimed that he was involved in the Kennedy assassination, but later retracted his words. Conspiracy theorists still consider Charles Harrelson one of the suspicious vagrants found near the murder site, but this is nothing more than speculation.

Russia is a great country whose lands are full of various famous and great people. They became great for a reason, but thanks to their deeds, and not by any other, but precisely those that put the country above others. What exactly are the people?

Peter I

This king is a great reformer that helped Russia move to a new level. The reign of the king: 1672 to 1725. The future reformer was born in Moscow, in the Romanov dynasty. From a very early age, Peter is taught literacy.

The next stage of life raises the question of transition to the throne, but since the young king was not yet able to lead the country, sister Sophia took over this right. Peter begins to move away from the throne, and moves with his mother to the village, where the boy begins to get involved in military affairs. Here it is, the beginning of the formation of a great reformer. For the purpose of fun, he begins to create gaming regiments, teaching discipline and military affairs to other young people. The most interesting thing is that these regiments will become the main army of Russia in the future.

Peter continues to develop himself while Sophia rules the country. The Tsar is fond of European culture, military affairs, shipbuilding and other important skills. As soon as the sister leaves the throne, the control of the country passes into the hands of Peter I. The Tsar begins active hostilities outside Russia, "opening" the way to the seas. And in order to have power at sea, it creates a powerful navy. Also, under him, a new capital, Petersburg, was built, which was the northern capital. What reforms were carried out under him? First, there was a change in the people, moving to the European way. Streets, people, behavior and culture were changed to European. Further reforms of education, army, economy will be carried out. Many establishments have opened.

Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov

The great scientist of Russia was born into a poor family in a village. From birth, he was fond of science, literature, and the study of languages. The thirst to learn was so strong that Mikhail went on foot to the capital in order to enter a prestigious educational institution. Considering that people from ordinary families were not accepted to any academy, it was worth coming up with something. And the young, smart guy decided to tell everyone that he came from the nobility.

Thus, the guy enters the academy and begins to study. At the end of the academy in Moscow, he goes to study in St. Petersburg, and then to Europe altogether. Having adopted for himself many of the knowledge of other countries, he returned to Russia and became a physics teacher at the academy in St. Petersburg, and then switched to teaching chemistry.

As for his work in chemistry, he conducted experiments and experiments not only at the university, but also in his home laboratory. Due to the numerous and versatile views of the world, he learned many sciences. For some period he taught physics, and after - chemistry. He also understood other exact, natural and humanitarian sciences.

In laboratories, he conducts various experiments, discovering new substances and elements. His works are known not only in Russia, but also abroad. On account of his discoveries such as porcelain, glass and other useful discoveries. He also has textbooks on chemistry and metallurgy, which allowed other people who were thirsty for knowledge to learn. Many Moscow universities are named after him. And also created various awards named after Lomonosov, which showed the quality of knowledge in people. Lomonosov is an example of how to become a great person from an ordinary guy.

And this is only the smallest grain of great people that the land of Russia keeps. Each of them became famous there or there, which played a big role in public.

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All of us, graduates of Soviet and post-Soviet general education schools, can remember at least something about famous historical figures. Well, for example, that Gaius Julius Caesar was killed as a result of a conspiracy involving a certain Brutus. Or that Albert Einstein is the author of the general theory of relativity. However, there are a number of interesting facts about famous people that you are unlikely to be told about in school.

1. Once a famous physicist had a chance to become the president of Israel. However, he refused this position with the proviso that he would not be able to solve state affairs in view of their significance and scale.

2. Perhaps, dying Albert Einstein finally put forward another brilliant theory or said something equally significant. Alas, we will never know about this, since he died in the presence of a nurse who did not understand a word of German.


3. The last will of the founder of the Nobel Prize was a request not to be considered a promoter of violence because of the fact that he invented dynamite.


4. Queen Anne of England was the mother of 17 children and outlived them all.


5. Elizabeth the First imposed a tax on those men who wore a beard.

6. She also passed a law obliging everyone, except for the very rich people, to wear special hats on Sunday.


7. One can only guess what happened during the feasts before Catherine the First issued a law stating that no man has the right to get drunk during the feast before 21.00.


8. For her wedding, among other things, Queen Victoria received a "piece" of cheese, weighing half a ton and three meters in diameter.


9. Lady Astor is credited with the following phrase, said to Prime Minister Winston Churchill: "If you were my husband, I would put poison in your coffee." They say that a worthy answer was received to this: "If you were my wife, I would drink it."


10. And the British Prime Minister himself smoked about 15 cigars a day.


11. An autograph from a famous Roman emperor is valued at $2 million. The problem is that so far no one has been able to find it.

12. The appearance of a laurel wreath on the head of Julius Caesar is associated with his attempt to hide the beginning of hair loss.


13. The loving Israeli king Solomon had about 700 wives and at least a hundred mistresses.


14. This sex icon's bra, which Marilyn wore in the movie Only Girls in Jazz, went up for $14,000 at auction.


15. The famous writer Charles Dickens slept exclusively facing north. He firmly believed that this contributed to the improvement of his writing talent.


16. What would US President Thomas Jefferson think of his descendants if he knew that the house in which he wrote the Declaration of Independence is now ... a diner?


17. George Washington can be proud that his birthday is the only birthday that is an official holiday in all states of America.


18. During the First World War, the future Pope John XXIII served as a sergeant in the Italian army.


19. Isaac Newton was fond of occult and supernatural ideas.


20. John D. Rockefeller gave away over $500 million to charitable causes during his lifetime.


21. Personally, I am overwhelmed by the fact that the two-time Nobel Prize winner could not become a member of the prestigious French Academy solely because she was a woman.


22. Mozart never attended school.


23. There was a payphone in the mansion of one of the richest people in the world.



24. The first chairman of the Communist Party of China worked as an assistant librarian at Peking University before taking power.

25. The three most famous names in China are striking in their modesty and originality: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley.


26. John Glenn became the first American astronaut to reach earth orbit.


27. This professional illusionist claimed that his outstanding abilities came to him from the distant planet Huva.

And finally



28. The Italians owe their national flag to Napoleon Bonaparte.

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