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Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovitch, brother of Grand Duke Kyrill, self-styled "Tsar of All the Russias" and cousin of the late Tsar, boarded at Cherbourg the liner Olympic which forthwith churned her way through many miles of water United States ward...
...What do you think of Grand Duke Nikolai's chances of becoming Tsar...
Whenever a great social function takes place, such as a brilliant feast, or some other prandial entertainment, the French are involuntarily reminded of the State banquet given by President Faure to the Tsar of All the Russias in 1896-a costly repast reminiscent of the Roi Soleil at the height of his glory...
With the exception of gold plate, the feast was a perfect model of those which used to be given by the Tsar's representatives, worthy of comparison with the best efforts of kings and princes and financiers...
Music inspired him, Art fostered him. Born of Jewish parents in St. Petersburg (now Leningrad), he claimed direct descent from King David, sweet singer of Israel. This regal lineage bred in him a scorn of Kings. The Tsar of all the Russias made him court painter. One day he painted a picture of the Crucifixion-Holy Mary, in peasant costume, her face twisted with anguish, weeping over the naked body of her peasant son. The authorities condemned the painting. Should peasants mourn their woes where privilege looked on? They displayed it in public with brands of white chalk smeared over...