Coronation of Russian Czars. Starting with the Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich to the Emperor Alexander III

The book was published to commemorate the coronation of Emperor Alexander III and his wife Maria Feodorovna. The description of this event is preceded by a historical sketch of the coronation of Russian rulers, who escorted 100 drawings. Before Alexander III of weddings in the kingdom was eighteen and, with one exception, this solemn rite occurred in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. Only the first coronation of Grand Duke Vladimir Monomakh took place in Kiev, St. Sophia Cathedral. The chronological order of the coronation the following: Grand Prince Vladimir Monomakh - between 1113 and 1125. The grandson of Grand Prince Ivan III, Dmitry - February 3, 1492 Tsar Ivan IV Vasilyevich the Terrible - January 16, 1547 Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich - May 31, 1584 Tsar Boris Fedorovich Godunov - January 1, 1598 the King of Vasily Ivanovich Shumsky - June 1, 1606 of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov - July 11, 1613 Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich - September 28, 1645 King Theodore A. - June 16, 1676 The kings John and Peter - June 25, 1682 Empress Catherine A. - May 7, 1724 Emperor Peter II - February 25, 1726 Empress Anna Ivanovna - April 28, 1731 Empress Elizabeth - April 25, 1741 Empress Catherine II Alexeevna - September 22, 1762 Emperor Paul Petrovich - April 5, 1797 Emperor Alexander I Pavlovich - September 15, 1801 Emperor Nicholas I Pavlovich - August 22, 1826 Emperor Alexander II Nikolaevich - August 26, 1856