The 1903 Ball In The Winter Palace

[@christinadegand7634]

This is fantastic, beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[@sarahsoutar252]

I find it all very fascinating and sad at the same time. I look at those costumes and think that each one is a work of art.

[@bonniesass8265]

I love 💕 being able to see the details in these photos in color. It takes me back in time. Thank w

[@HannahHoover-m6q]

Eastern European clothing is so pretty, especially Russian and Ukrainian clothes. ❤

[@nikkispark6477]

Ukrainians decorated their clothes with simple embroidery and flowers. Russians decorated their clothes much richer: they embroidered clothes with gold and silver threads, pearls and precious stones, and sable fur. Russians have very beautiful and rich clothes!

[@evelynkonig8677]

Solche wahnsinnig schönen Kleider , wie aus russischen Märchenfilmen ❤

[@lukasmiller486]

The Golden Cockerel!

[@caragarcia2307]

The fudge and the costumes outlasted them all. I never realized red was such a popular color for men. I knew lumber jacks wore red plaid but they didn't want to be hit by a tree.

[@r.c5534]

Good heavens are you that historically sheltered and uninformed. Red by it’s very color is a masculine color. It was/ is also the color of choice as providing an ornamentive cloth in contrast to the dominant browns,khaki, tans, greys, etc. for military uniforms. But in early uniform was the dominant color for many armies. Red is a very vibrant ,energetic,powerful color of presence and force. A most distinctive and definite masculine color.

[@Kadyga]

I think it was a wonderful and amazing two nights With jewelry that appeared and exceeded all expectations And great luxury fashion ...But unfortunately, it was their last concert... 👑👒❤💙💍💎

[@grammy965]

Very interesting ❤

[@samuelkissee3457]

In the film, “The Russian Arc”, the ball was recreated with 1200 extras dressed in the same period costumes.

[@huascar66]

I find the history of the 1903 Ball fascinating. What I wouldn't give to have a deck of those German playing cards or the two-volume book. Thank you so much for this wonderful video!

[@adviladvil9728]

Во времена СССP эти карты свободно продавались и были почти в каждой семье. Сейчас в России их также легко можно купить.

[@PATCARSON-l6v]

Quite interesting. The narrative was a bit too fast though. I enjoyed the music too. cheers

[@abfab2517]

what a splendor !

[@Austin8thGenTexan]

The Rurick dynasty was the longest reigning over Russia.

[@alexandervapnyar3979]

Correct. Roughly 700 years of Rurik dynasty vs 304 years of Romanovs reign. BTW, you could see here the princess Obolensky’s photo . Her family descended from Rurik. Different branch though, mot the one who ruled over Vladimir principality, that eventually became principality of Moscow and finally the Czardom of Russia.

[@AnastasiaRomanov-w9x]

Except that rural was a Viking, not Russian or Belorussian or Ukrainian . Just saying.

[@МаринаКислая-у5ф]

Сначало была Киевская русь.Теперь с украинцами делим историю.Но история у нас ОБЩАЯ.​@@alexandervapnyar3979

[@atdolly666]

very gorgeous &beautiful❤

[@cathymcarty3091]

they look like little dolls!

[@lukasmiller486]

Does it not blow anyone’s mind that Xenia’s costume is like Turandot in the Puccini opera?

[@MarkWerderitsch-k9v]

They were an Imperial family. They were emperor and empress. A royal family involves a king and queen.

[@Tugela60]

Not emperor, czar. It basically means king, but is derived from "Ceasar". Czar itself apparently was originally the title held by Bulgarian kings, and later adopted by other slavic rulers. Kaiser is the german version of the same word.

[@rachelb2231]

It is so beautiful and so sad. Let's realize what really happened there ❤

[@sanlkar]

Exacto, una elite viviendo a costa de la miseria y muerte de millones de siervos. Mucho tardaron en eliminar tanto parasito.

[@matthewmarston5149]

Grandfather❤ do tu watch me everyday and night 😊😊❤❤

[@kevinbergin9971]

I know it was February, but they must have turned the heat down when people tried to dance in those outfits.

[@heightsbandsman4304]

Great video! I first heard about this Ball over 50 years ago and always found photos of it fascinating--but never like this! The color is just thrilling in terms of adding interest. We shouldn't be smug about all the money these people spent on themselves for this event. What do you think Newport was like in the summer of those years?

