Step one: Erase everything you may have internalized from the movie "Anastasia." Step two: Watch "The Last Czars" on Netflix.
In February 1903, the members of the Romanov dynasty and the cream of the Russian aristocracy gathered for a fancy-dress costume ball, one that in its
Emperor Nicholas II in the uniform of the Life-Guards 4th The Imperial Family's Rifle Regiment. Император Николай II в униформе 4-го стрелкового Императорской фамилии лейб-гвардии полка
In 1903, the Romanovs, Russia’s last and longest-reigning royal family, held a lavish costume ball. It was to be their final blowout, and perhaps also the “last great royal ball” in Europe, writes the Vintage News. The party took place at the Winter Palace in St.
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In 1903, the Romanovs, Russia’s last and longest-reigning royal family, held a lavish costume ball. It was to be their final blowout, and perhaps also the “last great royal ball” in Europe, writes the Vintage News. The party took place at the Winter Palace in St.
The anniversary of the Romanov dynasty will be celebrated for the first time since the fall of the Romanovs. The 400th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty will be celebrated at Mikhailovsky Castle during the month of October. Books, artifacts, photos, paintings, sculptures, coins, and commemorative plates will be on display for visitors. This is a
In February 1903, the members of the Romanov dynasty and the cream of the Russian aristocracy gathered for a fancy-dress costume ball, one that in its
120 years ago, on May 26, the last Emperor of Russia Nicolas II and Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna were crowned. RBTH gathered rare photos of the...
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Many films based on the lives of the Romanov family were made since their death, both in Russia and the West. Below I attempted to include the stills from the most popular Romanov family films. Read about the lost Romanov family film made before their murder Fall of the Romanoffs. … Read more ROMANOV FAMILY IN FILMS
The one true love of the last Emperor of Russia.
ROMANOV DYNASTY: A BRIEF HISTORY The Romanov Dynasty also known as “The House of Romanov” was the second imperial dynasty (after the Rurik dynasty) to rule Russia. The Romanov family reigned from 1613 until the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II on March 15, 1917, as a result of the Russian Revolution. The direct male line… Read more ROMANOV DYNASTY: A BRIEF HISTORY
After the Russian Revolution, the country's new leaders, looking to make some quick rubles, started selling off the dazzling imperial treasures.
120 years ago, on May 26, the last Emperor of Russia Nicolas II and Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna were crowned. RBTH gathered rare photos of the...
Before the revolution, before the war, when the Romanov's celebrated a dynastic marriage, there was much extravagant tradition to be honored in the nuptial proceedings. For the bride's wedding day toilette, nothing was more prominent - and personally uncomfortable - than her jewelry. There were particular of the Crown jewels that every Grand Duchess wore. In the words of Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna, from her memoir, Education of a Princess: "These were, first, the diadem of the Empress Catherine, with a pink diamond of extraordinary beauty in the centre and the small crimson velvet crown all covered with diamonds. Then came the diamond necklace of large stones, the bracelets, and the earrings in the shape of cherries, so heavy that they had to be attached to gold hoops and ringed over the ears. "...Finally, they laid upon my shoulders the crimson mantle of velvet, with cape and edges of ermine, fastened by an immense [diamond] buckle. Someone helped me to rise. I was ready." The Grand Duchess also relates that later that day, after the wedding: "My earrings hurt me so that in the middle of the banquet I took them off and hung them, to the great amusement of the Emperor [Nicholas II], on the edge of the glass of water before me." She wasn't the first Grand Duchess to complain that the weight of the earrings made the gold wire cut into her ears; one must sometimes suffer to be beautiful, but I suppose there's a limit. Some Imperial Brides The same Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna on her wedding day, May 3, 1908, with her husband Prince Vilhelm of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland, in the Arabesque Hall of the Catherine Palace, Tsarskoe Selo. Her first cousin Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna on her wedding day, August 29, 1902, with her husband Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, in the Portrait Hall of the Catherine Palace, Tsarskoe Selo. Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna on her wedding day, April 27, 1884. With the "crimson mantle of velvet, with cape and edges of ermine"... ...and without. Tsar Nicholas II and his bride Alexandra Feodorovna on their wedding day, November 26, 1894. Only a month after the death of Nicholas' father, Alexander III - court mourning was suspended for the day - the wedding was celebrated in the Grand Church of the Winter Palace. Unusually, Alexandra's mantle is of cloth-of-gold rather than crimson velvet; I assume this was because she was marrying a reigning monarch rather than a Grand Duke or foreign prince. A painting by the Danish artist Laurits Tuxen.
Take a look back at Russia's last royal family with these rare pictures.
The fall of the Rurik dynasty of Russian tsardom shocked the nation, as it was Ruriks who founded the Russian state. The death of the only crown prince Tsarevich Dmitry resulted in the Time of Troubles, anarchy and Polish intervention into Russia. Here are the last treasures that belonged to the Rurik princes and tsars.
