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Incidentally, Princess Romanova's tiara is by the house of Chaumet and is called Lacy. Before Victoria Romanovna it had belonged to no one. 438 diamonds were used in making the tiara, including stones of five and two carats. Before Bettarini, a Chaumet tiara had been worn by, for
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Quite possibly the best view of the magnificent gold embroidery with the heraldic eagle on the train of the wedding dress of Victoria Romanovna, now Romanova. It is the work of the atelier of Sergio Marcone; the design, it is said, is by Elina Samarina
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There is one more Princess Romanova in the world. Delighted for the newlyweds! I also rather like how the girls in kokoshniks and the lads in what looks like the uniform (?) of municipal employees appear against the backdrop of the freshly minted Romanov husband and wife (correct me if I
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The wedding of Prince George Mikhailovich Romanov and Rebecca Bettarini brought together in Saint Petersburg the aristocracy and members of royal families from all over Europe and not only from Europe. It is the first wedding of descendants of the Romanov dynasty on Russian soil in more than 120 years.
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Good architectural morning. All those troubled by modern buildings that mangle the image of old cities, allow me to introduce this project by the German architect Helga Bloxdorf. Birchblackpavilion is a new pavilion, open to the public, in the historic quarter of the city of Weimar, with a splendid viewing
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A task from a fourth-form Russian language olympiad. Lyudmila Stefanovna gave her assessment
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The artist Vladimir Seleznev, in the company of the curator Vladislav Efimov, talks about his project "Oseyev", devoted to an invented utopian metropolis, the result of uncontrolled standardised building on urban land, which proved to be unwanted and fell into decline. Seleznev problematises the frenzied mass construction in
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The Nobility Assembly reports that it is troubled by invitations sent out in the names of the couple, in which Prince Rostislav Romanov is styled Son Altesse Impériale (His Imperial Highness). The nobles are sounding the alarm: the prince possesses no such title! The letter of 6 September runs roughly