The Home of the Last Tsar - Romanov and Russian History

Imperial Yacht Standardt - Dowager Empress's Room

from an 1896 British Magazine

These images of the Imperial Yacht Standart were not very good, but we hope you will find them interesting.

Palace Tour

Gala Parade Halls
Restoration of the Palace
Rooms of Alexandra
Rooms of Nicholas II
The Children's Floor
Rooms of the Right Wing
Palace Park
The Imperial Garage
Imperial Dining
Plans, Maps and Churches
Imperial Yacht Standardt

Bob Atchison's Guide to Bronze Patinas

Find out about what bronze patinas are, how they are applied,  popular colors and finishes for railings, gates sculptures and metal art objects.

Russian Painter - Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov

Nesterov was one of Empress Alexandra's favorite painters, his picture of the Annuciation hung in the Mauve Room.  He worked for Grand Duchess Elizabeth in her Martha and Mary convent in Moscow.  Here's a bio.

I Visit the Soviets by E. M. Delafield
Memories of Aleksei Volkov
Lost Splendor by Felix Yussupov