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Tsars Pavilion, the All-Russia Exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896. Artist: Maxim Dmitriev

Tsar's Pavilion, the All-Russian Exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896. Staged from 28 May to 1 October 1896, the All-Russia industrial and art exhibition was the largest exhibition to be staged in Russia before the 1917 Revolution. Financed by Tsar Nicholas II, it was intended to showcase the industrial and technological achievements of Russia in the late 19th century. Found in the collection of the Institute for the History of Material Culture, St Petersburg

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Panorama of the Nobel Company, the All-Russia Exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896. Artist: Maxim Dmitriev

Panorama of the Nobel Company, the All-Russian Exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896. Staged from 28 May to 1 October 1896, the All-Russia industrial and art exhibition was the largest exhibition to be staged in Russia before the 1917 Revolution. Financed by Tsar Nicholas II, it was intended to showcase the industrial and technological achievements of Russia in the late 19th century. Found in the collection of the Institute for the History of Material Culture, St Petersburg

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The Tsar Alexander II Monument in Samara, Russia, 1890s

The Tsar Alexander II Monument in Samara, Russia, 1890s. Known as The Liberator for his emancipation of the serfs in 1861, Alexander (1818-1881) was assassinated in St Petersburg by a bomb thrown by a member of a revolutionary group known as Narodnaya Volya (People's Will). The city of Samara was known as Kuybyshev during the Soviet period. Found in the collection of the Institute for the History of Material Culture, St Petersburg

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