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Opening of the monument to Emperor Alexander III in St. Petersburg. (1909)
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Scene №1 Opening of the monument to Emperor Alexander III in St. Petersburg
Russia, St.
Petersburg, May 23, 1909 - People with banners stand on the square around the monument covered with a canvas.
The Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, Emperor Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, V.B. Fredericks, Princes A.P. and P.A. Oldenburg and others pass by a detachment of officers on the square.
Officials lay wreaths at the foot of the monument.
People at the monument.
Monument to Emperor Alexander III. Nicholas II, accompanied by Grand Dukes Dmitry Pavlovich, Boris Vladimirovich and Andrei Vladimirovich, Princes of Oldenburg, V.B. Fredericks, V.N. Voeykov, V.A. Sukhomlinov, bypass the formation of soldiers during the parade.
Nicholas II, Maria Feodorovna, Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Dukes Dmitry Pavlovich, Boris Vladimirovich and Andrei Vladimirovich, Prince P.A. of Oldenburg and others pass by the monument to Alexander III during its consecration by the clergy.
Nicholas II takes a parade of troops on Znamenskaya Square at the monument to Alexander III. Nicholas II, Maria Feodorovna, Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Dukes Boris Vladimirovich and Andrey Vladimirovich, V.B. Fredericks and others are standing at the tsar's tent on Znamenskaya Square near the Nikolaevsky railway station.
People on the square.
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23.05.1909Locations
St. Petersburg
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SpringScene №2
