
Russian Empire


Did Peter I issue a decree that a subordinate should look dashing and stupid in front of his superiors?

Is it true that a recording of the voice of Emperor Alexander III was discovered in Denmark?

Is it true that the heroine of the Patriotic War of 1812, Vasilisa Kozhina, is a fictional person?

Did Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov say that mathematics “puts your mind in order”?

Is it true that Mendeleev worked for Russian foreign intelligence?

Was Grigory Rasputin the lover of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna?

	



