Feb 28
Russian Czarina
Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 in Antiquities of France, Italian, Greece, Celtic, Indian, European
Russian Roulette - Czarina
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Medal commemorating the Caspian Fleet built, 1785; obverse Photo Mugs Medal commemorating the Caspian Fleet built, 1785. Obverse Bust of Czarina Catherine II crowned, laureate, in armoured dress (right). Legend in Russian (Catherine II, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias). Reverse Starboard-quarter view of a two-decker battleship under sail. Legend in Russian (The glory of Russia)..... |
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Medal commemorating the Caspian Fleet built, 1785; reverse Photo Mugs Medal commemorating the Caspian Fleet built, 1785. Obverse Bust of Czarina Catherine II crowned, laureate, in armoured dress (right). Legend in Russian (Catherine II, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias). Reverse Starboard-quarter view of a two-decker battleship under sail. Legend in Russian (The glory of Russia)..... |
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Eagle, The $1.99 ... |
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Eagle, The $4.99 ... |
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russian czarina costume For your Imperial Highness, a golden gown of lamé and organza with faux pearl trim. This opulent sleeveless brocade coat with faux fur trim glides on beautifully. Your regal crown and jewelry are lavished with faux pearls. 2-piece set; accessories sold separately. Polyester. Imported. WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.... |
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Great Catherine: The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia $9.24 From the moment the fourteen-year-old Princess Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst agreed to marry the heir to the Russian throne, she was mired in a quicksand of intrigue. Precociously intelligent, self-confident, and attractive but with a stubborn, wayward streak, Sophia withstood a degree of emotional battering that would have broken a weaker spirit until at last she emerged, triumphant over her many enemi... |
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Alexandra: The Last Tsarina $9.97 Tsarina Alexandra-hauntingly beautiful, melancholy, obsessed with the occult-was blamed by her contemporaries for the downfall of the Romanovs. But her true nature has eluded previous biographers. Using archival material unavailable before the fall of the Soviet Union, acclaimed historian Carolly Erickson's masterful study brings to life the full dimensions of the Empress's singular psychology: ... |
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The Tsarina's Daughter $1.19 Minimal signs of shelf wear to dust jacket. All pages are clean, bright and intact. Binding is tight. SHIPS NEXT BUSINESS DAY!... |
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Anastasia - Family Fun Edition (DVD) $12.37 2-Disc Set; Family Fun Edition; Widescreen Based on the legend of the real-life daugher of the last Russian czar, |
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Doctor Zhivago - Deluxe Edition (DVD) $6.92 David Lean`s DOCTOR ZHIVAGO is an exploration of the Russian Revolution as seen from the point of view of the intellectual, introspective title character (Omar Sharif). As the political landscape changes, and the Czarist regime comes to an end, Dr. Zhi... |
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The Three Questions (Hardcover) $10.86 A story by Tolstoy about czars and his companions becomes an animal-filled romp through Russian literary history. Young Nikolai consorts with his animal friends, Gogol the heron and Pushkin the dog among them, to figure out how to be a good person. Thi... |
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Anastasia (DVD) $10.58 Based on the legend of the real-life daugher of the last Russian czar, ANASTASIA combines imaginative animation and lively songs to tell the story of a princess who escapes a horrible execution and mysteriously reappears after being thought dead. When ... |
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Anastasia (DVD) $13.36 Follow Along Edition Based on the legend of the real-life daugher of the last Russian czar, ANASTASIA combines imaginative animation and lively songs to tell the story of a princess who escapes a horrible execution and mysteriously rea... |
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Anastasia - Checkpoint; Digital Copy; Pan and Scan; Widescreen (DVD) $14.84 Based on the legend of the real-life daugher of the last Russian czar, ANASTASIA combines imaginative animation and lively songs to tell the story of a princess who escapes a horrible execution and mysteriously reappears after being thought dead. When ... |
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Bound by Love (Paperback) $7.91 The daughter of a Russian czar and a handsome duke get entangled in a complicated game of espionage in this thrilling historical romance. The Duke of Huntley doesn`t realize that his beautiful houseguest, Leonida, is a secret spy. Leonida is there to g... |
