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7 juin 09

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Yekaterina Alyeksevevna

"Catherine the Great"

in her coronation robes

wearing  the Imperial Crown,
after having staged a coup against her husband
had him killed
and usurped the Russian Throne
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The Russian Imperian Crown
5000 brilliants and a huge egg-size ruby
Catherine the Great
had it made for herself because,
having usurped the throne,
she was afraid to wear the real crown,
the "Cap of Monomakh"
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The Cap of Monomakh

the real crown of the Muscovite Tsars.
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An ikon
of Saint Nicholas II, the Martyr Tsar,
wearing the Cap of Monomakh
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On le 07 juin 2009 17:35 (UTC), [info]ewen1101 commented:
Dare I say she looked better with the Imperial crown than she would have done with the Cap of Monomakh.
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On le 07 juin 2009 17:36 (UTC), [info]aulic_exclusiva replied:
No one looks well in stolen millinery.
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On le 07 juin 2009 22:42 (UTC), [info]qbeeqt replied:
Droll, very droll!
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On le 07 juin 2009 18:36 (UTC), [info]sarahj2222 commented:
This stuff is growing on me. These are lovely, and she's quite a
babe..
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On le 07 juin 2009 19:08 (UTC), [info]aulic_exclusiva replied:
She was a bastard and a fiend and, worst of all, a dog.
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On le 07 juin 2009 23:00 (UTC), [info]batboy126 commented:
It's odd that she'd murder her husband and steal his kingdom, but draw the line at openly wearing his hat.
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On le 08 juin 2009 21:40 (UTC), [info]aulic_exclusiva replied:
Yes, a curious Freudian fear, worthy of an existential play by Schnitzler or Wedekind.

Of course wearing the Cap of Monomakh would have been tantamount to saying "I am an usurper". Neither did she ever call herself tsarina.

She wore a made-up crown and called herself "Imperatritsa", a made-up title.

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On le 08 juin 2009 22:50 (UTC), [info]batboy126 replied:
"She wore a made-up crown and called herself "Imperatritsa", a made-up title."
I suppose crowns & titles were all made up at one time or another. Unless you accept the King Arthur legend.
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On le 08 juin 2009 23:00 (UTC), [info]aulic_exclusiva replied:
I accept the King Arthur legend all the way.
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