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Rasputin – Part I of II

ov Everyone has heard of Rasputin.  Well perhaps not if you are a recent product of the American public school system.  Rasputin has been dead now about a century and six months or so.  Not exactly  ancient history.   He … Continue reading

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May 6 – Tsar Nicholas’ Birthday

On May 6, 1868, 147 years ago today, Nicholas II, Tsar of all the Russians was born. He was to be the eighteenth sovereign and last of the Romanov dynasty. He was the eldest of six children born to Alexander … Continue reading

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