Tsars Mnemonic

[Slivkin, Yevgeniy A.]

The only work that comes to my mind is "Istoriia gosudarstva rossiiskogo ot Gostomysla do nashikh dnei" by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy. 
It is hardly a mnemonic poem, but as a kid I learned the names of Russian princes and tsars reading this brilliant text.


Yevgeny Slivkin, Ph.D.
Department of Modern languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
University of Oklahoma


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Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:31 AM
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I am curious. A friend recently sent me this mnemonic poem for
learning the kings of England:

Willie, Willie, Harry, Ste,
Harry, Dick, John, Harry Three,
One, Two, Three Neds, Richard Two,
Henry Four, Five, Six, then who?
Edward Four, Five, Dick the Bad,
Harrys twain, and Ned the Lad,
Mary, Bess, James the Vain,
Charlie, Charlie, James again.
William and Mary, Anna Gloria,
Four Georges, William, and Victoria,
Edward Seven and Georgie Five,
Edward, George, and Bess Alive.

Anyone know of anything similar, in English or Russian, for
remembering the order of the Russian tsars? Surely there is something.

Paul Richardson
Russian Life magazine


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