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How the last of the Romanovs became a popular deck of cards (PHOTOS) Archive image/CGACPPD Russian Style playing cards were the most widely used deck of cards in Soviet times. And yet, few people knew that these cards actually depicted members of the Russian imperial family in the splendid costumes they wore to a masquerade ball.
The masquerade ball, which took place in the Winter Palace in 1903, brought together the whole of the country s political elite and was one of the most glamorous and extraordinary parties of its time. All guests were required to wear 17th century historical costumes. Their outfits were indeed spectacular, made from the most expensive fabrics and decorated with family jewels.
The Search for the Lost Library of Ivan the Terrible
The thought of a lost library is a tantalizing one, as one can speculate and imagine the kind of knowledge it might provide to the person who finds it. Therefore, it is hardly surprising that there are those who have dedicated their entire lives to the search of such elusive libraries. One of these fabled lost libraries is that of the first Tsar of all the Russias, Ivan IV Vasilyevich, more commonly known as Ivan the Terrible.
Painting of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. By Viktor Vasnetsov, 1897.
The Library of Ivan the Terrible is said to have been started by his grandfather, Ivan III (the Great) of Russia. After the death of Ivan III’s first wife, Maria of Tver, in 1467, Pope Paul II suggested that Ivan III wed Sophia Paleologue, the niece of the last Byzantine emperor, in an attempt to bind Russia to the Holy See in Rome. In 1472, Ivan and Sophia were married, and a collection of old books were brought along with her to her new
Sailing Into Slavic Lands: The Origins Of The Rurik Dynasty
The history of Norse presence in the territories of modern Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine, begin quite early in the Viking Age. While their expeditions to the west, to England, the Faroe Islands , Ireland, and Normandy were largely military in nature, their penetration of eastern Europe was both militaristic and trade oriented.
Arriving in their characteristic longships, the Norsemen were in contact with the many Slavic and Baltic tribes that dwelt on the Baltic coast and along the many rivers of the east from early on. For the Vikings, this realm was known as
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