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Own Dacha
In 1842, Heinrich Stackenschneider reconstructed the Own Dacha in an exaggerated Neo-Baroque style. Lying to the west of the Lower Park, this villa was intended for the future Tsar Alexander II and his wife. It is currently in a state of ruin, although there are vague plans to restore the building as a municipal wedding palace.
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Tsarevna Sophia Mikhailovna II was the ninth child and seventh daughter of Michael Romanov and Eudoxia Streshneva. She was born in Moscow on 5 September 1634. Died in Moscow on 23 June 1636 and buried in the Convent of the
Romanov
The history of the Romanov dynasty begins with Fyodor Nikitovich Romanov, the member of an old Russian family descended from Andrei Kobyla, a boyar of Ivan Kalita. Andrei Kobyla received his unusual surname (Russian for “mare”)
Avant-Garde
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Kiev
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