The Czars liked to incarcerate important prisoners in it. The fort was intended to protect Novgorod and later Muscovy from the Swedes, but became redundant after the Swedes were ejected and St. Petersburg founded.
Posted on 01/19/2013 5:09:29 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
Someone wrote a book about this, "How do you kill six million Jews?"
Lie to them.
They went on to point out that lies from the entity with a monopoly on the use of force are always a serious matter.
The Czars liked to incarcerate important prisoners in it. The fort was intended to protect Novgorod and later Muscovy from the Swedes, but became redundant after the Swedes were ejected and St. Petersburg founded.
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