The last siege of the Kremlin in Moscow was in the early 17th century, ironically by a Polish claimant to the Russian throne, the False Dmitry, as defender and the Russians as besiegers. What did the Russian besiegers do to Dmitry when the Kremlin finally fell?
Answer: The Russians executed Dmitry, burned his body, primed a cannon on the Kremlin wall and fired his ashes back toward Poland.
Source: Peter the Great – His Life and World by Robert K Massie
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Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)
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“In Russia a man is a called reactionary if he objects to having his property stolen and his wife and children murdered.”
Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British statesman
Roman statesman, soldier and writer of virtue, simplicity and wisdom. He condemned the luxury of his time and was nicknamed “the censor”. He became Consul in 195BCE, took part in the defeat of Hannibal at Zama, held command in Sardinia and Spain, and in 191 BCE assisted the Greeks in overthrowing Antiochus III at Thermopolyae.
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