W. Strapinski

»Ich will Dich nicht verlassen! Du bist mein, und ich will mit Dir gehen trotz aller Welt!«

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1780 George Romney - Admiral Sir Charles Hardy

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“Madame Grand (Noël Catherine Verlée)” (1783) (detail) by Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755-1842).

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Recording from the diary of Nicholas II on December 31, 1915 F.601. D.263 Op.1. P.177.

“31 December. Thursday. In 9 ½ hours. I arrived in Mogilev and immediately went to the GHQ. Looking around, he went to the report. Breakfast and lunch, all foreigners with the gene. According headed. Engaged to 3 h. And take a walk in the garden. Then he wrote to Alix and reading a book. At 11.45 I went to prayers for the New Year. He prayed fervently for the Lord to bless the final victory of Russia and strengthened our faith and patience !!! ”

#tsar #nicholasii #romanov #russia #diary #1915

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Johanna von Klinkosch wife of Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein

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1890s

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Ivan Vehlts - Winter, 1900s 

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"This was a rather dirty, small place, in the middle of the Cambridge Circus, London. You went down a rotten wooden stair and entered a large, underground cellar, which was created by combining the cellars of two houses. The cellar was full of smoke, stench of rats, dogs, and dirty human beings as well. The stale smell of flat beer was almost overpowering. Gas lights illuminated the centre of the cellar, a ring enclosed by wood barriers similar to a small Roman circus arena, and wooden bleachers, arranged one over the other, rose stepwise above it nearly to the ceiling. This was the pit for dog fights, cockfights, and rat killing. A hundred rats were put in it; large wagers went back and forth on whose dog could kill the most rats within a minute. The dogs worked in exemplary fashion, a grip, a toss, and it was all over for the rat. With especially skilful dogs, two dead rats flew through the air at the same time..."

Rat-baiting, Victorian-era English blood sport

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To the German mothers:

72 000 Jewish soldiers died heroically on the field of battle for their fatherland.

Christian and Jewish heroes have fought together and together rest in foreign soil. 12 000 Jews died in battle. Blind hatred of (political) parties does not stop before the graves of the dead. German women, do not tolerate that a Jewish mother is not afforded her sorrow.

National Union of Jewish Front Soldiers.

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Merseburger Zaubersprüche as Songs

The Merseburg Incantations or Merseburg Charms (German: die Merseburger Zaubersprüche) are two medieval magic spells, charms or incantations, written in Old High German. They are the only known examples of Germanic pagan belief preserved in this language.

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The Ghost of St. Michael’s Castle in St. Petersburg

(Source and translation)

Одно из самых известных привидений Санкт-Петербурга – это привидение императора Павла Первого. Это привидениеживёт в Михайловском замке, где жил и был убит император.

Однажды во время бала император вдруг упал в обморок. Когда он пришёл в себя, то посмотрел на всех гостей безумнымвзглядом и сказал: "Неужели меня задушат?" В результате именно так всё и случилось.

Когда императору было 47 (сорок семь) лет, он был задушен в своём замке. За несколько дней до смерти, он говорил, чтовидит кровь на белых стенах своей спальни. После смерти императора в замке долгое время никто не жил. Город былполон страшных историй о привидении.

Сейчас в Михайловском замке находится Русский музей. Сотрудники музея не любят оставаться там вечером. Они говорят,что в пустом дворце открываются и закрываются двери и скрипит пол. Охранники иногда видят фигуру человека со свечойв руке. Когда это случается они тихо говорят ей: «Доброй ночи, Ваше Величество».

Image: Paul I of Russia

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Saint Michael's Castle, St. Petersburg

Russian Name: Михайловский замок

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Berlin (1900) in Color

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Old Town Square, Prague, Czech Republic by Platon Strakhov