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#ForgottenPeople Few people can claim to have cooked for a dictator and even fewer for two dictators.
But Spiridon Ivanovich Putin has an even greater claim to fame. Not only was he chef to Lenin and Stalin, he was also the grandfather of Vladimir Putin. 1/4
But Spiridon Ivanovich Putin has an even greater claim to fame. Not only was he chef to Lenin and Stalin, he was also the grandfather of Vladimir Putin. 1/4
His role was unknown until the Russian leader spoke about him in a recent documentary.
Putin revealed how Spiridon cooked for both Soviet leaders when they were on holiday at a dacha outside Moscow. 2/4
Putin revealed how Spiridon cooked for both Soviet leaders when they were on holiday at a dacha outside Moscow. 2/4
He expressed surprise that his grandfather escaped Stalin’s purges: it was perhaps because he was such a good cook.
Unlike Lenin, Stalin preferred Georgian cuisine, with an emphasis on lamb dishes. But his favourite was stroganina - Siberian carpaccio made of nelma fish. 3/4
Unlike Lenin, Stalin preferred Georgian cuisine, with an emphasis on lamb dishes. But his favourite was stroganina - Siberian carpaccio made of nelma fish. 3/4
#ForgottenPeople Lt-Col Edwin Darling was confident he ran the most secure POW camp in Britain.
Camp 198 in South Wales was surrounded by high-wire fences and searchlights and guarded by dogs.
There was good reason for the security... 1/4
Camp 198 in South Wales was surrounded by high-wire fences and searchlights and guarded by dogs.
There was good reason for the security... 1/4
By 1945 the camp housed 2,000 German POWs, including elite SS commanders and two field marshals, Gerd von Rundstedt & Erich von Manstein.
Darling knew that any successful escape would be a propaganda disaster. 2/4
Darling knew that any successful escape would be a propaganda disaster. 2/4
He was unaware that the POWs had constructed a 70-foot tunnel – superb German engineering, complete with electric lighting and ventilation.
On 10 March, 84 Germans escaped - the greatest break-out of the war (greater, even, than the Allied escape from Stalag Luft III). 3/4
On 10 March, 84 Germans escaped - the greatest break-out of the war (greater, even, than the Allied escape from Stalag Luft III). 3/4
#ForgottenPeople Angela Burdett-Coutts was - said King Edward VII - ‘after my mother, the most remarkable woman in the kingdom’.
One of the UK’s greatest philanthropists, she devoted her life to helping those in poverty. 1/4
One of the UK’s greatest philanthropists, she devoted her life to helping those in poverty. 1/4
Together with Charles Dickens, she founded a safe house for bused and dispossessed women.
She bankrolled charities in Africa, Australia, the Middle East and Borneo, and financed Florence Nightingale’s work in the Crimea. 2/4
She bankrolled charities in Africa, Australia, the Middle East and Borneo, and financed Florence Nightingale’s work in the Crimea. 2/4
Not afraid to shock polite society, she married at 67 years of age. Her fiancée was 29.
The richest heiress in England (her family owned Coutts bank), she was worth £160million in today’s money.
She died in 1906, known throughout the UK as the 'Queen of the Poor.' 3/4
The richest heiress in England (her family owned Coutts bank), she was worth £160million in today’s money.
She died in 1906, known throughout the UK as the 'Queen of the Poor.' 3/4
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