[@Jerseyboondocks]

Tsar Martyr Nicholas, please pray for us!!

[@marianparoo1544]

😂😅😊😅

[@DAVIDLOGAN-fx3nu]

He can't. He's long dead.

[@MizrahiChick]

@@DAVIDLOGAN-fx3nu Like your compassion ?

[@KTurner-ny3or]

Several hidden historical prayers might be listed n hidden artwork in maps n trail marker signs

[@tifanyb3954]

He can't hear your prayers. He's dead 😂.

[@History_Nerd25]

God save the Romanovs!

[@marianparoo1544]

😅😂

[@tifanyb3954]

God didn't save them.

[@marianparoo1544]

@@tifanyb3954 They were vile. All the way back to the first generation.

[@sarahsoutar252]

Well, their memory will live on forever.

[@blktauna]

There's a copy of this in the UPenn/ Philadelphia Library system. I consulted it for a research project in the late 80s. The original, not the reprint.

[@BajaJones-iq2cp]

Slava Russ! My sincere appreciation of this fine presentation. God is ALL.

[@Tugela60]

You mean the guys from Scandinavia? 😂

[@kiyoshitakeda452]

Enjoyed thank you.

[@KTurner-ny3or]

Love the russian food travel artful egg crown ballance in africa secret films wrong hr to chatter in disability sorry to invention n storage cooking secret trade shelf n postage hidden story work orders fixed. A used cig filter gold into lightbulb coin tool art casino chip inst checkbook n artwork grads sci fi isnt biography jokes

[@JuliaSochnikova]

I love how the completely German Tsar and his Danish wife and all other aristocrats and royalty who were mostly German, dressed up in Russian traditional clothing and pretended to be Russian. Many of them barely spoke Russian, including the Tsar's wife.

[@mistervitiligo999]

Какие глупости ! Есть запись как Александр 3 разговаривает на русском со своей женой датчанкой Догмар. Догмар говорит без акцента(!) как и царь разумеется. Это родители Николая 2 …

[@JuliaSochnikova]

@@mistervitiligo999 Ни и что? Это не изменяет факта, что власть в России на 500 лет захватили немцы и датчане, и в аристократии не было русских вообще....так же, впрочем, как и в Великобритании.

[@mistervitiligo999]

@@JuliaSochnikova и потом, какие 500 лет? Романовы правели всего 300 лет, а немецкий элемент стал преобладать в династии с внука Петра первого по дочке - Петра 3 (немец по отцу). Сам Пётр 3 начал править только с 1796 года! Итог: Немцы Российской империей правили чуть больше ста лет. С 1796-1917гг. Простите за занудство)

[@davidmieuze7327]

Do you have got the detailed list of the participants of this magnificent Ball ?

[@GStimmi]

Les photos défilent trop vite, on ne voit rien !!

[@ALTAJR-07]

it would be Interesting to find out what happened to these people AFTER the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917

[@sarahsoutar252]

yes, it would be.

[@kennedylee6330]

​@@sarahsoutar252Nothing good. Look up the Russian Revolution.

[@Alena......]

Не волнуйтесь, большинство из этих людей благополучно сбежали за границу и дожили до глубокой старости.

[@Марика-с5ч]

Такое ощущение, наше российской знати дали команду "сворачиваться", и чтобы на память осталась пышность и красота образа жизни этого доминирующего общественного сословия, велели провести костюмированный бал и фотосессию, чтобы так сказать предъявить миру, - ну вот все же было и вот как было! Смотрите! Постоянно не понятно. Всегда, когда Россия слаба и так все отдает зв спасибо западу, запад изощренно Россию разваливает, провоцируя приход к руководству сил, которые наоборот создают западу кучу трудностей. Что за мания такая?

[@paulietteburnett7270]

Taft Princess Katerra

[@Tugela60]

A room full of dead people.

[@matthewmarston5149]

0500 Prayers 😢❤❤

[@RafaelSeverino-d4b]

Sorry there are still some descendants of the Russian imperial family

[@pigafettalyon1270]

This was particularly impressive. And it makes one think. - Boy, are generations a fleeting phenomenon! Schopenhauer teaches us on reality in his "Additional Remarks on the Doctrine of the Vanity of Existence". But Darwinian selection has taught us to ignore it subconsciously.

[@brober]

Cosplay prats. Wonder why they shot em?