Loading...

Search for the Romanovs

An exclusive conversation with Peter Sarandinaki on July 29
RHM Loans Artifacts to Tsarskoe Selo

Rare Imperial Escort materials travel to Russia
Join a Tour

Tours available weekly and by appointment
Border Guards to Body Guards:
The Cossacks in Imperial Russia

Online lecture on Saturday, August 14
Revealing the Divine:
Treasures of Russian Sacred Art

On view now

Russian History Museumrussianhistoryfoundation2021-06-01T16:16:08-04:00

Events

Collecting Stories: The Search for the Romanovs

July 29 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT

From Border Guards to Body Guards: The Cossacks in Imperial Russia

August 14 @ 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm EDT

What’s New

Unique Artifacts Loaned to Exhibition in Tsarskoe Selo

Hannah Phillips2021-07-20T11:18:01-04:00July 16th, 2021|Announcements, Loans|

A Sumptuous Anniversary Gift: Grand Duke Konstantin’s Fabergé Frame

Hannah Phillips2021-07-16T15:18:41-04:00July 15th, 2021|Artifact Spotlight, History|

WATCH: Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy

Hannah Phillips2021-07-16T10:13:06-04:00July 13th, 2021|Second Saturdays|

WATCH: Picturing Russia’s Peoples

Hannah Phillips2021-07-16T10:13:42-04:00June 23rd, 2021|Museum Livestream|

Explore the Collections

ARCHIVES

MUSEUM

LIBRARY

Museum Hours

Location

Contact Us

Support

Follow Us

russianhistorymuseum

At the Sovereign’s Stirrup At 4pm, Thursday the

At the Sovereign’s Stirrup

At 4pm, Thursday the 22nd of July, a group gathered on the steps of the Cameron Gallery at @tsarskoe_selo for the opening of a new exhibition: “At the Sovereign’s Stirrup: The Mounted Escort in Russia, from the XVI century to the Present Day.” The exhibition charts the development of cavalry escorts and guards of the Russian Tsars and Emperors, as well as the current Russian President.

Objects for the exhibition came from the collections of the Tsarskoe Selo Museum-Heritage Site, as well as several major Russian lending Institutions which included the Kremlin Armory Museum, the State Hermitage Museum, the State Russian Museum, the Gatchina Palace Museum-Heritage Site, and the State Suvorov Memorial. The only foreign lender was the Russian History Museum of Jordanville, New York, which loaned 50 items related to His Majesty’s Own Escort and the members of that regiment who fled after the revolution.

The comprehensive exhibition was a dream of the late Georgii E. Vvedenskii, Head of the Military History Department at Tsarskoe Selo. Dr. Vvedenskii died in January of this year, and Curator Dmitrii Klochkov completed the exhibition and succeeded to his position at the museum.

Due to Covid guidelines, a select group of 75 guests and members of the press were able to enjoy the exhibition and then join Director Olga Taratynova for a small celebration in the Private Gallery of Catherine the Great above the exhibition hall.

This exhibition is the first of its kind at Tsarskoe Selo, and the accompanying Russian catalogue will be seminal to scholars of military history.

The exhibition opens to the public today, Friday the 23rd, and will be open through 18 October, 2021. A Russian exhibition website and online catalogue ordering are available here: https://pri-stremeni.ru/

#russianhistorymuseum #jordanville #AtTheSovereignsStirrup #tsarskoyeselo #camerongallery #catherinepalace #convoy #exhibition #джорданвилл #ПриГосударевеСтремени #царскоесело #екатерининскийдворец #конвой #выставка

Today marks the appearance of the "Kazan" Icon of

Today marks the appearance of the "Kazan" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1579). The Kazan Mother of God is a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church.

The original icon in Kazan was stolen, and likely destroyed, in 1904, but there were and are numerous important copies of the original.

