History

Loss of Crimean War The loss of the crimean war was a massive blow  Freeing of Serfs 1861 Emancipation Manifesto proclaimed the emancipation of the  serfs  on private estates and of the domestic (household) serfs. By this edict more than 23 million people received their liberty.   Serfs gained the full rights of free citizens, including rights to marry without having to gain consent, to  own property  and to own a business. The Manifesto prescribed that peasants would be able to buy the land from the landlords.  They comprised an estimated 38% of the population. Romanov Family Hemophilia  Rasputin Ww1 Bloody sunday Revolution  I'm reading about reconstruction and Ulysses S Grant. Every time I read about historical figures I have to wikipedia them. I like looking to see if they had descendants and what they did. So I pull up Ulysses S Grant's son and he actually married Bertha Palmer's sister. (The same mega rich Bertha Palmer who founded Palmer Ranch