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How Tsar Nicholas II’s choices drew Russia into the First World War

In the summer of 1914, Nicholas II struggled between defending Serbia and avoiding a wider conflict, only to be trapped by ...

The Most Expensive Fabergé Eggs Ever Sold (That We Know Of)

These Fabergé eggs survived revolutions, smuggling, world wars, and the scariest of them all — the auction block.
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A $30.2 Million Fabergé Egg Commissioned by the Last Czar of Russia Sets a New Auction Record

On December 2, Christie’s set a new world auction record for Fabergé—the third in its history—after hammering the Winter Egg, ...
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Fabergé Egg Gifted by Russia’s Last Czar Breaks World Record, Selling for $30.2 Million at Auction

The Winter Egg’s record stood until 2007, when the Rothschild Egg, a dazzling 1902 specimen featuring a clock and an ...

Rare Fabergé egg crafted for Russian royalty expected to sell for over $26M

The crystal and diamond egg was commissioned by Czar Nicholas II for his mother, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, as an ...
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Authentic color photographs of the Russian Empire (1904-1915) | Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky

Russian Czar Nicholas ii commissioned a photographer, one that pioneered colourized photography, to travel through the ...

Crystal egg crafted for Russian royalty shatters record and sells for $30.2 million

LONDON -- A rare crystal and diamond Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before it was toppled by revolution ...

Crystal Fabergé egg crafted for Russian royalty shatters record at auction

LONDON (AP) — A rare crystal and diamond Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before it was toppled by revolution ...