Harleyman Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 as we come up to the 100 anniversary of WW1 and we get another step closer to WW 3 with the recent events in the ukraine / here's a strange coincidence/ rasputin and ferdinand were both murdered at the exact same time on June 26, 1914 The Archduke Ferdinand was murdered shortly before eleven. Rasputin was stabbed at 2:15, and 10:55 in Sarajevo was exactly 2:15 in Pokrovskoe. The man whose death caused the First World War, and the man who could have been an influence on averting the war, were struck down at the same moment. Alexander Kerensky the last prime minister of the post Tsarist Provisonal Government said that if there had been no Rsputin there would have been no Lenin. By the same token if the Tsar's only son and heir had not suffered from hemophilia there would have been no Rasputin The illness of a single boy could be said to have influenced the course of Russian history but obvioulsy other factors played a part too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien52 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 as we come up to the 100 anniversary of WW1 and we get another step closer to WW 3 with the recent events in the ukraine / here's a strange coincidence/ rasputin and ferdinand were both murdered at the exact same time on June 26, 1914 The Archduke Ferdinand was murdered shortly before eleven. Rasputin was stabbed at 2:15, and 10:55 in Sarajevo was exactly 2:15 in Pokrovskoe. The man whose death caused the First World War, and the man who could have been an influence on averting the war, were struck down at the same moment. But only one of them visited Worksop !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmen. Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 How does the man in the street benefit by twinning one town to another? Anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien52 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 How does the man in the street benefit by twinning one town to another? Anyone know? Sheffield people heard of Donetsk many years before the rest of the UK population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 every schoolboy, not even just the more diligent ones, knows that Rasputin and Franz Ferdinand were assassinated in two totally different years. the two different calendars might be a bit off, but they are not as off as all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyper Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 How does the man in the street benefit by twinning one town to another? Anyone know? wasn''t it all done back in the (Good old??) days when Blunkett and Betts wanted to annex us to the Eastern Block and flew their red flag from the town hall. It was more symbolic than any benefit to us and allowed them to visit Ukraine whilst at the same time allowing suspect commies here under the guise of a partnership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien52 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 wasn''t it all done back in the (Good old??) days when Blunkett and Betts wanted to annex us to the Eastern Block and flew their red flag from the town hall. It was more symbolic than any benefit to us and allowed them to visit Ukraine whilst at the same time allowing suspect commies here under the guise of a partnership. I remember at that time when you came over the boundary into Sheffield a sign informed you that you were entering a nuclear free zone. I always felt reassured that I was safe from nuclear attack at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Sheffield people heard of Donetsk many years before the rest of the UK population. And Bochum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 .... if there had been no Rsputin there would have been no Lenin. Only if Rasputin had been Lenin's dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Interesting to think that the fall of two of Europe's monarchs Louise Sixteenth of France and Tsar Nicholas the second of Russia were caused in large part by their marriage to hare brained Germanic Princesses. Rasputin's influence over Alexandra Empress of Russia caused her to make grievous mistakes during the Tsar's absence at the front during WW One. These mistakes led to the downfall of the Romanovs As for Marie Antoinoinette? "Let them eat cake" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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