The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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The result was: promoted by
97198 (
talk) 00:03, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
... that Grigory Skornyakov-Pisarev wrote on
mechanics, investigated
a tsarina, was in charge of the
Ladoga Canal, and sported with concubines as commandant of
Okhotsk? mechanics, tsarinaLadoga Canal Lensen: "Upon his appointment as commandant of Okhotsk he set out to the east…When Skorniakov-Pisarev finally reached Okhotsk…instead of laying the foundations for Bering's expedition he set up a harem and took delight in riding down the icy slopes of Okhotsk with his concubines"
What a life, on good sources, Russian source accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I love the rich hook! Thank you. --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 15:38, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by
97198 (
talk) 00:03, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
... that Grigory Skornyakov-Pisarev wrote on
mechanics, investigated
a tsarina, was in charge of the
Ladoga Canal, and sported with concubines as commandant of
Okhotsk? mechanics, tsarinaLadoga Canal Lensen: "Upon his appointment as commandant of Okhotsk he set out to the east…When Skorniakov-Pisarev finally reached Okhotsk…instead of laying the foundations for Bering's expedition he set up a harem and took delight in riding down the icy slopes of Okhotsk with his concubines"
What a life, on good sources, Russian source accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I love the rich hook! Thank you. --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 15:38, 9 October 2019 (UTC)