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… the patron saint of Russian Tsars and the image of … into the grandeur of the Russian Tsars. The Diamond Room and … and jewel encrusted artefacts of Romanov Tsars.   The Twenty-Column Hall  … .   In addition, St. Petersburg is one of Russia';s leading congress …

… with especially large garrisons in Moscow and Petrograd.” (Medvedev, … “the collapse of the Romanov autocracy in March 1917 … the proletariat of Petersburg and all Russia to organization and … Working Class Politics Across the Russian Empire (1882-1917). Chicago, …

… GETTY IMAGES In 1993 the Duke of Edinburgh offered a … . • Fabergé egg made for Russian tsar sells for record £22.9m … insurrection in St Petersburg and Nicholas abdicated the Russian throne. His … years of rule by the Romanov dynasty. Four months after the …

… 1918, the Russian Revolution was at a crossroads. Tsar Nicholas II … brought down the tsar and threatened to take Russia out of … the Austro-Hungarian Empire. But with the tsar gone and the … White Russian and Japanese troops. In June, the Battle of Romanovka …

… negotiations, and seemingly support Moscow’s narrative that time is … I expected the Ottoman Empire to quickly give way … Allied support, exacerbating the tsarist government’s inability to … Putin’s Russia enjoys over its Soviet and Romanov predecessors has …

… power, prestige and passion of dynastic jewels. It combines stunning … of Greece, Duchess of Kent, in the Romanov diamond bow brooch … divinely appointed Sun King. In Russia, Catherine the Great used … France's Second Empire fell, Eugénie wrapped up some …

… manner on the dynasty commanding the army (the Tsar, the heir … their affective ties to the Empire. This should not, however, … Petersburg. In this way, he makes his theorization of revolution in Russia … Marx’s papers in Moscow, something almost invariably denied …

… . In this respect the Russian Empire was no exception. The … -in-chief, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich Romanov, who had held … institutions held up. The Russian Empire proved weak, as did … and Austro-Hungarian Empires and the Ottoman Empire. These states …

… Commissioned in 1913 by Tsar Nicholas II as an … the Romanov dynasty. Christie’s Head of Fabergé and Russian Works … WORKMASTER ALBERT HOLMSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1913 Photo Courtesy Christie’s … egg — along with countless Romanov treasures — was hauled off …