Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL about Ivan VI of Russia, named emperor in 1740 when he was two months old, deposed in a coup thirteen months later, then kept a prisoner in solitary confinement for 20 years until his murder.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down10
arrow-up1185arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Ivan VI of Russia, named emperor in 1740 when he was two months old, deposed in a coup thirteen months later, then kept a prisoner in solitary confinement for 20 years until his murder.en.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71·1 month agoIf anyone is trying to understand the current political situation in Russia, a brief look at their history is very instructive.
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52arrow-down1·1 month agoRussian History: And then it got worse…
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoWe wanted the best but it turned out as always.
minus-squareGraniteM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month ago “If I fall asleep, wake up 100 years later and somebody asks me, what is going on in Russia, my immediate answer will be: drinking and stealing” –Alexander Rozenbaum
If anyone is trying to understand the current political situation in Russia, a brief look at their history is very instructive.
Russian History:
And then it got worse…
We wanted the best but it turned out as always.
–Alexander Rozenbaum