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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
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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

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Unique Artifacts Loaned to Exhibition in Tsarskoe Selo

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Join us for an exciting and exclusive online conve

Join us for an exciting and exclusive online conversation with Peter Sarandinaki, President of SEARCH Foundation on July, 29th.

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.

Join us for our next Collecting Stories program and the unique opportunity to ask Peter Sarandinaki, President of the SEARCH Foundation, your questions, live.

http://www.russianhistorymuseum.org/event/collecting-stories-romanovs/

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Many thanks again to those of you who weighed in o

Many thanks again to those of you who weighed in on our Russian History Museum brochure challenge!

When a brochure inspires work like this from a young fan of the museum, we’re sure that we made the right design decision!

Thanks to everyone who participated!

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In the Orthodox Church, today is the feast day of

In the Orthodox Church, today is the feast day of St. Olga of Kiev. Olga was the regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav, and was among the first Russian converts to Christianity. Her grandson, Vladimir, would later convert the entire nation to Christianity in 988, and because of her role in this, Olga is venerated as "Equal to the Apostles" in the Orthodox Church.

St. Olga's story is a colorful one, and one of the major tales is that of her complete destruction of the Drevelians, a neighboring people who were responsible for the death of her husband. Her later conversion to Christianity after a visit to Constantinople in the 950's began a period of church-building and proselytizing. She was known in this later period for her compassion and her care for children. St. Olga became one of Russia's most beloved saints, and in the Romanov family alone, five Grand Duchesses bore the name of Olga between the 18th and 20th centuries.

These two postcards were produced by Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna's (1896-1918) Wartime relief committee. One of them, a neo-Russian card illustrated in a late 16th century style, shows St. Olga protecting children surrounded by burning fields. In the other, a figure of St. Olga (or possibly a figure representing Russia) protects the suffering masses beneath text which reads: "Her Imperial Highness Gr[and]. Du[chess]. / Olga Nikolaevna / Committee for Assistance to Families of Persons Going to War." Postcards like these were sold to raise money for the war efforts of the Committee.

Two postcards from the G.D. Olga Nikolaevna Relief Committee (Detail)
Russian, ca. 1915-1918
Lithographic printing on paper
Russian History Museum

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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/

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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

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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 🔗

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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!

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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

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