How the Elevator Shaped Our World
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The Hotel Adlot - The Tsar's Secret Weapon
Russian court protocol governed every step the Tsar took and nowhere did it mention an elevator. Catherine, of course, had never ridden an elevator for the simple reason that there weren't any back then. And so the hotel had to make some speedy rearrangements,. They moved the Duke and his wife out of his beloved fourth floor and onto the second floor. Because sorry, Duke, the Tsar doesn't come to you. You come to the Tsar.
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