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A 20,000 Candle Party
Author: Tamara Eidelman
Translator: Nora Favorov
Russian Life: May/June 2011
Department: Russian Calendar
Page: 19 ( 4) pages
Summary: On May 11, 1791, one of the most extravagant and sumptuous parties of Catherine the Great’s reign was held in the Tauride Palace, the St. Petersburg residence of Prince Grigory Potyomkin. The celebration marked the successful capture of the Izmail Fortress from Turkey. Yet as significant as this victory was, what was really being celebrated was something much greater.
This article appeared in the May/June 2011 issue of Russian Life. The text of this article is not available online.
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Weblinks related to this story:
- Stalin's Folly A marvelous book on the days after the invasion, that looks at Stalin's motivations in 1941.
- Suvorov's book Chief Culprit: Stalin's Grand Design to Start World War II, the book mentioned in this Calendar piece.