Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 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-square45fedilinkarrow-up1288
arrow-up1288external-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 · 24 days agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up97·24 days agoRussian History: And then it got worse…
minus-squaremeep_launcher@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·24 days ago“we thought we hit rock bottom, but then we heard a knock from below” -Russian Joke
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·24 days agoWe wanted the best but it turned out as always.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·24 days agoDocile dogs breed such result but let’s be real we got enough of that every where It ain’t like “western civilization” is progressing unless you count young people slaving in poverty as some sort of gold standard… 🤔
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.
Docile dogs breed such result but let’s be real we got enough of that every where
It ain’t like “western civilization” is progressing unless you count young people slaving in poverty as some sort of gold standard… 🤔