Tsars Mnemonic

[Stephanie Briggs]

Is there an URL for this?

~Stephanie Briggs

2009/6/27 Slivkin, Yevgeniy A. <slivkin at ou.edu>

> 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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> 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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