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1828: The Famous Writer Leo Tolstoy Was a Russian Count and the Owner of 350 Serfs

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1828: The Famous Writer Leo Tolstoy Was a Russian Count and the Owner of 350 Serfs

On this day, Leo Tolstoy was born as a member of an aristocratic Russian family. He inherited the title o ...

On this day, Leo Tolstoy was born as a member of an aristocratic Russian family. He inherited the title of Count from his father. The Tolstoys were one of the most famous Russian noble families. They ...

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1941: The Siege of Leningrad – the Bloodiest Siege in Human History

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1941: The Siege of Leningrad – the Bloodiest Siege in Human History

This day marked the beginning of the Siege of Leningrad, which lasted for almost 900 days. Almost two mil ...

This day marked the beginning of the Siege of Leningrad, which lasted for almost 900 days. Almost two million people died. When the last road to the city was severed (two million people lived in that ...

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1817: Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy – the Cousin of Leo Nikolayevich

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1817: Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy – the Cousin of Leo Nikolayevich

Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, a Russian author and a count, was born on this day in 1817. He was a cou ...

Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, a Russian author and a count, was born on this day in 1817. He was a cousin of the famous Leo Tolstoy. They held the title of count, which was inheritable in aristocra ...

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

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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, 2016
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1801: Russian Emperor Paul I Assassinated in his Bedroom

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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 ...

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1994: Plane Crashes Because of a 16-year-old Boy

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1994: Plane Crashes Because of a 16-year-old Boy

Listening to the flight data recorders from the black box revealed that two unauthorized passengers were ...

Listening to the flight data recorders from the black box revealed that two unauthorized passengers were present in the cockpit – the pilot’s 12-year-old daughter and 16-year-old son. On this day 75 p ...

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1917: Russian Emperor Nicholas II Abdicates in his own Name and in the Name of his Son

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1917: Russian Emperor Nicholas II Abdicates in his own Name and in the Name of his Son

In the document where he declared his abdication, Emperor Nicholas II stressed that he “doesn't want to l ...

In the document where he declared his abdication, Emperor Nicholas II stressed that he “doesn't want to leave his beloved son” (the tsesarevich Alexis, who was only 12 years old at the time and suffer ...

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Did you know Peter the Great allegedly made his wife keep her lover’s severed head in her bedroom?

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Did you know Peter the Great allegedly made his wife keep her lover’s severed head in her bedroom?

The Mons family was one of the many immigrant families who lived in St. Petersburg’s German Quarter durin ...

The Mons family was one of the many immigrant families who lived in St. Petersburg’s German Quarter during the time of Peter the Great. Although they weren’t nobility, the family became involved in th ...

March 14, 2016
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