Ivan Kramskoi / Ива́н Никола́евич Крамско́й (1837-1887) was an Russian realist painter of Ukrainian origin. He was one of the founders and ideologists

While most will remember the last Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his wife Alexandra Feodorovna, not all will remember Nicholas’s mother who managed to escape the revolution. Maria Feodorovna was born Dagmar of Denmark on 26 November 1847 as the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. Her sister was Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, the wife [read more]

Marvel at one of the largest private Fabergé collections in the world at Fabergé: A Brilliant Vision, a new exhibition at The Houston Museum of Natural Science.

Princess Dagmar of Denmark, later Tsaritsa Maria Fyodorovna of Russia. Mids 1860s.

H.R.H. Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh, H.M. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, H.M. Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and H.R.H. Prince Consort Henrik of Denmark

Born in Gatchina to Tsar Paul I and Maria Fedorovna, Nicholas came to power amidst the turmoil and gunshots of a coup staged in St. Petersburg in December 14, 1825. The Decembrist uprising, as it b…