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I’m mandarlyn!
Today I’m going to talk about cruel Anna Ivanova!
Let’s go!
Anna Ivanova was the empress of Russia in the 1730s.
She wasn’t interested in politics.
She cared only about power.
One day, she ordered the construction of an ice palace.
it was built to celebrate Russia’s victory over the Ottoman Empire.
But it really had a different purpose.
She wanted to punish a local prince.
He had married a Catholic woman from Italy and then became catholic himself.
This made her angry, and at that time, Russia was not a Catholic nation.
After his wife died, the empress forced him to marry one of her maids.
Moreover, she locked the couple in the ice palace for a whole day.
Fortunately, they survived, but they both suffered from frostbite.
The ice palace soon melted, and Anna died the next year.
Her cruelty, however is still remembered today.
I think Anna Ivanova is not a good empress
Her cruelty could have made Russia not a good country when she lived really long.
Bye~!