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1913 Romanov Tercentenary: Glittering Illusion
In 1913, the Romanov dynasty celebrated 300 years on the Russian throne with a lavish, carefully orchestrated festival aimed at reinforcing imperial legitimacy. This episode takes you inside the tercentenary: the pilgrimage to Kostroma's Ipatiev Monastery, where Mikhail Romanov had been elected tsar in 1613; the grand ceremonies in Moscow and St. Petersburg; the specially commissioned Fabergé eggs; and the relentless propaganda that cast the dynasty as the savior of Russia from the Time of Troubles. But beneath the surface, strikes, political dissent, and the looming shadow of war…
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