Like Czar Nicholas II, the mechanical peacock came at the decadent end of a long and rich tradition.

FORBES: Collecting

In the Russia of Czar Nicholas II, no secret was more closely guarded than the surprises inside the precious eggs he gave to his wife and mother each Easter.

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One means of accomplishing the restoration of the Romanov dynasty (which ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917) that is apparently under active consideration would have the Russian government invite back into the country a twelve-year-old descendent of the last czar, Nicholas II.

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