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The Romanov Dynasty on Instagram: "An unexpected photograph of Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, the last surviving Grand Duchess of Russia and younger sister of His Imperial Majesty, Nicholas II, c.1903. Here, away from the splendor and gilded walls of Gatchina, Anitchikov or Tsarskoye Selo, she is pointing a gun someone – or somewhere, we hope! Courtesy: @sledstvie"

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Once upon a time there was a vast Empire stretching from the beaches of the Crimea to the deep Siberian forests. Its capital never knew the darkness of the night in summer, its countryside flourished with myths and folk legends.... It was a country of great men and of small, a land where beauty and...

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an old black and white photo of a woman standing in front of a table with flowers on it

Twenty sovereigns of the Romanov dynasty reigned for 304 years, from 1613 until tsardom’s destruction by the Revolution in 1917. Their ascent started in the reign of Ivan the Terrible and ended in the time of Rasputin. Romantic chroniclers of the tragedy of the last tsar like to suggest that the family was cursed, but the Romanovs were actually the most spectacularly successful empire-builders since the Mongols. The Russian empire, it is estimated, grew by fifty-five square miles (142 square…

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