Imperial Russia

She was born Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia in June 1882 amid the stolid grandiosities of the palace of Gatchina, and 78 years later she died as Mrs. Nicholas Kulikovsky,...

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia with her youngest daughter,the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia in the Mauve Boudoir at the Alexander Palace,Tsarskoe Selo. "AL"

“His Highness Prince Feodor Alexandrovich of...

Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna, Duchess of Wuerttemberg

Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna, nee Princess of Greece ““I sincerely think that if monarchs apeared more often in their crowns, there would be fewer republics!” ”

Interior of the Cathedral of the Dormition in the Kremlin, at the time of coronation of Tsar Alexander III of Russia, 1883

The empty dias inside the Cathedral of the Domition awaiting the placement of the three thrones for Tsar Nicholas ll of Russia’s Coronation in 1896.

Once upon a time there was a vast Empire stretching from the beaches of the Crimea to the deep Siberian forests. Its capital never knew the darkness of the night in summer, its countryside flourished with myths and folk legends.... It was a country of great men and of small, a land where beauty and...

Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1857-1936), by marriage Princess of Saxe-Altenburg, Duchess of Saxony, wearing the Grand Cross of the Order of St Catherine.

Maria Feodorovna with her children Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna and Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich 1898.

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Orest Kiprensky: “Portrait of Sergei Semyonovich Uvarov”, 1815/16, oil on canvas, Dimensions: 117.3 x 90.8, Current location: State Tretyakov Gallery; Moscow, Russia.

coronation of Tsar Alexander III of Russia, 1883

Maria Feodorovna was Empress consort of Russia as the second wife of Tsar Paul I. Born Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg, she was a daughter of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and his wife, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt.

Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia with her daughters (Vera and Olga) and daughter-in-law (Elizabeth Mavrikievna)