It was all the fashion rage at the time. ALL men had to be clean shaven
if they weren't then they were shaved by force.
The Second Boer War was fought between the Dutch and the British for control of a major gold mine
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The Muscovite ruler was recognized as an emperor by Maximilian I, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1514. However, the first Russian ruler to be formally crowned as "tsar of all Russia" was Ivan IV<span>, until then known as </span>Grand Prince<span> of all Russia (1547)</span>