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An impressive ship, no?
12024-09-19T09:55:01-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f595plain2024-09-19T10:03:26-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5Don't be fooled! Inventors in France and England began engineering steam-powered ships in the 1780s but it wasn't until the first decade of the 19th century that Robert Fulton successfully launched his river steamer. The US Navy launched its first steamship, the Demologos, in 1814 but steam-powered warships were not "a thing" in the United States or Britain - let alone Russia - until the 1840s. Silly ChatGPT! (Don't even get us started on that bridge on the left.)
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12024-09-12T17:27:37-04:00Olive Colesfb4fbcee067a941cdd754bb445e31c29ce94b225Iosif "The Protege" Khorvat14The lieutenant general is a key figure in this story. Ruler of Ekaterinoslav Governorate, Iosif Ivanovich assists Mordvinov in the investigation, interrogating the accused, while also circulating false information about unrest on the streets of Kherson. Despite his tendency to fall for whispers of unrest, he ultimately concludes that the events of August 1796 were nothing more than a rabble rousing. Khorvat was 46 at the time of the watermelon rebellion. Oh, and did we mention he was married to Zubov's sister and a protege of the prince?plain2024-09-23T13:49:16-04:0048.46664, 35.04066Image generated with DALLE-3Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
