Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 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-square46fedilinkarrow-up1289arrow-down11
arrow-up1288arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareGraniteM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 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
–Alexander Rozenbaum