On 11th August 2023, history was restored in Ekaterinburg, when a pair of busts depicting Emperor Peter I (1672-1725) and...
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On this day — 11th August 1958 — Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovsky (born 1881), the second husband of Grand Duchess Olga...
My favourite Russian Orthodox church in St. Petersburg . . . A lovely view of the Church of the Assumption...
On this day — 12th (O.S. 30th July) August 1904 — Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, was born in the Lower Dacha...
Badge of the Retinue of Emperor Nicholas II On 24th January 1909, the badge «For Service in the Retinue of...
Elena Lukinichna Mrozovskaya (1875-1941) was Russia’s first female photographer. In 1894, Mrozovskaya became the first woman to open her own...
Three views of the monument to St. Elizabeth the New Martyr [Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, 1864-1918], installed on the grounds...
‘Nicholas II, Wilhelm II and the 1905 Treaty of Björkö’ On 24th (O.S. 11th) July 1905 – Emperor Nicholas II...
Yesterday in the mail, I received a parcel from my American FB friend Lynn, which contained this lovely icon of...
On this day — 20th July 1964 — Anna Alexandrovna Vyrubova (née Taneyeva) died in exile Born on 16 July...
Three views of the elegant Zubov Wing of the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo. The Zubov Wing is an extension...
On 12th July 2023, a new bust-monument to Emperor Alexander I (1777-1825) was unveiled in the village of Somino, situated...
