[Nightcrawler]

Took place in Russia in, I believe, the late 1500s, during Russia's "time of troubles". A Polish imposter claimed the throne of the Tsar. When he was found out, the Russians sent him home, Russian style. They killed him, burned the corps, stuffed his ashes in a cannon, pointed the cannon at Poland, and lit the fuse. :what:

History is fascinating sometimes. I love the History Channel. :cool:

[Triad]

I saw that show too. Peter the Great had to be one hell of a man. I wish I could have played war games like that when I was a child. (Except for the real casualties part)

[WonderNine]

Ya, he was also a tyrannical psycho who killed his own son. Gotta love guys like that. :D

[Recon By Fire]

Shoved the ashes in a cannon and the shot it out to sea! Sounds conservative to me. Not only was he crazy, but he also must have been a gun nut too!

[WonderNine]

Not only was he crazy, but he also must have been a gun nut too!

Nah, he was just mostly crazy. :D

[H Romberg]

The Russians have always had a dry sense of humor....

[Meow]

Peter The Great 1672-1725 so if it was dear Peter who ordered this, it wasn't in yhe 1500's

[Detritus]

Peter The Great 1672-1725 so if it was dear Peter who ordered this, it wasn't in yhe 1500's

incident happened during the "time of troubles" the period between the death of Ivan the terrible, and the crowning of Micheal (first Romanov Czar, a relative of Ivan's first wife).

Peter the Great was Micheal's Grandson, so peter is NOT responsible for the "dispersal" of the polish impostor.

[Greg L]

A friend of mine is a civil war reinactor with an artillery unit. He's said numerous times that when he dies he wants to be cremated, have the ashes stuffed down the tube and shot off during the 1812 Overture that his unit always supplies the cannons for for the 4th of July display that they do every year for a nearby town.

I think that I would rather be stuffed into a star shell so I could then drift down over everyone rather than being shot out over the river. :D

Greg

[BOBE]

At least he saved the cost of a state funeral.:rolleyes:

[Snowdog]

Ocheen horosho!

That's something else.
I guess they took it personal?

[STW]

I understand that, on occasion, some people dispensed with death a cremation before strapping someone to the front of a canon. One shot - One kill, but rather too much gun.:evil:

[Triad]

I didn't mean to imply that Peter did this. I was making an unrelated observation based on what I saw on the show.

[Feanaro]

I want to be stuffed into a Howitzer when I die. Fire away, no wasted space. :D