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Gifts to the Tzars 1500-1700: Treasures from the Kremlin
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Barry Shifman (Editor), Guy Walton (Editor)
From 1547, when Ivan the Terrible declared himself tsar of Russia, to 1712, when Peter the Great moved the capital to St. Petersburg, one of the highlights of Moscow court life was the formal presentation of diplomatic gifts to the tsar. These fabulous offerings have been preserved intact in the Moscow Kremlin Armory, in a collection that cannot ...
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