1903 ball in the Winter Palace

Costume ball in Saint Petersburg August 2025 thumb|180px|Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra in the garbs of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and his first wife Tsaritsa Maria Miloslavskaya The 1903 ball in the Winter Palace (ru Костюмированный бал 1903 года, lit. "Costume ball of 1903") was a luxurious ball during the reign of the Emperor Nicholas II of Russia. It was held in the Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, in two stages, on February 11 and 13.1903 Fancy Dress Ball in the Winter Palace https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/what-s-on/temp_exh/1999_2013/hm4_1_004/?lng=en The State Hermitage Museum 16 November 2021 All the visitors were in bejeweled 17th-century style costumes, made from designs by the artist Sergey Solomko, in collaboration with historical experts. thumb|300x300px|Group photo of all the guests at the ball Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovitch recalled the occasion as "the last spectacular ball in the history of the empire ... [but] a new and hostile Russia glared through the large windows of the palace ... while we danced, the workers were striking and the clouds in the Far East were hanging dangerously low."Andrei Maylunas, Segei Mironenko (1996). A Lifelong Passion. London: Orian Publishing Group Ltd. 0-297-81520-2., p. 226 The entire Imperial family posed in 17th-century costumes, Emperor Nicholas as Alexis, the Empress Alexandra as Maria Miloslavskaya, in the Hermitage Theatre, many wearing priceless original items brought specially from the Kremlin,Maylunas, p. 227 for what was to be their final photograph together.Kurth, Peter (1995). Tsar: The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra. London: Little, Brown and Company (UK) Ltd. 0-316-50787-3., p. 64 Photographs from the souvenir album References External links "Costume Ball in the Winter Palace" https://web.archive.org/web/20150328215318/http://www.thorntonsbooks.co.uk/Costumeball.html 2015-03-28 @ Thornton's Bookshop "Colorized Images from the 1903 Winter Palace Ball" https://web.archive.org/web/20230331102350/https://worldrepublicnews.com/1903-winter-palace-costume-ball/ 2023-03-31 Category:1903 festivals Category:February 1903 in Europe Category:1903 in the Russian Empire Category:1900s in Saint Petersburg Category:Organized events in Saint Petersburg Category:Balls (dance party) Category:European court festivities Category:Court of Nicholas II of Russia Category:Winter Palace