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Mother. Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia ( Russian: Владимир Кириллович Романов; 30 August [ O.S. 17 August] 1917 – 21 April 1992) was the Head of the Imperial Family of Russia, a position which he claimed from 1938 to his death.
- Peter the Great. The first Russian tsar to announce himself as emperor literally changed the way the country looked. He created the navy and built the city of St. Petersburg, a window to Europe.
- Anna Ioannovna. Anna, the niece of Peter the Great, spent 20 years in the Duchy of Courland. She was asked to take the Russian throne in 1730 after the death of her uncle’s grandson Peter II.
- Elizabeth Petrovna. Elizabeth Petrovna was Peter the Great’s daughter and her reign was best known for the Enlightenment. She established Moscow University, developed the national theater, and set up the Academy of Arts.
- Catherine the Great. This German princess was incredibly powerful and enjoyed one of the longest reigns out of all the tsars (34 years). She deposed her own husband, the strange and weak minded Emperor Peter III, who much preferred Germany to Russia.
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Sergey Levitsky/Royal Collection. Most members of the imperial family left their passion for drawing behind when they grew up. But not Maria Feodorovna, the wife of Alexander III, born Princess...
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Mar 7, 2013 · March 7, 2013. The Soviets, as brutally and thoroughly as any foreign invader, looted the Romanov collections of art, jewelry, furniture and books. In the 1920s and ’30s aged Russian scholars...
Apr 11, 2019 · Russian Royalty and the Romanov’s collection at the Queen’s Gallery traces the story of the British and Russian Royal connections from the 17th century right up to Nikolai II Alexandrovich. Paintings, Sculptures, photographs, and official documents.
Apr 3, 2014 · Treasures of the Romanov period going on exhibit include a gem-encrusted book. Foundation of Russian History. By Eve M. Kahn. April 3, 2014. JORDANVILLE, N.Y. — Artifacts as ordinary as coat ...
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (Russian: Влади́мир Александрович; 22 April 1847 – 17 February 1909) was a son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia, a brother of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and the senior Grand Duke of the House of Romanov during the reign of his nephew, Emperor Nicholas II.
