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The Shades of His Victims Appear to Ivan the Terrible
A painting by Mikhail Klodt
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On 28 June 1899, the Tsarevich and Heir Apparent, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, third son of Alexander III and younger brother of Nicholas II, set out from Abastumani towards the Zekari Pass on a petrol-engined tricycle
On 28 June 1899, the Tsarevich and Heir Apparent, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, third son of Alexander III and younger brother of Nicholas II, set out from Abastumani towards the Zekari Pass on a petrol-engined tricycle. He had been taking treatment here for tuberculosis for many years. The newspaper
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On 9 June 1994 the British channel ITV broadcast a documentary by the journalist Jonathan Dimbleby in which Prince Charles, now King Charles III, admitted to adultery
On 9 June 1994 the British channel ITV broadcast a documentary by the journalist Jonathan Dimbleby in which Prince Charles, now King Charles III, admitted to adultery. By then Charles and Diana had already been living apart for a year and a half. That same evening Princess Diana arrived at
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An Airport Is Proposed to Be Named After Queen Camilla
It is proposed to name an airport after Queen Camilla. I suggest we confine ourselves to the baggage reclaim hall
The East · Monarchies · Museums · Heritage
Theft of Queen Nazli's diamond necklace from the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna
Two men bought tickets to the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, walked up to a display case and smashed the protective glass with a hammer. They pulled out a diamond necklace and vanished in an unknown direction. They made no attempt to hide their faces, so the surveillance cameras
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A reminder that, purely hypothetically, had Catherine II's plans for "armed neutrality" and war against Great Britain been realised, Russia could have bought or leased the Faroe Islands from Denmark, then an ally, to…
A reminder that, purely hypothetically, had Catherine II's plans for "armed neutrality" and war against Great Britain been realised, Russia could have bought or leased the Faroe Islands from Denmark, then an ally, as a year-round base for the Russian fleet. What prevented it was
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Nicholas II in Kostroma in 1913 during the journey for the Romanov tercentenary
The People of Kostroma Greet the Imperial Family in May 1913. In the 23 years of his reign Nicholas II did not travel much about Russia, Crimea, Finland and the hunting at Spała excepted. His meetings with the people were few. The celebration of the tercentenary of the ruling house
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Alexander III ten years behind a grille in Ivan Fomin's design, then in the Russian Museum basement
It turns out that for the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution, in 1927, the monument to Alexander III on Uprising Square was put in a cage. The project was devised by the architect Ivan Fomin, author of the concept of proletarian classicism, known for the NKVD building on Lubyanka
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Soraya Esfandiari-Bakhtiari, wife of the Shah of Iran, and her divorce over the lack of an heir
Empress or Queen of Iran: Soraya in 1953. Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary was born in 1932 to an Iranian diplomat and a German aristocrat. She spoke several languages fluently, received a European education and from her youth stood out for her extraordinary beauty. In 1951 Soraya married Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah
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Alexandra of Denmark's 1863 earrings worn by Elizabeth II, Diana and Camilla
Expectation versus reality: a collage. Cam and Di in the very same earrings. Though, judging by the fact that Camilla's ears are not pierced, there are two possibilities: either they were glued on for her, or remade as clip-ons. The original pair was presented to Alexandra of
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Do you remember how, in 2012, Elizabeth II stormed the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice?
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Wedding of Indian and European nobles in Bad Aussee and people of Indian origin in elites
Kunwar Dhruv Raj Singh of Dungri Marries Countess Maria Ghislaine von und zu Eltz in the Parish Church of Pauli Bekehrung. If you are wondering why you should be burdened with this pile-up of strange names, I shall say that, true, these persons are of no great importance, but