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19, Jyeshtha 1786 V.S.

It is an auspicious day today for the nephew of the Maharaja Sawai, Rajkumar Jagat Singh, arrives in the...

The award ceremony for our newest patron Knyazhna Varvara N. Golitsyna’s courage against her uncle’s...

Yet at another whim, Tzarevich Pavel (perhaps like his father once did) decided to make fools out of the court and shut the doors to his...

While the hostess, the young Knyazhna Golitsyna, was comfortably “spilling tea” in her own salon, including speculations on the rushed clear out...

Since morning and into the evening the palace staff were tirelessly, one could say in a rushed manner, clearing out the late Tzarevna...

The next generation Shuvalovs have made a comeback to the court with a great afternoon of poetry (and much, much gossip) hosted by Grafinya...

The Banco Rezzonico has various interests in the great city of Constantinople. Old enemies as the Ottoman Turks may be, we Venetians will nevertheless trade with them. Alongside it, more hushed, are also some diplomatic relations we maintain with various European...