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380 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780875804484
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Publication date: 15 June 2012
Description
From 1505 to 1689, Russia's tsars chose their wives through an elaborate ritual: the bride-show. The realm's most beautiful young maidens--provided they hailed from the aristocracy--gathered in Moscow, where the tsar's trusted boyars reviewed thei...
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380 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780875804484
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Publication date: 15 June 2012
Description
From 1505 to 1689, Russia's tsars chose their wives through an elaborate ritual: the bride-show. The realm's most beautiful young maidens--provided they hailed from the aristocracy--gathered in Moscow, where the tsar's trusted boyars reviewed thei...