Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna was sent by the authorities in Orenburg to the British Queen Elizabeth II. Confused with Elizabeth. The portal writes about this 56orb.ru.
They decided to hold a special local history competition to celebrate the area’s anniversary. Participants were promised large cash winnings. At the same time, a major historical error was made on the exam organizers’ website.
In other words, in 1744, the founding edict of the state was issued by Empress II. It is stated that it was signed by Elizabeth. But there was no such empress in Russia, only the Queen of Great Britain.
“There were legends that he would stay on the throne for a long time, but this is too much,” the portal’s authors joked.
In fact, Empress Elizaveta Petrovna signed the personal Decree “On the establishment of the Orenburg province and the subordination of the Ufa province to its department.”
The first to notice the mistake were the journalist and Vladimir Berebin.
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