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On 11th April 2024, the exhibition ‘The Tsar’s Family: Love and Mercy’ opened at the Higher School of Economics, Faculty of Humanities in Moscow.

The participants of the opening of the exhibit enjoyed a performance by the choir of the Sretensky Theological Academy, followed by a guided tour of the exhibition, by one of the curators of the project, Mikhail Googe.

The exhibition presents more than 200 historical photographs depicting the life and service of Emperor Nicholas II and his family. The exhibition is divided into three themes:

• Love and family: the love shared by Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, which was extended to their five children.

• State service of Nicholas II: the patriotic duties of the last Russian emperor, his economic reforms and the welfare of his subjects.

• Works of mercy: charitable and patronage activities of the Imperial Family.

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The photo project The Tsar’s Family: Love and Mercy was created in 2016 by the Sretensky Monastery in Moscow. The travelling exhibition has already been presented in Serbia, Germany, Italy, Canada, Argentina, New Zealand, South Africa, Romania, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, and the Czech Republic. The exhibition has also been presented in many cities of Russia: Moscow, Voronezh, Kursk, Ryazan, Penza, Krasnodar, Belgorod, Velikiye Luki, etc.

*As I have noted in similiar posts, I support any initiative – big or small – to help keep the memory of Nicholas II and his family alive in post-Soviet Russia – PG

© Paul Gilbert. 12 April 2024