Sophia Palaiologina
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Sophia Fominichna Palaiologina or Paleologue was a Byzantine princess from the Palaiologos imperial dynasty and the grand princess of Moscow as the second wife of Ivan III of Russia. Her father was Th
Reconstruction by Sergey Nikitin, 1994
Ivan Fryazin showed to Ivan III the portrait of Sophia Palaiologina, by Viktor Muizhel.
Destruction of Sophia Palaiologina grave in 1929.
Terem (Russia)
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The terem was separate living quarters occupied by elite women in Muscovite Russia. In a narrow context, it may refer to the upper story of a home or castle, often with a pitched roof. In a broader co
Preparation for the wedding in the terem, painting by Konstantin Makovsky, 1890
The terem of tsarevnas, painting by Mikhail Petrovich Klodt, 1878