Who are the imperial family pictured on the cards of the popular decks Bashny.Net

Check out what a deck of cards is in your home in a box. It is quite possible that it, especially if the old deck! The site wants to tell you it fascinating istoriyu.Navernoe, each of us has seen a deck of cards - "Russian style" - in Soviet times, these maps were among the most common. The prototype for the kings and queens in the deck were not the proletarians and farmers, and the participants of the last costume ball at the imperial court of the Romanovs in 1903



In February 1903 held a costume party. The main requirement was invited to appear in the costumes of the XVII century. Luxury holiday in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg went down in history as the most famous and grand ball of the reign of Nicholas II, and as a the last Russian imperial court ball


All 390 guests Imperial Ball were dressed in the style of the court of all stripes, the boyars and the noblewoman, archers and city dwellers, peasants and Governor of pre-Petrine era. Costumes designed by the artist Sergey Solomko and sewed their best tailors of the Russian Empire.



Maps created, focusing on the photos collected in "Album costume ball in the Winter Palace." Clothes kings, ladies and jacks playing cards repeats costume party masker. On aces depicted shields, surrounded by ancient Russian weapons and armor.











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