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[Masquerade hat and costume of Emperor Nicholas II]
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Masquerade hat
and costume of
Emperor Nicholas II
In 1903, a spectacle was staged where all those invited, apart
from foreign diplomats, dressed in costumes from the time of Czar
Alexei Mikhailovich. Nicholas II's costume is a copy of the "Parade
Dress."
"Czars: 400 Years of Imperial Grandeur" runs ...
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