Tsarist russia fashion

History is philosophy teaching by examples. ~Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War

Masquerade dress worn by Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna for the 1903 costume ball at the Winter Palace. Made by E. T. Ivanov, dressmaker, St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1903. Owned by the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg. Brocade, velvet, silk, gauze, brocade, beads, string, tinsel, embroidery. Photos (clockwise from top left): State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg; Wikimedia Commons (Photographer: L. S. Levitsky, 1903); Wikimedia Commons; tmima52 on Live Journal.

In February 1903, the members of the Romanov dynasty and the cream of the Russian aristocracy gathered for a fancy-dress costume ball, one that in its

In February 1903, the members of the Romanov dynasty and the cream of the Russian aristocracy gathered for a fancy-dress costume ball, one that in its

Empress Maria dress

Description Grand Duchess Elisaveta Fyodorovna Romanova of Russia (nee Princess Elisabeth of Hesse) with one of her ladies-in-waiting. Originally black and white photo coloured by me.

A painting in the Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg.

Some pictures from Tiny-Librarian of the eldest daughters of the last Tsar in their regimental uniforms .

Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorski was a Russian chemist and photographer. He is best known for his pioneering work in color photography of early