His last name Monomachos — meaning "one who fights alone," or essentially "the gladiator" in Greek — distinguished him as part of an aristocratic family that was active ... which were both imperial ...

ABSTRACT Between 1908 and 1916, the workshops of the Russian court jeweler Carl Fabergé created approximately 50 hardstone figures representing the Russian people, including peasants, merchants, ...

Helen Rappaport’s “The Rebel Romanov” tells the story of Julie of Saxe-Coburg (1781-1860). Born in impecunious obscurity in ...