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Romanov Exiles: How Britain Betrayed the Russian Royal Family
The British royal family were placed in an awkward position by the Romanov requests for help, who was it deemed politically acceptable for Great Britain to assist and who was deemed unacceptable? It was unfortunately not considered acceptable to offer asylum to the Tsar or any male members of the Russian Imperial family.
Smallpox | All About History
As the plague left England and later Europe in peace, a new scourge afflicted rich and poor alike and this time royalty suffered as greatly as any other. Smallpox had always been around, but in the Medieval period it was considered a variation of measles. In 910 the Muslim physician Rhazes wrote that measles was
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The Top 5 Richest People in History | All About History
This list may surprise you… #5. Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov – Net Worth $300 Billion – The last emperor of Russia was known as Nicholas the Bloody by his enemies due to the massive loss of life Russia experienced under his leadership. Nicholas abdicated, and was killed in 1918 by the Bolsheviks. #4.
Carving Mount Rushmore | All About History
The ultimate symbol of American democracy, Mount Rushmore National Memorial has presided over the Black Hills of South Dakota since its completion in 1941. The sculpture, depicting 18-metre (60-foot) effigies of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, was designed by American sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who sadly passed away before the memorial was ...
Win an Airfix Sea Vixen model kit worth over £44
The de Havilland DH110 was a twin-engined, two-seat, twin-boom strike fighter, designed to a series of late 1940s Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm requirements for a night-fighter. After a lengthy development period (which included redesign after a tragic air show crash) the FAA adopted the aircraft as the Sea Vixen Fighter (All Weather) in 1955. A Sea Vixen performs for crowds at RNAS ...
The Rosetta Stone | All About History
The Rosetta Stone is viewed as one of the most remarkable finds of the ancient world. It was discovered in Egypt in 1799. The top and middle sections of the stone are carved with hieroglyphs and demotic – a variation of the Egyptian text. The lower section is decorated with the Greek script which ultimately acted as a code breaker for the upper sections. A series of scholars were involved in ...
How to build a pyramid | All About History
Although Egyptologists have been studying the Great Pyramid of Giza for centuries, they haven’t yet reached a consensus on how it was built. Specifically, how were the massive two-ton blocks placed 147 metres (480 feet) above the desert floor? A French architect named Jean-Pierre Houdin formed a theory to explain the mystery. Houdin has devoted his time to studying the Great Pyramid and ...
Issue 33 preview | All About History
The fall of the final emperor of Russia is shrouded in mystery. Did any members of Tsar Nicholas II’s family survive? What happened to Anastasia? Who really was Rasputin and did he have an affair with the tsarina? All these questions and more will be answered in our cover feature, which gets to the bottom of the murders in the House of Romanov. Elsewhere in the issue: • The real prince of ...
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