Tag Archives: Russia

April 5, 1242

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1242 AD the army of Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod (a medieval Russian state) fought a group of the Teutonic Knights at the border of Russia and Estonia. It was fought almost entirely on top of a large frozen lake and only ended when the ice collapsed under several thousand … Continue reading →

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February 20, 2008

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 2008 Operation Burnt Frost was successfully completed as a Standard Missile-3 was launched from the deck of the USS Lake Erie and intercepted and destroyed an errant US Spy satellite. Russia and China were both publicly quoted congratulating the United States in bringing down a malfunctioning satellite, but privately … Continue reading →

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February 8, 1725

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1725 Peter the Great, the Tsar of Russia died. He was best known for modernizing Russia, by force at times, to try and make it as powerful as the other Western European nations. He was succeeded by his wife Catherine I, also sometimes called the Great. She died in … Continue reading →

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August 23, 1953

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Joel Byers

On this date in Twisted-History.com in 1953, aspiring graffiti artist Captain George C. Davison of Staten Island, New York was thrown into a North Korean prison for fifteen days for penciling in a moustache on a picture of Mao Tze Tung. The communist officials were not amused, but freed Davison after he served his time. … Continue reading →

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August 22, 1990

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Joel Byers

On this date in Twisted-History.com in 1990 angry smokers blocked a street in Moscow to protest the summer-long cigarette shortage. They would shout slogans for 5 minutes and then sit down and rest for an hour. They did that for two hours before they meandered over to the liquor store, bought vodka, and then went … Continue reading →

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August 10, 2003

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Joel Byers

On this date in Twisted-History.com in 2003 Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko married Ekaterina Dmitrieva. Malenchenko was currently circling the earth on the International Space Station while his bride was at the NASA Houston Space Center in Houston, Texas. Malenchenko was the first man to be married while orbiting the Earth, but he had to wait … Continue reading →

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June 23, 2011

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 2011 Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov, of Russia, was about to be buried when she woke up, screamed and then died again 15 minutes later from a heart attack induced by her premature burial. Her husband was noticeably upset as he said that was the 15 scariest minutes of his life as … Continue reading →

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January 24, 1924

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1924, the Russian city of St. Petersburg was renamed to Leningrad. It was changed back to St. Petersburg in 1991 making the following song obsolete. Leningrad was St. Petersburg Now it’s Leningrad, not St. Petersburg Been a short time gone, St. Petersburg Now it’s a Communist delight on a … Continue reading →

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December 15, 1654

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1654 a meteorological office established in Tuscany began recording daily temperature readings and used the first enclosed liquid-in-a-glass thermometer invented by Ferdinand II, the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Interestingly, a meteorological office in Moscow also began recording daily temperature readings later that year when Alexis I, Tsar of Russia … Continue reading →

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December 14, 1939

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1939, Russia was demoted from the League of Nations to the lesser arena, Association of Countries, for lackluster play and the inability to win the “Big” game. Russian Team Owner, Joseph “Man of Steel” Stalin, promised that with the help of his new allies, Germany and Italy, Russia would … Continue reading →

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