Tsarist russia

Maria Feodorovna, Tsarina of all the Russias, was born princess of Württemberg on October 25, 1758. She was the second wife of Tsar Paul I, who fought against Napoleon Bonaparte, when the latter began to expand the egalitarian tenets of the French Revolution militarily to the rest of Europe. Among her numerous accomplishments, Tsarina Maria […]

“PHOTO OF THE DAY: A statue of Tsar Nicholas II being dismantled in Russia (1918)”

Yuri Lotman and Jelena Pogosjan’s newly translated book “High Society Dinners: Dining in Tsarist Russia” (Prospect Books, 2014) offers a flavorsome look at noble eating habits, supplementing genuine recipes with historical information and literary allusions.

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the monument to the 400th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty in the Novospassky monastery; statue of the first (Mikhail I) and last (Nicholas II) Romanov tsars at the Novospassky monastery in the southeast of Moscow.

Reproduction of an original photograph of Tsesarevich Nicholas, later Nicholas II. He is mounted on a horse facing left, with his head turned towards the camera. He is wearing military uniform including a long coat and a fur hat. There is a painted backdrop of a forest behind him. Nicholas II was Emperor of Russia from 1894 until his enforced abdication in 1917. Along with his family he was murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918.

White, blue and red - the connection with the Dutch flag and shipbuilding and how the colors were interpreted at different times.

A dedicated military officer, Tsar Nicholas I spent his reign engaged in a frantic fight with the country's internal and external enemies.