This icon of the Kazan Mother of God, part of anpair of wedding icons, was retailed by the firm of Khlebnikov, but was created in the workshop of the enamel master Feodor Rückert. In the early part of his career, Rückert was well-known for his shaded cloissoné enamel in the old Russian style. Later, he became an arbiter of the Neo-Russian style so popular at the beginning of the 20th century.

Icon of the Kazan Mother of God
Firm of Khlebnikov, Feodor Rückert, workmaster
Moscow, 1896-1908
Russian History Museum

#icon #russianicon #russianicons #enamel #floral #intricate #khlebnikov #ruckert #feodorruckert #christ #russianart #sacredart #religiousart #devotion #prayer #orthodoxy #православие #икона #хлебников #эмаль #russianempire #рюкерть #russianhistorymuseum #jordanville #kazan #казань

There's still time to save a seat for the next "Co

There's still time to save a seat for the next "Collecting Stories" event!

In July of 1918, fourteen members of the Romanov family were murdered at Ekaterinburg and at Alapayevsk. On February 7th, 1919, Nikolai Sokolov began his investigation into the murder of the Imperial Family, and from May to July of 1919 he collected forensic evidence that to this day forms our understanding of what happened in those final days and hours.

Captain Peter Sarandinaki, President of the SEARCH Foundation, has the search for the Romanov family in his blood.
When the investigation of the Romanov murders was over, “the box” with the evidence of the murder of the Imperial Family was entrusted to Captain Sarandinaki’s grandparents. Nick Nicholson, our Curator, will lead the conversation with Peter about many interesting topics, including the future of the recognition of the remains by the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, the current search for Michael Romanov in Perm, and possible future searches for the other Romanov graves in China.

Join us for our next Collecting Stories program on July 29th, and the unique opportunity to ask Peter Sarandinaki your questions, live. Save your seat for this livestream-only event and submit questions for Captain Peter Sarandinaki.

👉 Link in bio 🔗

#russianhistorymuseum #rhm #jordanville #romanovs #imperialfamily #collectingstories #джорданвилл #романовы #lecture #лекции

Getting ready! The staff of the Catherine Palace

Getting ready!

The staff of the Catherine Palace is getting ready for the opening of a new exhibition this Thursday! Crates are unpacked, and objects are being moved to their final locations. We cant wait to see what the final reveal will look like!

The Russian History Museum is honored to announce our loan of fifty rare objects to Russia’s Tsarskoe Selo Museum-Preserve in St. Petersburg, for a new exhibition on view from July 23 – to October 18, 2021. “At the Sovereign’s Stirrup” («При государеве стремени. Конные эскорты России с XVI века и до наших дней») presents the history of mounted military units that escorted Russia’s tsars and emperors.

A significant part of the exhibition is dedicated to the history of His Imperial Majesty’s Own Escort, the elite Cossack Guards unit that served as the emperor’s personal detail from the early 19th century until the Russian Revolution. Link in bio!

#russianhistorymuseum #rhm #jordanville #tsarskoeselo #camerongallery #atthesovereignsstirrup #джорданвилл #царскоесело #камероновскаягалерея
#ПриГосударевеСтремени

The Night of Alapaevsk 103 years ago, the Bolshev

The Night of Alapaevsk

103 years ago, the Bolsheviks murdered Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, the abbess of the Martha and Mary Community of Sisters of Mercy, her devoted friend the Nun Varvara (Yakovleva), the Grand Duke Serge Mikhailovich, his secretary Fyodor Remez, Prince Vladimir Paley, and the three Konstantinovichi brothers; the Princes Ioann, Konstantin, and Igor Konstantinovich of Russia. The family members were thrown down a mineshaft together with grenades and left to die. The bodies were recovered by the White Army who liberated Alapayevsk on 28 September 1918. The family members were interred in the local church, and then, when the Bolshevik forces retook Alapayevsk, the coffins were placed on the Trans-Siberian Railway and evacuated to Beijing. The bodies of Grand Duchess Elizabeth and the Nun Barbara were moved to Jerusalem where they rest today. The rest of the remains were interred in the Russian cemetery in Beijing near the Andingmen Gate. The cemetery remained until the cultural revolution destroyed the church and cemetery, the grounds of which today lie under a gold course. Some of the victims of Alapayevs were canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in 1981, and Grand Duchess Elizabeth and the Nun Barbara were recognized as Holy Martyrs by the Moscow Patriarchate in 1992.

