Princess tarakanova

Kostantin Flavitsky (1830-1866, Russia) | Princess Tarakanova, 1864 (Moscow, Tretyakov State Gallery)

Russian Painter: Konstantin Flavitsky, (1830-1866) 'Princess Tarakanova', 1862 Oil on Canvas

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The story of the "Princess Tarakanova" Russian Княжна Тараканова, has two origins from which the painter Konstantin Flavitsky could have drawn inspiration.

To protect her reign, the empress set a clever trap for Princess Tarakanova—a royal imposter whose true identity remains a mystery.

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