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A gift for myself as I've gotten to napoleonic fandom for 1000(+3) days🥰!

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II have created several more interchangeable clips for bracelets. Barclay de Tolly has this effect of either snow or stars. I unsuccessfully cut a circle at Suvorov, but the edge glows in the dark (the same story with Fyodor Ushakov)

#peter the third #hello from russia #alexander suvorov #Fyodor Ushakov #Mikhail Speransky #Voltaire #friedrich ii #barclay de tolly

The last post reminded me of something I was reading up on recently. In 1812 Alexander was forced to fire Speransky, his state secretary (who’s reforms were growing unpopular with the nobles and the tsar had to placate the public), and the latter came out of the emperor’s office after the 2 hour long interview “pale and covered in tears” and when asked said that the tears weren’t his.

Alexander really called on him to fire the man and ended up being the one crying

#I can just picture it #wouldn’t be surprised if speransky had to console him also like. who’s firing who here #can he not play the victim for 5 minutes #alexander i of russia #mikhail speransky #tsar alexander i