I seem to remember the Russian historian who wrote both the Elizaveta biography and the one about all the Czarinas which you had me read some years ago describe Avdotya Buzheninova, the Kalmyk woman who was the bride on that wedding, as a dwarf. But I am not going to loan these books from the Stabi again to check. I simply don't have the time.
Understood! All my sources are simply saying she was ugly and good at grimacing and therefore used as a jester, nothing about her height. We'll leave it in the lyrics, then.
(Side note: I wish I had access to the good libraries you do and didn't have to ask you for so much help! I was hoping to be able to come to Germany this year and do some tourism and research, but alas, the US election happened and changed a bunch of my plans.)
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Re: We didn't start the fire: Anglo-picking
Date: 2025-03-08 03:24 pm (UTC)Re: We didn't start the fire: Anglo-picking
Date: 2025-03-08 03:31 pm (UTC)(Side note: I wish I had access to the good libraries you do and didn't have to ask you for so much help! I was hoping to be able to come to Germany this year and do some tourism and research, but alas, the US election happened and changed a bunch of my plans.)