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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Hmm--Czar Nicholas II and George V--first cousins, one with tragic end.

http://orthochristian.com/104470.html

I just saw some of the Faberge Eggs at Walters Art Museum last month, cabinet is from Marjorie Merriweather Post's Hillwood. The two Nicholas II and George V were first cousins through their mothers, but G denied asylum to Nicholas. Nicholas II and his entire family were shot by Bolsheviks one year after the October Revolution in 1917. kmk 5-23-2018

KyiMayKaung

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Hmm--Czar Nicholas II and George V--first cousins, one with tragic end.

Anti-ICE protests in NJ outside detention center--from The Guardian.

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