[Scrap] Land of the Firebird - The Beauty of Old Russia by Suzanne Massie

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Yaroslav's wife was the daughter of King Olaf of Sweden and his three daughters all married kings. Elizabeth became the Queen of Norway, Anastasia the Queen of Hungary, and Anna the Queen of France when she married Henry I in 1051...

Anna spoke three languages; and at the time of her marriage was able to write her own name on the marrage contract, while her husband, though King of France, could only make X...

She continued to sign state documents, and when Henry died in 1060 and she became the ruling queen, she signed her name "Anna Regina" in Slavic characters..

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자고로 양식있는 양반(귀족)이라면,, 허리춤 벨트 속에 자기 포크와 수저 정도는 가지고 다니는게 기본 예의였지,,ㅎㅎ

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눈이 매혹적인,,, Swan Princess, Mikhail Vrubel. 1900. 

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Ice Slide, St. Petersburg