Retronaut - The Ball at the Winter Palace, 1903. “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.”“ -Wikipedia
![Retronaut - The Ball at the Winter Palace, 1903. “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.”“ -Wikipedia Russia Winter, House Of Romanov, Peter The Great, Festival Costumes, Imperial Russia, Russian Fashion, Russian Style, Lightning Strikes](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/6f/0f/ed/6f0fed37ef4775aa628d99a7696547e7--winter-palace-th-century.jpg)
