Here is a book that has no analogues in modern book publishing. It can truly be called historical. For three centuries, the coronation of each monarch from the Romanov dynasty noted the most important milestone in the history of our country. Luxurious coronation collections were published that captured the centuries -old traditions of church consecration, as well as materials on the history of the coronation rite, borrowed by Russian sovereigns from Byzantium and absorbing European, primarily French, court customs: tricks, lunch, solemn processions, balls, fireworks. The starting point of the coronation annals is considered to be a wedding to the kingdom of Ivan IV the Terrible. Peter the Great, Catherine II, Pavel I, Alexander I occupied an outstanding place in domestic and world history, became symbols of great transformations and victories. The last coronation of Nicholas II, held in May 1896, also struck contemporaries and its splendor. The Bavarian Messenger Count Karl called the coronation of Nicholas II “Oh …
Editor
Dmitriev S. N.
Publisher
Veche, 2013
Series
Historical literature
16+
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