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The last to die were Tatiana, Anastasia, and Maria (however, according to Yurovsky's note, Alexei, Olga, Tatiana, and Anastasia were the last to die), who were carrying over 1.3 kilograms (2.9 lb) of diamonds sewn into their clothing, which had given them a degree of protection from the firing. [98] However, they were speared with bayonets as well.
During the month of separation from their parents and sister, Tatiana, Olga, Anastasia, and ladies in waiting busied themselves sewing precious stones and jewelry into their clothing, hoping to hide them from their captors, since Alexandra had written she, Nicholas and Maria had been heavily searched upon arrival in Yekaterinburg, and items ...
The jewels sewn into her clothes protected her, and he said he finally shot her in the head. But the skull that is almost certainly Maria's has no bullet wound. Perhaps the drunken Ermakov inflicted a scalp wound, knocking her unconscious and producing a considerable flow of blood, leading Ermakov to think he had killed her.
Overview of the "Ballroom" display with the Romanov family tree as a mural on the left tracing the relationship to the Dutch Queen Anna Paulowna, whose large portrait as Russian Grand Princess in 1849 can be seen on the right. Three of her personal bracelets were on loan to the exhibition from the Dutch Royal collection. Jewels!
The Romanov portraits were shot between 1915 and 1916, only months before their 1917 execution at the hands of Lenin The Romanovs' final days, as seen through the eyes of Anastasia Skip to main ...
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Barmas of Old Ryazan were produced by masters of Old Ryazan in late 12th - early 13th century. They are one of the greatest masterpieces of ancient jewellery. The barmas belonged to the local knyaz family, but in 1237 the city was completely destroyed by Batu Khan, so the forsaken jewellery lay underground for nearly 600 years.
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