"On the 30th of May, 1896, a lavish public banquet was laid on for the citizens of Moscow, Russia, to celebrate the coronation of their new Emperor, Nicholas the Second..."

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Background
04:04 - The Khodynka Crush
09:15 - The Aftermath

MUSIC:
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory

SOURCES:
► "The Khodynka tragedy: A coronation ruined by a stampede" by Yulia Afanasyenko, published by Russia Beyond, July 2023. Link: https://www.rbth.com/history/332466-k...
► "Khodynka" by Lev (Leo) Tolstoy. Available via: https://archive.org/details/Khodynka_...
► "The Memoirs of Alexie Volkov" by Alexei Volkov, translated by E Semenov and R Moshein. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/201108091...
► "Diary of Nicholas II, 1917-1918, an annotated translation" by Kent de Price, published by The University of Montana, 1966. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/201911081...

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