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-square46fedilinkarrow-up1292arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1291arrow-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-square46fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareGraniteM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 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
–Alexander Rozenbaum