The problem of providing for the thousands of children orphaned by the revolution was a serious one. A colony was established near Petrograd where 10,000 of them were cared for by the state. (This was in Tsarskoe Selo - Bob Atchison)
Visit my wonderful garden in the Palazzo Dei Cani Neri in Austin and see the beautiful bronze statues and fountains there!
The mysterious mosaics of the room over the vestibule. Why is no one permitted access? Have these 9th century mosaics been destroyed?