The use of the princess bride implies that they’re both windex
Political compass but it's which Queen Victoria's child you are
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Honestly, I really don’t know how to make this although I like the idea. I think you should ask @staches-and-sabres to do this, her knowledge on that matter exceeds mine by far.
WATERLOO KNOWING MY FATE IS TO BE WITH YOU
Anonymous
WATERLOO, FINALLY FACING MY WATERLOO
Do you think today's heir presumptive of Bulgarian throne would fit to be a tsar in case Bulgaria became a monarchy again?
Anonymous
Well, after the Prince Kardam died in a car accident, his son Boris is the heir presumptive and he is still very young - just 20 years old. But I doubt any of Simeon’s heirs would be interested in their claims to the Bulgarian throne. And especially after the Simeon’s term as a Prime minister, I doubt restoration of the monarchy would be a popular idea.
Alexander Zemlyanuhin, a cossack of the 9th Don Cossack regiment, 1813
He fought during the French invasion of Russia during 1812 and in the 1813 campaign served under Major general
Friedrich Karl von Tettenborn
who sent Zemlyanuhin in London to spread the news about the conquest of Hamburg.
He attracted a lot of attention and was welcomed by the British who with cries “Huraah, a cossack!” escorted him to the home of the Russian ambassador Christofor Liven. The cossack was drawn in 5 different portraits, invited to visit the Parliament and in a theatre where he was seated in the lodge for lords.
Zemlyatuhin demonstrated his agility and mastery of the martial arts - he showed great skill with cold steel weapons and firearms alike, in full gallop he picked coins from the ground; asked “How many Frenchmen did you kill with your lance?”, he answered “ Officers - 3, scum - at least 4.”
The Prince Regent ( the future King George IV) took all his equipment as a token of memory and ordered a new most expensive one to be made for the cossack.
Locals tried to persuade Zemlyanuhin to stay and live and London, there were in marriage proposals but the old cossack refused. When he returned to Russia he was introduced by Count Matvey Ivanovich Platov to Alexander I who promoted him to the rank of sergeant and retired him with the order “never to be called to any position or domestic service.”
The above is a somewhat loose translation of this text found at Russian auction site. I skipped the bit where Zemlynuhin is described in a local newspaper since you already see the picture.
Officers of the 12th Prince of Wales’ Light Dragoons in 1784, 1808 and 1814. The last gentleman is in full dress.
*John Cleese narrator voice*:“The BBC would like to apologize for it’s lack of diversity and political correctness. To restore the confidence in our viewers we would throw 16 tonnes weights on all of our white actors. We hope that this would help us represent modern society in its true and natural form.”
Musketeers of the King’s Household, 1688, France, plate by Alfred de Marbot
Troopers of the Pavlograd and Elisavetgrad Hussars, 1812, Russia, excerpt
from the book “Uniforms of 1812 - Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow”, plate by Michael Chapell, text by Philip Haythornthwaite
At the bottom you see a scheme of the Russian hussar uniforms in 1812
Austrian cuirassier uniforms, 1618-1840
Sergeant and trumpeter of the 8th (King’s Royal Irish) Light Dragoons (Hussars), 1852, plate by R. Simkin
US Commander-in-Chief and Staff, 1799-1802, plate by G.A. Ogden
From left to right:
Quartermaster general
Brigadier general
Major general
Commander-in-Chief
Inspector general
Tonight we had a small event that reenacted the battle of Waterloo, just like previous years but with less people unfortunately…
But still, it was fun, we had 3 rounds of which the French won 2 but in the last round the Brits mostly camped at their spawn, securing the final victory.
I was a French hussar officer who attacked the British artillery positions and you can actually pinpoint the moment of my heroic death…
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