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The Romanov Tercentenary of 1913: Russia's Last Grand Spectacle
In 1913, the Romanov dynasty marked 300 years on the Russian throne with a lavish, month-long celebration. Lucas and Luna explore the carefully stage-managed events: the solemn pilgrimage to the Ipatiev Monastery in Kostroma—the same monastery that would later become tied to the family's tragic fate—and the glittering balls, state dinners, and military parades in St. Petersburg. But beneath the gilded surface, the empire was cracking. Lucas explains how the jubilee exposed the monarchy's disconnect from a rapidly modernizing Russia, where industrial strikes, revolutionary fervor…
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