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The title of Prince of Wales was first conferred upon the eldest son of Edward I, the future Edward II, born at Caernarfon Castle in 1284; ever since, the eldest royal son has by tradition become Prince of Wales
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This sleeve badge with a "swastika" was worn by commanders of the Kalmyk units of the Red Army's South-Eastern Front in 1918-20
This sleeve badge with a "swastika" was worn by commanders of the Kalmyk units of the Red Army's South-Eastern Front in 1918-20. Among Buddhists the symbol is called «lungtn, lungta», "whirlwind, vital energy"
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Timofey Yashchik (1878-1946), Bodyguard of Empress Maria Feodorovna
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In this photograph the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna steps out of a motor car with the help of her Kamer-Kazak, Timofey Yashchik
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Empress Maria Feodorovna leaves Russia aboard the British ship Marlborough in April 1919
Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna left Russia in April 1919 aboard the British ship Marlborough. Beside her is Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolayevich
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Queen Louise of Denmark, seated first from the left; next to her sit the future Queen Alexandra of Denmark, Empress Maria Feodorovna, Crown Princess Louise of Denmark and the Tsesarevich Nicholas
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Queen Alexandra of Denmark, consort of Edward VII of England, and the Russian Empress Maria Feodorovna, consort of Alexander III, were sisters, daughters of King Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel
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what is a celebration without an academic council
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A Te Deum in the Colonnade Hall of the Tauride Palace before the Opening of the Fourth State Duma, 15 November 1912
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Thanksgiving Service on the Occasion of Emperor Nicholas II's Visit to the Fourth State Duma, 9 February 1916
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