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# Nicholas II's two elephants, Indian and African, and how they died
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/u-nikolaia-ii-bylo-2-slona-indiiskii-i-afrikanskii/
- Published: 2022-04-25T12:01:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:59:55.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archive, Monarchies, Nature

Nicholas II had two elephants: one Indian, one African. The Emperor liked to fuss over animals, bathed the elephants and fed them, and could watch the giants at play in their pool for a long time.

The Indian elephant did not live long, having failed to adapt to the climate, while the African one lived to see the revolution and met a tragic end, shot by sailors. And yet the beast might have been handed over to the city zoo.

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