A little Russian history leading up to the first Romanov Tsar:

This is the Church of St. Demetrius on Blood in Uglich on the banks of the Volga. It has a very interesting story behind it. pic.twitter.com/KcYZjUg7l3

— Darran Anderson (@Oniropolis) February 18, 2018

“[The eight-year-old] Dmitry’s death was ruled an accident; he’d supposedly stabbed himself during a fall or a seizure while playing with a knife. His mother was sent off to a nunnery to silence her.”