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1756: Completion of the Russian Empress’s huge Palace near St. Petersburg

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1756: Completion of the Russian Empress’s huge Palace near St. Petersburg

On this day in 1756, one of the most splendid Baroque palaces in history - the palace of Russian Empress ...

On this day in 1756, one of the most splendid Baroque palaces in history - the palace of Russian Empress Catherine near St. Petersburg - was completed. This palace can still be seen ten miles south of ...

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1983: The Coldest Place on Earth Holds an Underground Secret

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1983: The Coldest Place on Earth Holds an Underground Secret

On this day, the lowest natural temperature ever recorded on Earth, minus 89.2 °C, was measured. The plac ...

On this day, the lowest natural temperature ever recorded on Earth, minus 89.2 °C, was measured. The place where this happened is called the Pole of Cold and is located on the Antarctic, on the site o ...

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1918: Grand Duchess Elisabeth of Russia Burned Alive

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1918: Grand Duchess Elisabeth of Russia Burned Alive

On this day in 1918, the Bolsheviks killed Elisabeth of Russia, who was a member of the imperial family. ...

On this day in 1918, the Bolsheviks killed Elisabeth of Russia, who was a member of the imperial family. A day before Elisabeth's execution, her sister Empress Alexandra, Alexandra's husband Nicholas ...

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

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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 ...

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

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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 ...

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

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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 ...

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

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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 ...

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1867: The Alaska Purchase was Arranged by an Austrian?

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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, 2015
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