Iβve been reading Anna Karenina, and itβs interesting how frequent the aristocracy incorporate French into their education. So Iβm curious as to how rigorous they were in other subjects and school in general.
Edit: dang this sub is so empty lol
[For context, Ivan V and Peter I (later known as Peter the Great) were both crowned co-Tsars of Imperial Russia in 1682. Both were still very young, and their ambitious older sister, Sophia, essentially ruled through them from the shadows for a time.]
>It was a strange tableau, unprecedented in European royal history: two sibling monarchs, in full ceremonial regalia, sharing the same throne. Seated listlessly on one side was the drooling half-wit Ivan V; on the other was his infinitely more robust half-brother Peter.
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>Missing from the scene, but controlling it nonetheless, was Sophia, sister of the tsars and the power behind them β literally β for at the back of Ivan and Peterβs two-seated throne, hidden from view, was a chair upon which big sister Sophia or one of her representatives sat, whispering instructions to the young co-monarchs through an opening cut out for the purpose.
Source:
Farquhar, Michael. βChapter 1 β Ivan V and Peter I (1682-1696): One Autocrat Too Many.β Secret Lives of the Tsars: Three Centuries of Autocracy, Debauchery, Betrayal, Murder, and Madness from Romanov Russia. Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2014. 26. Print.
Further Reading:
Ivan V Alekseyevich (Russian: ΠΠ²Π°Π½ V ΠΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΠ΅Π΅Π²ΠΈΡ)
Peter the Great (Russian: ΠΡΡΡ ΠΠ΅Π»ΠΈΜΠΊΠΈΠΉ); Peter the Great
Sophia Alekseyevna (Russian: Π‘ΠΎΜΡΡΡ ΠΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΠ΅ΜΠ΅Π²Π½Π°)
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[As my two most recent events were deleted due to rampant fascism, I've been allowed by the most high mod gods to post ones in their place.]
The Tsarina, in the interest of improving trade between Russia and the Angelic Collective, has ordered the construction of a massive canal linking the Baltic and White Seas, cutting the travel time greatly and allowing easy access to the Baltic for Collective merchants.
The region is home to thousands of lakes big and small, and consequently not very much ground must be excavated to make way for the canal. Lake Ladoga is already connected with the Baltic with a canal built by Catherine the Great, and it will be a matter of connecting the various lakes of the region together to create a canal stretching from the Neva near St Petersburg to the Dvina near Arkhangelsk and Severodvinsk.
This will be a joint project and thousands of laborers will be working on this for food and pay.
In other news, Tsarevna Anna, the infant daughter of former Tsar Vladimir, has been adopted by her aunt-turned-mother, Tsarina Katya. She has announced that her new daughter will not be betrothed to any one party until such time as she has turned five years old.
[That means you in particular, Aswan and Hawaii]
The funeral director was asking us what we think Mum should wear in her casket.
Mum always loved to wear sarongs (fabric wraps that go around the torso and drape downward a bit like a long skirt would), so my uncle suggested that she wear a sarong in there.
The funeral director looked a bit confused, as did some of our family members, to which my uncle added:
"What's sarong with that?"
I started laughing like an idiot. He was proud of it too. The funeral director was rather shocked. We assured her, and our more proper relatives, that Mum would've absolutely loved the joke (which is very true).
His delivery was perfect. I'll never forget the risk he took. We sometimes recall the moment as a way help cushion the blows of the grieving process.
--Edit-- I appreciate the condolences. I'm doing well and the worst is behind me and my family. But thanks :)
--Edit-- Massive thanks for all the awards and kind words. And the puns! Love 'em.
I would have a daughter
But Bill kept the Windows
True story; it even happened last night. My 5-year-old son walks up behind me and out of the blue says, "hey."
I turn to him and say, "yeah, kiddo? What's up?"
He responds, "it's dead grass."
I'm really confused and trying to figure out what's wrong and what he wants from me. "What? There's dead grass? What's wrong with that?"
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He says, totally straight-faced, "hay is dead grass," and runs off.
You officially hit rock bottom
And then you will all be sorry.
No it doesn't.
Now itβs syncing.
He replied, "Well, stop going to those places then!"
I will find you. You have my Word.
She said how do you know he was headed to work?
βthank you for your cervix.β
...sails are going through the roof.
Made me smile
Mods said I'm a cereal reposter...
A taxi
But now I stand corrected.
Wait. Sorry, wrong sub.
Wookie mistake.
Theoretical Fizz-ics
