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Mikhail Fyodorovich of Russia sitting with his boyars. Andrey Ryabushkin, 1893. Andrey Ryabushkin/State Tretyakov Gallery ...
This is a continuation of the ancient Russian tradition in which the Russians peasants believed they were ruled by a ‘Good Tsar, bad Boyars.’The beloved ruler was supposed to care about the ...
Back to basics. The Russian style may not have survived until the present day had it not been revived in the second half of the 19th century by the nobility, who - in search of a national idea and ...