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A fact from Ivan Betskoy appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 June 2006. The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Russian courtier Ivan Betskoy (pictured) was rumoured to have been not only Catherine the Great's confidant but also her father? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/June.

+ + Lar: t/ c 19:22, 18 June 2006 (UTC) reply

On what authority is the current death date of 9 November (NS) 1795 given? The Russian Wikipedia article, which btw provides a far more extensive bibliography, gives the quite different date of 10 September. Alfietucker ( talk) 17:20, 1 May 2011 (UTC) reply

Just realised what happened. Somebody has misread 11.9.1795 to be 9 November, whereas in fact it's 11 September. Will correct this accordingly. Alfietucker ( talk) 17:26, 1 May 2011 (UTC) reply