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May 18
ON THIS DAY
On this day in 1868 Nicholas II Alexandrovich, Last tsar of Russia was born in Saint Petersburg. On the same day in 1896 the tragedy in Khodynka Field happened. As part of the festivities for the coronation of the Tsar the populace had been invited to a great show there and so many came that there was a mass trampling which resulted in the death of 1,389 people. This was a major factor in the later discontent with the Tsar. NICHOLAS II 1868-1918, Last Emperor of Russia from 1894) Fine decree document, in Russian with translation signed ‘Nikolai’ also signed by Vladimir SUKHOMLINOV (1848-1926, Minister for War 1909-1916, finally triggered the Great War by ordering Russian mobilization), addressed to the Chapter of the Russian Imperial and Royal Orders, conferring a Knighthood on Alexander Natiev, Chief Inspector of Police at Veden in Terek province, 1 side folio, Tambov, Central Russia, 7th December 1914 38280 THE CUP OF SORROWS - THE KHODYNKA CORONATION CUP [NICHOLAS II (1868-1918, Tsar of Russia from 1894, assassinated after the revolution)] One of the enamelled mugs given out at the Coronation Celebrations on Khodynka field, enamelled in blue and red with gilt decoration, May 1896 23169
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