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Old 30th Apr 2011, 04:03
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Khodynka Aerodrome (officially Frunze Central Aerodrome) was an airport in Moscow, Russia located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northwest of the centre of the city. It was the only airport in the city until the opening of Vnukovo in 1941. It is no longer active and today the whole site has been redeveloped for other uses.

One connection to the Royal Event (yesterday) is that the spouse of Nicholas, Imperial Consort of All Russias, Alexandra Fjodorowna (originally Alix von Hessen-Darmstad) was a grand-daughter of Queen Victoria, and had been raised in her court since she was six years old, as her mother Princess Alice had died.

(This was, BTW, one of the reasons why Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany corresponded in English in part of the Dear Willy - Dear Nick correspondence (Giggle this!). The mother of Wilhelm II was the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria.)

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