These unique Easter gifts were commissioned by the last Russian Tsar for his wife and mother, and are now recognized as masterpieces of the jeweler's art.
Liisa Tallgren, designer at the 180-year-old jewellery house Fabergé, says that this year the house will be launching a limited-edition strawberry egg, with a floral surprise.
Photography in Russia was seeing great progress, so we are lucky to see lots of pictures of ceremonial events, lives of ordinary people and views of the country.
The firm of Fabergé is synonymous with the Russian Imperial family, but its fabulous baubles soon became a must-have for elites across Europe, writes Kirsten Tambling