Tag: Russia | Page 3 | History.info

1843: How did Hemophilia Come into the Russian Royal Family?

Posted by
|Date: April 25, 2020
| 0 comments

1843: How did Hemophilia Come into the Russian Royal Family?

Princess Alice of Great Britain was born on this day. It is she who passed on hemophilia to the Russian i ...

Princess Alice of Great Britain was born on this day. It is she who passed on hemophilia to the Russian imperial family. Namely, Alice was the daughter of the famous Queen Victoria, and she passed on ...

April 25, 2020
| by

| 0 comments

Read more
1791: James Buchanan: The President of the United States who was an Ambassador to the Russian Empire

Posted by
|Date: April 23, 2020
| 0 comments

1791: James Buchanan: The President of the United States who was an Ambassador to the Russian Empire

James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States, was born on this day in 1791. It is very interes ...

James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States, was born on this day in 1791. It is very interesting that had been the United States Ambassador to the Russian Empire a quarter of a century be ...

April 23, 2020
| by

| 0 comments

Read more
1870: Birth of Vladimir Lenin in the City on the Longest River in Europe

Posted by
|Date: April 22, 2020
| 0 comments

1870: Birth of Vladimir Lenin in the City on the Longest River in Europe

Vladimir Ulyanov, the Russian revolutionary who later changed his name to Lenin, was born on this day in ...

Vladimir Ulyanov, the Russian revolutionary who later changed his name to Lenin, was born on this day in 1870. He was born in the city of Simbirsk on the Volga River (today Ulyanovsk – the city was la ...

April 22, 2020
| by

| 0 comments

Read more
1765: The Russian Scientist Lomonosov – a Peer of Ruđer Bošković from Dubrovnik

Posted by
|Date: April 15, 2020
| 0 comments

1765: The Russian Scientist Lomonosov – a Peer of Ruđer Bošković from Dubrovnik

The famous Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov died in St. Petersburg on this day in 1765. He was very im ...

The famous Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov died in St. Petersburg on this day in 1765. He was very important for the development of science in Russia. Lomonosov Moscow State University has been na ...

April 15, 2020
| by

| 0 comments

Read more
1867: The Alaska Purchase was Arranged by an Austrian?

Posted by Boris
|Date: March 30, 2020
| 0 comments

1867: The Alaska Purchase was Arranged by an Austrian?

On this day in 1867, the sale of Russian America (the name for Alaska at that time) to the USA took place ...

On this day in 1867, the sale of Russian America (the name for Alaska at that time) to the USA took place. The so-called Alaska Purchase was actually initiated by the Russians, who wanted to get rid o ...

March 30, 2020
| by Boris

| 0 comments

Read more
1885: The Panjdeh Incident: Russian Empire and Britain Brought to Brink of War

Posted by Boris
|Date: March 30, 2020
| 0 comments

1885: The Panjdeh Incident: Russian Empire and Britain Brought to Brink of War

On this day in 1885 there was an incident in the area of contact of two great empires – the Russian Empir ...

On this day in 1885 there was an incident in the area of contact of two great empires – the Russian Empire and the British colonial empire. This so-called Panjdeh Incident occurred at a place where th ...

March 30, 2020
| by Boris

| 0 comments

Read more
1566: German-Slovenian Baron Herberstein – An Early Explorer of Russia

Posted by Boris
|Date: March 28, 2020
| 0 comments

1566: German-Slovenian Baron Herberstein – An Early Explorer of Russia

Baron Sigismund von Herberstein, one of the earliest and most important Western writers on the situation ...

Baron Sigismund von Herberstein, one of the earliest and most important Western writers on the situation in Russia. He originated from the powerful Austrian Herberstein family, which owned a series of ...

March 28, 2020
| by Boris

| 0 comments

Read more
1801: Russian Emperor Paul I Assassinated in his Bedroom

Posted by
|Date: March 23, 2020
| 0 comments

1801: Russian Emperor Paul I Assassinated in his Bedroom

Emperor Paul I was the son of the famous empress Catherine the Great and he succeeded her when she died i ...

Emperor Paul I was the son of the famous empress Catherine the Great and he succeeded her when she died in 1796. Russian emperor Paul I was assassinated in St. Petersburg on this day in 1801. More pre ...

March 23, 2020
| by

| 0 comments

Read more

1 234 5 6 7 8 9