Russian royalty

William Carrick “The milk seller (Okhtenka)” St. Petersburg, 1860s With an artist's eye and a surgeon's precision, Olga Shirnina - who works under the name Colo

Russian Ark

Queen Camilla wore Queen Mary’s Russian Sapphire Cluster Brooch for the first time on #CommonwealthDay The spectacular jewel of possible Imperial Russian provenance has been an heirloom of the British Royal Family for 90 years.

In Russia there are several institutions which retain an oriental flavor and the fact that the Czarina is always surrounded by an imposing bevy of unmarried women is a case in point. At least fifty young women, all the daughters of great Nobles pay her personal service. Russian Maids of Honor ********************** An Academy at Moscow Where They Are Trained — Must be Able to Sew, Read Aloud for Hours and Stand for Indefinite Periods Speaking of the Russian schools, there is one academy at…

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Ladies in the "Blazon Room" of the Winter Palace, by Adolphe Ladurner, 1838. (Detail of below.) Ladies in the "Blazon Room" of the Winter Palace, by Adolphe Ladurner, 1838. Unknown lady (Anna Alexeievna Okulova?), by Pimen Nikitich Orlov, circa 1835-37. Henrietta Bodisco, by Johann Konrad Dorner, 1844. Maria Petrovna Kikina, later Volkonskaia, by Pyotr Feodorovich Sokolov, 1839. Princess Elisaveta Alexeievna Paskevich, née Griboyedova, by Nikolai Gustavovich Shilder, circa 1830s-40s…

The Romanov Dynasty on Instagram: “The Romanov sisters, in the last official photograph session, 1916. Their father abdicated few months later due to many disturbs in the…”

Maria Feodorovna is portrayed in full Russian court dress based on a 1900 photo in this Vizel portrait.

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