Highest Visit to Smolensk During the Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Patriotic War of 1812 Stay of the Royal Family in an Unidentified City

Russia. Smolensk. August 31, 1912 Emperor Nicholas II with his family, VB Fredericks and others leave the Assumption Cathedral. Arrival of the royal train at the station. Smolensk. The emperor bypasses the line of soldiers, takes bread and salt, leaves with his family in a carriage. The royal family, courtiers inspect the city, pass through the territory of the Lagatinsky garden. Among those present: V. B. Frederiks, V. N. Orlov, E. A. Naryshkina, V. A. Dedyulin, V. Kokovtsev, Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich, P. K. Benkendorf, Grand Dukes Kirill Vladimirovich, Mikhail Alexandrovich, Boris Vladimirovich and others. The stay of the royal family in an unidentified city (until 1914): the royal family, courtiers at one of the buildings, get into the carriage, and leave. Officers at the laid tables. The audience on the field during the opening of the monument. Passing by: Nicholas II, the clergy, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna with children, VB Fredericks, VB Dedyulin, Grand Dukes: Kirill Vladimirovich and Boris Vladimirovich, Mikhail Alexandrovich, Nikolai Nikolaevich and Peter Nikolaevich, Dmitry Pavlovich, Sergei Mikhailovich and Georgy Mikhailovich, John Konstantinovich and Gabriel Konstantinovich, princes A.P. and P.A. of Oldenburg and others.

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