All about the people, art and literature from Russian history. Konstantin Makovsky, The Russian Bride, plus details. Depicts Tsar Alexis of Russia (seen in the bottom right) witnessing his bride as she prepares for the ceremony.
A young Lithuanian girl sits on the toppled statue of Russian Bolshevik revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin in Vilnius after the monument was removed from the center of the Lithuanian capital, on September 1, 1991. (Gerard Fouet/AFP/Getty Images)
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Nicholas II with Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaievich, Kaiser Wilhelm II and Prince Adalbert (1914).
Aleksandr Blok, my favorite Russian poet. He is often called ‘The poet of the revolution’. His work ‘The twelve’ is considered a love letter to Vladimir Lenin. Lenin read his poetry, however when Blok became seriously ill with a venereal disease he wasn’t granted permission to leave the Soviet Union for treatment. Despite his initial enthusiasm concerning the Bolshevik Revolution he quickly grew weary. He died before he would be given permission to leave Soviet Russia.
Letter from Nicholas II to his mother Maria Feodorovna. January 19, 1906.
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Художник Карл Вениг Последние минуты Дмитрия Самозванца 1879
Last minutes of False Dmitry
False Dmitry, also called Pseudo-demetrius, Russian Lzhedmitry, or Dmitry Samozvanets, any of three different pretenders to the Muscovite throne who, during the Time of Troubles (1598–1613), claimed to be Dmitry Ivanovich, the son of Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible (reigned 1533–84) who had died mysteriously in 1591 while still a child.
Anna Pavlova posing for Seraphin Soudbinine