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Doctor Zhivago - 45th Anniversary Edition with CD (Blu-ray Disc) $25.26 David Lean`s DOCTOR ZHIVAGO is an exploration of the Russian Revolution as seen from the point of view of the intellectual, introspective title character (Omar Sharif). As the political landscape changes, and the Czarist regime comes to an end, Dr. Zhi... |
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Russian Amerika (Paperback) $7.91 In an alternate universe 1989 in which Alaska is still a Russian possession, charter captain Grigorivich Plesnett, a former major in the Czar`s Troika Guard who had been cashiered for disobeying a direct order, suddenly comes face to face with his past... |
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A Year of Russian Feasts $12.25 Catherine Cheremeteff Jones, the granddaughter of a great-great grandson of Czar Nicholas I, lived in Russia in the early'90s, and absorbed the culinary traditions of the place. Her memoir highlights the Russian Orthodox feasts that dot the year ... |
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The Turkish Gambit $11.11 Translated from the Russian, this third historical mystery starring diplomat/sleuth Erast Fandorin, is set in 1877, when Czarist |
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Breve Historia de la Revolucion Rusa/ A Brief History of the Russian Revolution (Paperback) $14.63 A Brief History of the Russian Revolution looks at the last days of Czar Nicolas II, the spontaneous uprising in February of 1917, the republican period that followed with Alexander Kerensky as leader, and the ensuing civil war with the Trotsky led Red... |
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The Russian Revolution, 1917-1921 (Paperback) $39.09 This book examines the dramatic and sometimes violent events which accompanied the fall of the Russian czars and the creation of the Soviet nation. In drawing upon the most recent research, especially on the nature of the popular movement during 1917, ... |
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Anastasia (DVD) $11.38 In 1917, Russian revolutionaries overthrew the last czar, Nicholas, imprisoning him and his family and executing them one year later. Shortly thereafter, rumors began to spread that one of the czar`s daughters, Anastasia, was still alive. In 1928, a wo... |
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Anastasia`s Secret (Hardcover) $13.97 As world war and the looming Russian Revolution threaten all they hold dear, Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II, and her family are being held in captivity, where she falls in love with one of their captors, a young man who has espous... |
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Under False Colours $14.8 Acting for the Admiralty`s Secret Department, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater advertises his cargo of Russian military stores, thus embarking on a scheme to flout Napoleon`s Continental System and antagonize the French Emperor`s new ally, Czar Alexande |
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The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship $15.99 A simple peasant wins the hand of the czar`s daughter through the magical powers of the Listener, Swift-goer, and Drinker. The colorful, animated illustrations have a Russian folk character. Winner of the 1969 Caldecott Medal. |
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Alix and Nicky (Hardcover) $18.7 For the first time since Robert Massie’s classic Nicholas and Alexandra, comes a penetrating and deeply personal study of the lives of the last Russian Tsar and Tsarina that gives profound psychological insight into their marria... |
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Diez Dfas Que Estremecieron Al Mundo (Paperback) $13.21 This is the first and best eyewitness account of the 1917 Russian Revolution. With the immediacy of a cinema script, US radical journalist John Reed captured the turmoil and optimism that swept away the Czarist regime. Reed’s account rema... |
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Alexandra $15.73 This biography of Russia's last Tsarina tells of her romance with Nicholas, her efforts to bear a male heir, the sometimes cruel and competitive intrigues of the court, and her demise during the Russian Revolution in 1917. Biographer Erickson pain... |
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Ivan the Terrible $14.73 Based heavily on original Russian sources, this biography of Czar Ivan IV examines the plots, massacres, and poisonings that earned Ivan his famous epithet. |
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Petrograd (Hardcover) $18.43 During the height of the first World War, a reluctant British spy stationed in the heart of the Russian empire is handed the most difficult assignment of his career: orchestrate the death of the mad monk, the Tsarina`s most trusted adviser and the surr... |
