Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days 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-square31fedilinkarrow-up1287arrow-down11
arrow-up1286arrow-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 · 27 days agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up120·27 days 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-up95arrow-down2·27 days agoRussian History: And then it got worse…
minus-squaremeep_launcher@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·26 days ago“we thought we hit rock bottom, but then we heard a knock from below” -Russian Joke
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·27 days agoWe wanted the best but it turned out as always.
minus-squareGraniteM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·25 days 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
minus-squareVerdantSporeSeasoning@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-226 days agoFor a brief recap of just the Soviet Union part, this is a fun little song.
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 thought we hit rock bottom, but then we heard a knock from below” -Russian Joke
We wanted the best but it turned out as always.
–Alexander Rozenbaum
For a brief recap of just the Soviet Union part, this is a fun little song.