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Helsinki, Finland, - picture by Pauli Kruhse

Grave of Anna Vyrubova

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Anonymous Love Letters - $500

Did you know that really was a profession?  In 1961 you got paid $500 per letter, that would be $4100 today!

Hagia Sophia Drawings by Grelo 1680 and Loos 1710

These amazing drawings prove that the mosaics of Hagia Sophia were uncovered for almost 300 years after the conquest. Millions of Muslim worshippers prayed under Christ, the Virgin and the Seraphim.

I Visit the Soviets by E. M. Delafield
Charles Cameron - Imperial Architect
Lost Splendor by Felix Yussupov