Opening of the Monument to Emperor Alexander III in St Petersburg

Russia, Petersburg, May 23, 1909 - People with gonfalons stand in the square around the monument covered with canvas. Empress Dowager Maria Feodorovna, Emperor Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, V.B. Fredericks, Princes A.P. and P.A. Oldenburgskys and others walk along the square past a detachment of officers. Officials lay wreaths at the foot of the monument. The people at the monument. Monument to Emperor Alexander III. Nicholas II, accompanied by the Grand Dukes Dmitry Pavlovich, Boris Vladimirovich and Andrei Vladimirovich, the princes of Oldenburg, V.B. Fredericks, V.N. Voeikova, V.A. Sukhomlinov, walk around the line of soldiers during the parade. Nicholas II, Maria Feodorovna, Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Dukes Dmitry Pavlovich, Boris Vladimirovich and Andrei Vladimirovich, Prince P.A. Oldenburgsky and others pass by the monument to Alexander III during its consecration by the clergy. Nicholas II receives a parade of troops on Znamenskaya Square at the monument to Alexander III. Nicholas II, Maria Feodorovna, Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Dukes Boris Vladimirovich and Andrei Vladimirovich, VB Fredericks and others are standing at the tsar's tent on Znamenskaya Square near the Nikolaevsky railway station. People on the square.

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