The Konstantinovichi brothers came from a large and cultured family. Prince Ioann had married Princess Helene of Serbia, and his younger brothers had not yet married. For more information about this branch of the Romanovs and to read about extraordinary objects in our collection, follow the link in bio.

Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich and his Family
I.K. Iagelskii, Pavlovsk, 1905
Albumen print
Gift of H.H. Princess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia (472.83)
Russian History Museum

#russianhistorymuseum #rhm #jordanville #romanovs #imperialfamily #royaldays #ekaterinburg #lastdaysofthelasttsar #konstantinovichi #faberge #джорданвилл #романовы #императоркаясемья #царскийдни #екатеринбург #Последниеднипоследнегоцаря #константиновичи #фаберже

Feast of the Imperial Martys and those who perishe

Feast of the Imperial Martys and those who perished with them.

Christ sits enthroned, flanked by the Virgin Mary, John the Baptist and two archangels. Below, Tsar Nicholas and his family stand in a prayerful and supplicatory attitude. The Imperial Family were depicted as saints and martyrs even prior to their canonization by Russian émigrés in Europe, China, North and South America.

Image of Christ with the Imperial Family
Unknown artist
Possibly Germany, mid 20th c.
Chromolithograph: paper, ink
Evgenii Evlampievich Alferiev Papers
Russian History Museum

#russianhistorymuseum #rhm #jordanville #romanovs #imperialfamily #royaldays #ekaterinburg #lastdaysofthelasttsar #джорданвилл #романовы #императоркаясемья #царскийдни #екатеринбург #последниеденьки

July 16/17 1918 The Russian Imperial Family, 1913

July 16/17 1918

The Russian Imperial Family, 1913
Boissonas & Eggler
St. Petersburg, 1913
Facsimile of photographic print
Russian History Museum

#russianhistorymuseum #rhm #jordanville #romanovs #imperialfamily #royaldays #ekaterinburg #lastdaysofthelasttsar #джорданвилл #романовы #императоркаясемья #царскийдни #екатеринбург #Последниеднипоследнегоцаря

The blouse of a Grand Duchess? Letter from Grand

The blouse of a Grand Duchess?

Letter from Grand Duchess Maria to her sisters Tatiana and Olga, April 17th, 1918:
"We miss the quiet and peaceful life in Tobolsk. There are unpleasant surprises here almost every day. Members of the region have just been. Committee and asked each of us how much money someone has with them. We had to sign.

Since you know that Papa and Mama do not have a penny with them, they signed, nothing, and I have 16 rubles. 75 K. which Anastasia gave me on the road. They took all the money from the rest to the committee for safekeeping, left a little to each, gave them receipts. They warn us that we are not guaranteed against new searches. - Who would have thought that after 14 months of imprisonment we are treated like that. - We hope that you are better, as it was with us."

A priest who was allowed to visit the royal family where they were held captive testified that “Tatiana Nikolaevna, Olga Nikolaevna, Anastasia Nikolaevna, and Maria Nikolaevna were wearing black skirts and white blouses.” This is certainly a blouse of that type, and it is believed that this blouse went with the daughters of Nicholas II into exile. Judging by the size of the blouse, it likely belonged to one of the Grand Duchesses.

Blouse
Early 20th century
Cloth, thread
Gift of Archbishop Kyrill (Dmitrieff) (29.2010)

Russian History Museum

#russianhistorymuseum #rhm #jordanville #romanovs #imperialfamily #royaldays #ekaterinburg #lastdaysofthelasttsar #джорданвилл #романовы #императоркаясемья #царскийдни #екатеринбург #последниеденечкилета

Load More... Follow on Instagram

Stay Connected!