# Russia: Land of the Tsars-who else is excited? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 24, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-land-of-the-tsars-who-else-is-excited/177295 "2003-05-24T21:56:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-land-of-the-tsars-who-else-is-excited/177295/61 "2003-05-28T02:05:01Z")
Is Robert K. Massie living? ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-land-of-the-tsars-who-else-is-excited/177295/62 "2003-05-28T03:45:16Z")
I’m a music dork. That said: Why did they use Wagner’s “Sigfried’s Immulation” to represent Napeleon? Did Beethoven’s people ask too much for clips from “Erocia?” Overall the music was better. They didn’t use the same variation on the promenade over and over this time and they ended with “The Great Gate of Kiev.” Obvious, but it works. I’m so happy they covered the Crimean War. My history text devoted two pages to it and left the cause very murky (something about Russia wanting to defend the Orthodox population from the Ottomans). **Eve** , good show! ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-land-of-the-tsars-who-else-is-excited/177295/63 "2003-05-28T03:46:32Z")
Well, I got worn out about an hour in tonight, but it was pretty good til I wimped out. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-land-of-the-tsars-who-else-is-excited/177295/64 "2003-05-28T13:06:46Z")
Part II was pretty strong. Better visuals, and the historical analysis was as strong as the first night. Good stuff. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-land-of-the-tsars-who-else-is-excited/177295/65 "2003-05-28T13:16:32Z")
Sorry to say I missed Part II—it was between the Czars on The History Channel, and Marlene Dietrich and Connie Bennett on TCM . . . Guess who won . . . ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-land-of-the-tsars-who-else-is-excited/177295/66 "2003-05-28T16:39:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > **I fell asleep in the middle of Peter the Great.** That must have been an uncomfortable place to fall asleep. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-land-of-the-tsars-who-else-is-excited/177295/67 "2003-05-28T21:21:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elf6c \* > \*\*Part II was pretty strong. Better visuals, and the historical analysis was as strong as the first night. Good stuff. > > 🙂 \*\* Maybe I’m just prejudiced or whatever, but all those Russians looked alike to me. Especially the guards on horseback riding to and from the woods… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-land-of-the-tsars-who-else-is-excited/177295/68 "2003-05-28T21:29:52Z")
I got all the questions right on the trivia quiz! Yes! ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-land-of-the-tsars-who-else-is-excited/177295/69 "2003-05-29T02:02:48Z")
Another observation on the repeated use of footage: at least we learned the reason for the failure of all of the revolutionaries before those that finally forced Nicholas II to abdicate. Apparently, it was because they only had one set of wine glasses, and they kept filling them, and filling them, and filling them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-land-of-the-tsars-who-else-is-excited/177295.md?page=3)