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Rooms of Nicholas II - Tsar's Reception Room

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Palace Tour

Gala Parade Halls
Restoration of the Palace
Rooms of Alexandra
Rooms of Nicholas II
The Children's Floor
Rooms of the Right Wing
Palace Park
The Imperial Garage
Imperial Dining
Plans, Maps and Churches
Imperial Yacht Standardt

Virgin and Child in the Apse of Hagia Sophia

Here's a page dedicated to this famous mosaic in the apse sem-dome of the great cathedral church of old Byzantium.  It dates from the original redecoration of the church after iconoclasm ended.

About Bob Atchison - a Biography

Here's a biography I wrote about myself for the Hagia Sophia website. Here you can learns aboiut my obsession with Byzantium and wher it came from

I Visit the Soviets by E. M. Delafield
Memories of Aleksei Volkov
Alexander Palace Book Finder